To lead diverse community partners toward the common purpose of reducing the occurrence and impact of intimate partner violence.
Training, technical assistance, and coalition buildingtrained domestic violence service providers, health care providers, victim advocates, and allied professionals. Coordinated and collaborated with public and private agencies and organizations. Provided a 24/7 language line for interpretation to allow professionals to communicate with their clients. Maintained a website and a facebook page. Published periodic enewsletters
Law enforcement trainingcoordinated the homicide prevention demonstration initiative to implement the lethality assessment program (lap)-the maryland model in selected sites. Created, coordinated, and trained on the nationally-recognized lap in md and jurisdictions in other states. Coordinated the domestic violence fatality review team project in md. Trained law enforcement officers and other criminal justice personnel. Maintained and published statistics on domestic violence homicides.