UnservedUnderserved TAT Project

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Unserved/Underserved TAT Project
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U/U TAT Project

• Provides technical assistance, training, and
  resources that will
• Enhance and maintain the skills of domestic
  violence program shelter agency staff to increase
  access to services by clients with
  issues

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Unserved/Underserved Domestic Violence Training
and Technical Assistance Mental Health/Substance
Abuse Project

• Providing technical assistance and training to
  domestic violence shelter agencies serving
  clients with mental health and/or substance abuse
  issues

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ONTRACKs expertise

• Consulting services and training
• Substance abuse treatment/best practices
• Dual diagnosis/Co-occurring disorders
• Cultural competency
• Cross-system linkages development
• Trauma/gender-responsive approaches
• Unserved/underserved high-risk populations
• Organizational/program development
• Strategic planning and leadership development

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U/U TAT Project Priority training and technical
assistance

• Integrated trauma-informed services and treatment
• Mental health signs and symptoms
• Substance abuse signs and symptoms
• Development of model policies and procedures for
  screening, admitting and tracking MH/SA women.
• Updated regional inventories of MH/SA resources
  available for women with or without children.

• Cross-training with county mental/behavioral
  health departments
• Specialized training for crisis hotline and/or
  intake workers
• Onsite and customized cultural competency
  training and technical assistance
• Organizational capacity building

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Technical Assistance Modalities

• Onsite customized technical assistance
• Telephone customized technical assistance
• Group trainings
• Tele-seminars
• Information clearinghouse lending library

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Contact Information

• Gabriella Grant, Project Manager
• 916-498-0500
• g.grant_at_ontrackconsulting.org
• www.getontrack.org/dv.htm
• Get forms and information at the resource table

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Improving Domestic Violence Program Access for
People with Disabilities
Presented by Transforming CommunitiesTechnical
Assistance, Training, and Resource CenterSan
Rafael, CA
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TC-TATs Building Block Approach To Training
Technical Assistance

• Sustainable Change
• Technical Assistance
• Training

Continuous Quality Improvement
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Seven Steps to Increase Accessibility

• Safety Planning
• Screening Practices
• Reasonable Accommodations Policy
• Physical Accessibility
• Alternative Communications
• Emergency Planning
• Outreach and Collaboration

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Next Steps

• Technical Assistance what we can offer your
  agency
• Disability Awareness Trainings
• Developing Specific Policies Procedures
• Enhancing Partnerships, Outreach, and
  Collaboration
• Information on Alternative Formats
• Improving Physical Access
• Locating Resources
• more upon request

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Contact Information

• Robin Christensen, MS
• Project Specialist
• Transforming Communities Technical Assistance,
  Training, and Resource Center
• Marin Abused Womens Services
• 734 A Street
• San Rafael, CA 94901
• 415-526-2535
• rchristensen_at_maws.org

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LGBTQ Domestic Violence Technical Assistance and
Training Project TAT Overview
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TAT Topic Areas

• Write and get organizational buy-in for
  organizational policies to ensure a safe and
  welcoming environment for LGBTQ DV survivors.
• Conduct in-house LGBTQ sensitivity and DV
  training.
• Set up mechanisms to track the number of LGBTQ
  clients served.

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• Conduct an effective intake interview with LGBTQ
  clients and screen to differentiate between
  victim/survivor and batterer.
• Do effective case management
• Make appropriate referrals
• Advocate on behalf of a client who may face
  discrimination
• Create an LGBTQ-welcoming environment
• Sensitive agency materials
• Office and shelter environments

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• Address homo/bi/transphobia coming from clients
  and community members.
• Establish partnerships and linkages with local,
  state national LGBTQ-specific agencies, groups
  and businesses.
• Conduct effective and creative outreach to LGBTQ
  communities.
• Design, implement and sustain programs
  specifically/primarily for LGBTQ individuals.

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• CONTACT
• Northern and Bay Area Regions Contact Pablo
  Espinoza, CUAV at 415-777-5500 or pablo_at_cuav.orgs
• Central Region Contact Lisa Fujie Parks, CPEDV
  at 510-967-0369 or lisa_at_cpedv.org
• LA and Southern Regions Contact Mary Case, LAGLC
  at 323-993-7504 or mcase_at_lagaycenter.org

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For more information, please contact

• LGBTQ DV TAT Project
• Lisa Fujie Parks, Project Manager
• California Partnership To End Domestic Violence
• lisa_at_cpedv.org
• 510-967-0369 (direct line)

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Next Regional Trainings

• September 17-18 in Sacramento (Central)
• September 26-27 in Anaheim (Southern)
• November 8-9 in Fremont (Bay Area)
• November 13-14 in Eureka (Northern)
• December 6-7 in Santa Monica (LA)