Showing posts with label Disability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disability. Show all posts

Friday, October 5, 2012

VERA Institute for Justice: Forging New Collaborations: A Guide for Rape Crisis, Domestic Violence, and Disability Organizations

I was on the VERA website today and came across this project that I thought might be useful to policy-makers and concerned citizens/families.

From the website:
Between 2006 and 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women funded the development of collaborations between victim services and disability organizations in more than 40 communities to ensure people with disabilities who have experienced domestic or sexual violence have the community-based supports and criminal justice responses they need to heal. This report, based upon Vera's work with these burgeoning collaborations, recommends steps for building effective collaboration and practical strategies for overcoming common obstacles.