Domestic Violence Annual Report 2010 - Office for the Prevention of ...

Domestic Violence Annual Report 2010
2010 Services
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2010 Services
irect services were provided by some members of the NYS Advisory Council.
is a snapshot of those services for 2010:
NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse services (OASAS)
• Bronx Addiction Treatment Center (ATC) Domestic Violence Program
In collaboration with the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services'
Domestic Violence Coordination and Training Program, the OASAS operated
Bronx ATC (BTAC) provides initial consultations, psycho-education, individual
counseling, group therapy, aftercare planning, safe-haven, family interventions,
and post-discharge advocacy and support for men and women with histories of, or
concerns about domestic violence. In the Bronx ATC IPV/DV services were
facilitated during the 2010 fiscal year as follows:
o Of the 590 clients admitted to the Bronx ATC 580 clients received some
form of DV services with initial screening/assessment process and 1
weekly workshop targeting perpetrators and 1 weekly session targeting
victims.
o Eighty two percent (482) of our admitted patients were male, and half of
them admitted to having been involved in some form of abusive
relationships mainly as the abusive partner.
o Of the 104 female clients admitted to the Bronx ATC, approximately 70%
of them identified as victims, 10% as abusive partners, while the
remaining 20% may have denied being involved in abusive relationships
as adult, some admitted to having witnessed DV as children.
o 482 clients attended structured workshop on IPV.
o 104 clients attended Weekly Women and DV Support Group. This group
addresses issues related to DV such as addiction, codependency, effects of
DV on children as well as safety planning. Identified victims are linked to
specialized/supportive services at discharge.
o 19% of our patient population had criminal justice involvement; working
with this group we observed a link between CJ and DV. One of our core
workshops addresses the different types of violence. The session focuses
on defining and understanding: battering, reactive, situational, antisocial
and pathological violence.
For more information visit: www.oasas.state.ny.us
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