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

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Domestic Violence Annual Report 2010
Training
• Partnered with OPDV on a federal grant to develop written curricula and deliver
training to domestic violence service providers on the three high-priority topics of
offender accountability, Expanded Access, and interview techniques for victims
of domestic violence and intimate partner sexual assault. The overall goal of the
project, comprised of five NYS agency partners, is the statewide promulgation of
interactive training tools for advocates, to institutionalize a consistent, long-term
response to victim safety and services.
• Partnered with OPDV to hold a webinar on Expanded Access to Family Court.
• 2 DELTA Program trainings for Long Island.
• Training on the Intersection of Domestic Violence and Poverty in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana for prosecutors, judges, police departments and domestic violence
advocates.
For more information visit: www.nyscadv.org
NYS Office of Court Administration (OCA)
• Domestic violence training is provided at the annual new judges seminars and is a
component of the training at the Court Officers Academy.
• Family Violence Task Force training program for judges and court attorneys
focused on risks and remedies, strangulation and orders of protection.
• Integrated Domestic Violence Initiatives judges and staff received training from
national speakers on judicial skills in domestic violence cases.
• The Unified Court System (UCS) held two training programs, in Brooklyn and
Syracuse, for family court judges covering issues in sexual assault cases.
• UCS offered four day-long sessions of attorney-for-the-child trainings on
advocating for children in cases involving domestic violence. Sessions were held
in Manhattan, White Plains, Syracuse and Buffalo.
• UCS in partnership with the Center for Court Innovation developed an Online
Learning System, available through the court system’s public website at http://elearning.nycourts.gov/
Programs currently available through the System include
“Working with Juveniles and Young Adults” which provides information relevant
to judges presiding over cases involving teen defendants, including domestic
violence cases.
For more information visit: www.courts.state.ny.us
NYS Department of Health (DOH)
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