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Office on Violence Against Women’s Education and Technical Assistance Grants to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities 2006 Grantees. Where are the grantees?. WA. MT. OR. VT. ID. WI. NY. IL. WV. KS. MO. MS. TX. Types of Agencies Involved. Idaho. Project Team:
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Office on Violence Against Women’s Education and Technical Assistance Grants to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities 2006 Grantees
Where are the grantees? WA MT OR VT ID WI NY IL WV KS MO MS TX
Idaho • Project Team: • State Independent Living Council • Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence • Boise State University Gender Studies Program • Extensive experience working together • Some experience addressing VAWD • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Boise
Illinois • Project Team: • Illinois Department of Human Services • Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault • Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living • Blue Tower Training Center • Illinois Voices • Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council • Team includes state agency • Some experience working together • Addressing VAWD is new • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Chicago
Kansas • Project Team: • Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence • Kansas Association of Centers for Independent Living • Kansas Department of Health and Environment • Some experience working together • 2002 OVW Disability Grant recipient • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Topeka
Mississippi • Project Team: • Department of Public Safety/Division of Public Safety Planning • University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing • Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault • Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence • Institute for Disability Studies at The University of Southern Mississippi • Experience working together • OVW Disability Grant recipient • 2004 OVW Elder Abuse Grant recipient • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Jackson
Missouri • Project Team: • Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault • Rose Brooks Center • University of Missouri Kansas City Institute for Human Development • Experience working together • Some experience addressing VAWD • Proposed Service Area: Kansas City
Montana • Project Team: • Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence • Montana Center on Disabilities • Montana Mental Health Association • Developmental Disabilities Program of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services • Some experience working together • 2004 OVW Disability Grant recipient • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Billings
New York • Project Team: • Vera House, Inc. • Arise Child and Family Services, Inc. • Extensive experience working together • Experience addressing VAWD • 2002 OVW Elder Abuse Grant recipient • Proposed Service Area: Syracuse
New York • Project Team: • Taconic Resources for Independence, Inc. • Family Services Inc’s Battered Women’s Services • Crime Victim’s Assistance Programs • Some experience working together • Addressing VAWD is new • Proposed Service Area: Poughkeepsie
Oregon • Project Team: • Lane County Department of Children & Families • Direction Service • Womenspace • Siuslaw Outreach Services • Sexual Assault Support Services • Lane Independent Living Alliance • ShelterCare • Mobility International USA • Cottage Grove Community Sharing • Lane Country Domestic Violence Council • Extensive experience with collaboration through the OVW Greenbook Initiative • Addressing VAWD is new • Proposed Service Area: Lane • Site visit location: Eugene
Rhode Island • Project Team: • Day One Center • Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence • PAL • Extensive experience working together • 2004 OVW Disability Grant recipient • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Providence
Texas • Project team: • Advocacy, Inc. • Deaf Abused Women & Children Advocacy Services • SafePlace • Extensive experience working together • 2002 & 2004 OVW Disability Grant recipient • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Austin
Vermont • Project Team: • VT Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence • Vermont Center for Independent Living • Deaf Victims Advocacy Services • Green Mountain Self Advocates • Vermont Psychiatric Survivors • VT Protection & Advocacy • Extensive experience working together • 2004 OVW Disability Grant recipient (planning) • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Montpelier
Washington • Project Team: • Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence • Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services • Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs • Washington Protection & Advocacy System • Extensive experience addressing VAWD • Extensive experience addressing VADW • 2002 & 2004 OVW Disability Grant recipient • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Seattle
Wisconsin • Project Team: • Disability Rights Wisconsin • Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence • Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault • Extensive experience working together • 2002 & 2004 OVW Disability Grant recipient • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Madison
West Virginia • Project Team: • Foundation for Rape and Information Services • Center for Excellence in the Disabilities at the West Virginia University • West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services • Northern West Virginia Center for Independent Living • Some experience working together • Addressing VAWD is new • Proposed Service Area: State-wide • Site visit location: Morgantown
Challenges in our work How do we: • provide TA to grantees who have different levels of experiences and expertise in the fields of VAWD/DW? • provide TA to different types of communities: rural and urban? • share lessons learned from grantees and associates with other communities?