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Domestic Violence: Make It Your Business A project of the Colorado Bar Association Family Violence Program Presented by: Denise Kay, Esq., SPHR
DV:MIYB Grant funded Kathleen Schoen, Program Director Community Alliances: State of Colorado Pinnacol Assurance Mountain States Employers Council Raytheon Others 3
4 Goal: Help Workplaces Recognize Recognize Dynamics of Domestic Violence Victims, abusers, and environment Respond Respond Policies and procedures Workplace response Refer Refer Resources Community partnerships
Materials to Meet Goal Training curriculum with training manuals, PPTs, handouts (non copyrighted for outside use) Website ( Brochures (English and Spanish) Posters PSAs Informational video Workplace Handbook 5
Key Accomplishments Approx. 200 trainings, training over 5000 professionals across the State. Facilitated development of community networks that include businesses, nonprofits, legal professionals, associations, state and local government, and other community members. Developed practical material and tools used by trainers, businesses, and other state initiatives. 98% of trainees stated they would use the information gained from the training. 6
State-wide Initiative 7
Trainings DV:MIYB offers eight types of training to accommodate a wide range of employer organizations and staff levels: Management Overview Human Resource Management Training Employee Training Threat Management Training Legal Overview Domestic Violence Service Provider Training Train the Trainer HUD Public Housing Provider Management Training 8
8/10/2015 Training Objective To provide you with the tools and skills to strengthen your organization’s prevention, recognition, response, and referral strategies in relation to domestic violence
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Print Materials Brochures, Posters, Handouts – all available at no cost upon request 11
Current Initiatives State of Colorado – C-SEAP Colorado Executive Order Drafting Implementation Task Force SHRM Alliance Kaiser Permanente Others 12
8/10/2015 Next Steps Training Resurgence Marketing Campaign Grant Initiatives update Thank You!
14 Next Steps: Act Develop policies and procedures. Train to the policies and procedures. Practice the policies and procedures. Provide continuing education. Practice prevention by making information about resources for victims and abusers available in the workplace.
15 Contact DV:MIYB c/o Colorado Bar Association Kathleen Schoen, Project Coordinator 1900 Grant Street, 9 th floor Denver, CO /
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