1. CACs in Family Justice Centers: How Does Co-location Really Work?
Connie Klick, MSW, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Mark Thomas, Sojourner Family Peace Center

2. Project Beginning Applied for President’s Initiative – Not Selected
DA Chisolm Vision & Leadership
Tellier Foundation/Work with Bob Harrison (community interviews)
Community Planning Meetings & Community Input
Sojourner Truth House – Task Force on Family Violence Merger
Nonprofit organization at the heart of the project design

3. Merger
The merger of Sojourner Truth House and Task Force on Family Violence provided the foundation for moving the project forward
The merger took two years to negotiate and navigate
Resulted in the creation of Sojourner Family Peace Center

4. Project Phases and Partnership Selection

5. Project Phases
2006 – 2007
Concept Exploration and Community Engagement
2008 – 2012
Organizational Merger and Land Acquisition
2013
Project Development and Design Phases
2014 – 2015
Construction and Move
2016
Operations and Sustainability

6. Initial Tasks Overcome barriers and risks (continually)
Feasibility Study, Conversations with Donors
Site selection, Considered 40+ properties
Site Selection, Main Criteria
Proximity to Courthouse and Downtown Milwaukee
On a bus line/easy access
Provide a sanctuary for clients
Asset to community/neighborhood
Partner Selection, Foundational partners received first priority once Center is created
Generate funding

7. Barriers/Risks
Having police and child welfare on-site may be intimidating to victims
“”They just want to take my child/children.”
“Will police arrest someone even if I don’t want that?”
Perceived loss of privacy, identity
Challenge to fund such a large project and sustain it
“NFPs always want a ‘Taj Mahal’”
MKE doesn’t need another building, use an existing one
“Public” Shelter is dangerous
Abusers will know location
Could become a target
Woman may feel threaten, instead of safe

8. Foundational/Lead Partners
Sojourner Family Peace Center
Children’s Hospital – Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center
District Attorney’s Office

9. Sojourner Family Peace Center
Founded
46 bed Emergency Shelter & 24/7 Hotline
Courthouse Advocacy Program (restraining order)- 1986
District Attorney’s Office (DAVA) – 1990
CDAAP (co located with MPD) – 2006
Batterers Treatment – 1986
Community Education
Case Management Services (FASS) – 1998

10. Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (ranked 4th in the nation)
Child Advocacy Program – early 1960’s
Milwaukee CAC (formerly known as the Child Protection Center) – 1992
Serves 3,500 children annually
Provides forensic interview, medical, advocacy, and therapy services
CHW-Kenosha opens 1st CAC outside Milwaukee – 2002
CAPS Current – 7 CAC’s
2 medical satellites and hospital based advocacy program

11. Partnership Types
3 types of partners
Co-located
Visiting
Referring

12. Co-Located Sojourner Family Peace Center
Children’s Hospital of WI – MCAC, Project Ujima, Cap Fund, Pediatric Mental Health
District Attorney’s Office
Milwaukee Police Department – Sensitive Crimes
Milwaukee Public Schools
Aurora Healthcare – Sexual Assault Services
Jewish Family Services - Mental Health Services
Marquette University – Healthcare Services
Wraparound Milwaukee
Goodwill
Legal Action of WI
CORE/El Centro

13. Visiting & Referring Partners
Central Legal (family law services)
Crime Victim Rights Services/Compensation
Faith Based Services (tbd)
Latino Resource Center
Boys and Girls Club of Milwaukee
Manpower Inc. (lifeskills/employment services)
United Neighborhood Community Centers
City of Milwaukee Health Dept.
Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services

14. Center Services Domestic Violence services Crisis Housing
Hot Line, 24 hours
Sexual Assault services
Behavioral Health
Integrated Healing services
Child Abuse services
Law enforcement
Prosecution
Case management
Legal services

15. Wellness Center Critical component to healing & long-term wellness
Utilizes expertise of Partners
Traditional and Non-Traditional methods
Impact and Success seen from the beginning
Walk in Clients, Immediately
Expansion needed/planned for 2017

16. What’s Unique About our Model?
Led by a local non-profit
On site emergency shelter for women and children
Co-located Child Advocacy Center
Integrated programming and commitment to share/ work (when possible) on cases
Shared Data(base) with protections/permission to reduce trauma of repeated interviews
Private – Public Partnership
Range of on-site providers

17. Why Partner? Family Justice Center and CAC Models are very similar.
More economical to have partner agencies all co-located in a single space.
Studies show a significantly high co-occurrence rate between domestic violence and child abuse (40 – 70%)
Domestic violence and child abuse very often affect the same families
Can be happening at the same time
One can lead to the other
Are not currently addressed together

18. Why Partner? More holistic services to families
Timely, collaborative response to families needs
Opportunities to move out of silos
Pushed us to think differently about who can be onsite
Maltreaters or Perpetrators vs. Parents or Caregivers
Staff resiliency

19. BEFORE

20. Individual/Family Therapy DV Classes Court Oversees and Sanctions Plan
CD Assessment
Psych/Mental Health
Parenting Education
Visitation
Individual/Family Therapy
DV Classes
Court Oversees and Sanctions Plan
Conditions of Release
CHIPS COURT
Risk Assessment
Service Plan
Safety Plan
CP Case Mgmt
Child Placement
No Contact Order
Emergency Placement
EPC Hearing
Safety Assessment
Arraignment Hearing
Pre-Trial/ Hearing
Trial
Sentencing
Monitoring/Probation
Initial Intervention Unit Contacted
Child Protection Screening
Jail
CP Investigation
Arrest Report
Non-Arrest Report
Child Welfare Assessment
Child Maltreatment Assessment
Arrest
No Arrest
Law Enforcement Notified
Judge Reviews
Squads Investigate
911 Call
Advocacy Program
Files OFP
Sheriff Serves Respondent
Civil Court Hearing
Ex Parte Denied
Ex Parte Granted
Files for Divorce
Seeks Shelter
Landlord/HRA Notified
Family Court Hearing
Warning Given
Sheriff Evicts
OFP Granted
OFP Denied
Interviews by Evaluator
Temporary Custody
Eviction Hearing
OFP Filed
Custody Hearing
Custody Awarded
Custody Evaluation
Supervised Exchange/Visitation
Final Divorce Hearing
Child Support Established
Reliefs Granted
Praxis – Rural Technical Assistance on Violence Against Women

21. AFTER

22. Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center

23. Measuring Success

24. Initial Work
Convene SFPC Outcomes & Evaluation (O&E) Committee and inviting the right people to the table
Monthly meetings since August 2015
Developing Theory of Change & Logic Model
Measuring our the development of our partnership
Developing & Implementing Success Story Templates

25. Current Work Identifying data already collected by partner agencies
Developing Key Performance Indicators
Collecting Hope Scale from clients at intake
Offering client Evaluation Interviews

27. Current Work Measuring community awareness and engagement
Measuring staff well-being
Project specific evaluations
Healthy Dating Summits
Child Witness to Domestic Violence
DV High Risk Team
Building an evaluation infrastructure
Hope Scale at intake as of 3/29/17: 58 clients
Evaluation Interviews
Baseline: 14
3 month: 1
Community awareness/engagement
When
1x/year door to door outreach
At community presentation by education team
Strategically placed surveying (community centers, grocery stores, malls)
Questions
Have you heard of SFPC before
Have you gotten services at SFPC before?
Do you know someone who has gotten services before
Age, gender, zip code
Staff well-being = Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL; Stamm, 2009)
2-3 subscales: Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue (Burnout, Secondary Trauma)
30 items
Healthy Dating Summits
4 True False Pre and post knowledge questions about curriculum
Open ended knowledge questions about curriculum
Satisfaction with summit
Shared with schools who participate
Child Witness to DV
Pre and post curriculum specific questions
Pre and post Children’s Hope Scale
Pre and post parent report on child behavior (SDQ)
DV High Risk Team
Facilitating data sharing between agencies
Identifying criteria for selection of high risk team (starting with weighted LAP scale)
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT THUS FAR = Building an evaluation infrastructure – unique in the non-profit world

28. Looking Toward the Future

29. Vision Transforming Lives…Transforming Milwaukee
In addition to serving families more effectively,
we have focused our efforts on:
Elevating the conversation in our community
Meetings with community leaders
Connecting to community issues
Education, Economic Development, Public Safety
Engaging a wider audience
New partners, new donors, more volunteers
Creating Safe and Healthy Families
Education Center

30. Wellness Commons A New Vision…
Concept Development planned for 2017
Multi-Partner Entity, Ownership TBD
Workforce development programming
Café/Bakery for work experience
All wellness programming and services
Housing
Diversified revenue stream
Proximity to Family Peace Center

33. Contact Information
Mark Thomas
Vice President & COO, Sojourner Family Peace Center
Connie Klick, MSW
Director, Child Advocacy and Protection Services
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin