On November 3, 2006 30 community organizations from the justice, social service, child welfare, education, health and violence against women sectors agreed to a Community Response Protocol for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence It includes procedures in four key areas of work: safety planning, risk assessments, interventions and referrals, case management and community partner meetings based on a shared vision and principles to guide the work. Click to view or download the Community Response Protocol. A Train the Trainer Kit on the Protocol and is posted in the Working Together section of this website,
The Protocol Committee is interested in your comments on how the protocol is working for you and your organization.
You can download all of the training and protocol resources for use in your agency below. Please feel free to make copies of these materials. Thank you to all of the trainers and community agencies for their support of the protocol implementation process.
A two day conference with international experts on high risk takes place at the CAW Family Education Centre in Port Elgin. Information and a registration form is attached. Sponsored by the Grey Bruce High Risk Teams.
The GBVPCC will meet in Owen Sound at the Men's Program from 9:30 - 12:00 on January 21, 2010.
Agenda Items include:
NFF Workplace Champion celebration Feb. 12
Inclusive Communities Committee report
Plans for a 'Men's Conference' in 2010
Poverty - It's not a choice I Made: Changing the Picture of Poverty is a Report Card on Women and Poverty in Huron, Perth, Grey and Bruce in 2007. The Report Card was researched and prepared by the Rural Women Take Action on Poverty Committee to support women and families living with poverty and to develop strategies to reduce poverty by:
- Engaging everyone in our communities
- Providing information about the realities of poverty in rural communities
- Challenging and changing unhelpful beliefs and attitudes about women and poverty
- Celebrating women's contributions to family and community life, regardless of economic status
A copy of the Report Card is attached. For more information contact us through this website.