Day Two Keynote- Chong Kim

RoundTable Discussions: Judges

RoundTable Discussions: FVIP & VSL

RoundTable Discussions: Shelter & Community Advocates

RoundTable Discussions: Law Enforcement

Attend the Law Enforcement Round Table Discussion.

Gender Justice Award

The Georgia Commission on Family Violence is pleased to present the Gender Justice Award to Lee Giordano. The Gender Justice Award is presented to leaders in social justice who work for the betterment of women in Georgia. Recipients of this award are chosen based on...

HIGH POINT, NC - CCR PART 1

This workshop will focus on the how-tos for implementing the focus deterrence style of policing, as applied to the Offender Focused Domestic Violence Initiative (OFDVI) that was piloted by the High Point (NC) Police Department.  This model has been replicated in...

Women Who Were Sexually Abused As Children: Mothering, Resilience and Protecting the Next Generation

The workshop will examine the long-term impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACE’S) and the risk and protective factors that mothers who have experienced child sexual abuse had to overcome in order and protect their children from the abuse they experienced. The...

Engaging Communities to Improve the Mediation Process in Cases Involving Issues of Domestic Violence

Unlike courtroom procedures which are depicted frequently in television and film (albeit with varying degrees of accuracy), mediation remains unfamiliar to those who have never been participants in the process. This workshop is designed to give participants an overview...

From Dream to Reality: Starting a Family Justice Center in Your Community

A Family Justice Center (FJC) is a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary co-located service center that provides support to victims of interpersonal violence. FJCs house a multi-disciplinary team of professionals under one roof and provide one place where victims can...

Case Study: Cycle of Violence from Behind Bars

An in-depth examination of a successful domestic violence case prosecution through jail recordings. This workshop will examine and enhance attendees understanding of the reality that abuse throughto tactics of manipulation and control continues behind bars. Attendees...

Violence Across the LifeSpan – A Novel Collaborative Approach

The Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory (IPRCE) was redesigned in 2015 to respond to the impact of violence inflicted on people in Georgia. In a novel approach, IPRCE created 5 task forces one of which is the Violence Prevention Task Force (VPTF). The task force...

Moving the Work Forward Award

Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution Rules Committee   The Georgia Commission on Family Violence is pleased to present the Moving the Work Forward Award to the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution Rules Committee. The Moving the Work Forward Award...

Firearm Removal: Preventing Family Violence through Protection Orders

Guns make family violence situations lethal. A woman is five times more likely to be murdered when her abuser has access to a gun. Just as gun violence is a uniquely American problem, domestic violence perpetrated with a gun is also a uniquely American problem: 92% of...

Opening your own Family Justice Center: Experience from the Athens-Clarke County Family Protection Center, 15 years and Counting

The Family Protection Center (FPC) in Athens-Clarke County has operated for 15 years as the only Family Justice Center in Georgia with multiple agencies working together to provide services. The FPC provides a single location for the collaboration of different agencies...

Developing a Language Access Plan for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency and Deaf/Hard of Hearing Individuals

Participants will learn the practical tips and skills to develop a language access plan for survivors with limited English proficiency or who are Deaf or hard of hearing. They’ll discuss the allocation of resources, policies, strategies for implementation, and...

Cross Cultural Collaboration

Attendees will learn how Raksha, Inc and Jewish Family Career Services (JFCS) Shalom Bayit Program along with other organizations built a foundation that led to collaboration and cooperation for over 25 years to ensure holistic and culturally responsive services to...

HIGHPOINT, NC - CCR PART 2

This workshop will focus on the how-tos for implementing the focus deterrence style of policing, as applied to the Offender Focused Domestic Violence Initiative (OFDVI) that was piloted by the High Point (NC) Police Department.  This model has been replicated in...