Violence Intervention Program Current Objectives

• Improve services to elder victims and those with disabilities;
  
• Continue efforts to develop workplace violence policies with partner agencies, municipalities, and local businesses;
  
• Improve information management between police, bail commissioners and the court; 
• Participate in DV Court Case Coordination Project to coordinate civil and criminal dockets, and judicial monitoring, using a dedicated Probation Officer, a Pretrial DV Case Manager, and risk assessment tools;
  
• Continue outreach to victims in the refugee and immigrant communities, including support for language line services and translation of forms; 
  
• Enhance support, advocacy and re-entry planning for incarcerated victims of domestic violence in partnership with community agencies;
• Continue to collaborate with healthcare providers, including training for individual providers in partnership with the Physicians for Social Responsibility and Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence;
  
• Train leaders and members of communities of faith on the topic of religion as a resource for domestic violence victims;
• Improve outreach and advocacy services for homeless victims;
• Advocacy and outreach to victims of trafficking and commercial sex exploitation, in partnership with Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine;
• Continue to implement use of evidence-based risk assessment tools, including the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment, (ODARA) and Case Review/High Risk Response Teams