Community Coordination

Community Coordination Resources

Policies

• NYS Model Domestic Violence Policy
  The Model Domestic Violence Policy is offered as a tool to counties in their efforts to strengthen responses to domestic violence. The document was developed by OPDV in collaboration with many New York State public and private entities and with extensive public comment received from communities across the state.

Tools for Professionals

• Domestic Violence Policy Development Tool
  Provides a clear, concise document to guide communities who are developing domestic violence policies and considerations to address at all stages of the policy development process. This tool may be updated periodically, and we encourage you to check back to ensure you have the most up to date version.

Articles

• Overcoming Challenges within Domestic Violence Task Forces
  Outlines some common challenges communities have reported experiencing when establishing and maintaining coordination (primarily focused on task forces) and some ideas to overcome them.

Reports

• Safety and Accountability Audit Project
  OPDV participated in this inter-disciplinary project, working with a community to assess the local response to domestic violence. The project, developed by Ellen Pence of Duluth, Minnesota, was designed to examine whether institutional policies and practices enhance victim safety and enforce offender accountability. The project report is available in RTF format (1MB). The appendices are available in a Zip file (702k), also in RTF format.
  
  
• Commission on Domestic Violence Fatalities: Report to the Governor
  Recommendations for preventive and protective strategies, guidelines and legislation to reduce domestic violence; recommends improvements in services to victims of domestic violence and their families; and assesses whether a Fatality Review Board should be created to examine domestic violence fatalities.