Template Policy: Sharing Physical Space for Co-Located Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Advocacy Programs and Partners

Template policy: coexisting domestic violence / sexual assault programs and physical space sharing for partners

According to Julie Field, Esq. In collaboration with NNEDV safety net project, e-mail: tcip@nnedv.org

Note: Organizations should adjust these sample materials to suit their needs and work. You can change the expression to suit your organization's preferred language (survivors, service participants, etc.). Please remove all blue notes before using this template.

Another document you can refer to is "template policy for protecting paper and electronic information for cohabitation life" in the family domestic violence / sexual violence program and partner.

In co-located collaboration, there should be a clear physical separation between each partner. If other organizations share space occupied by buildings or actual access partners, the partnership needs to clearly document how to protect paper records, computer records, and all other victim information .

Staff / advocate roles: Persons with privilege or confidentiality need to have a separate office or use a privately closed office to meet with clients and make confidential phone calls.

Office space: Partners use blinds and other coverings to protect the identity of victims in the office, when collaborative partners open corridors and open windows to meet office victims You should.

Building safety: If the building occupied by the partnership and the partnership's own check-in process ensures the safety of an independent building, the partnership may consider the following agreement.

• If the visitor or reservation log is stored at the front door of the building, the information gathered in the log must be arbitrary and arbitrary and the log should be erased periodically.

• The victim / client does not need to install a security officer to provide full access to the program. They should be allowed to share initials and names

• If the victim does not want to share their name, please establish a security call to the partnership. Then the person related to the program will come to meet the victim and decide the next step.

• If a visitor badge or brand name identifying the victim / customer is offered, it should be optional and optional.

Note: Why would you like to clear the security log? Using security logs to identify partners' customers and prospects can compromise confidentiality and privacy. Clear logs and other records within a reasonable but short period of time helps confidentiality and at the same time helps to provide the necessary information for security. Please consider the time frame of 24/48/72 hours to clear the safety information. This recommendation is designed to balance client / victim confidentiality needs and security requirements in the event of a security breach. The project was funded with format 2007 - TA - AX - K 012, issued by the US Department of Justice Department of Violence against Women. Opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations posted on this publication / program / exhibition are authored and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Ministry of Justice and the Bureau of Violence against women.

• On Rhode Island, several victim advocacy programs worked with local law enforcement agencies to establish law enforcement lawyers (LEA) at police stations to work directly with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, We are negotiating and contacting detectives and other investigators. Survivors continue to promote / support the service. In some towns with LEA, the rate of dismissal of domestic violence is low, which increases the safety of survivors 19. • International violence against women uses public awareness campaigns in cooperation with law enforcement agencies and judicial authorities across the country. It is designed by the International Women's Federation (EVAWI) to change the way communities respond to rape and sexual violence. It has also been used to change the way law enforcement agencies respond to domestic violence. After the Legislature passed the resolution in 2014, Arizona became the first state to become the "starting" state.

Domestic violence is intentional intimidation, physical violence, violence, sexual violence and / or other abuse, which are part of the power and management system that intimate partners do against other intimate partners . It includes physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence, and mental abuse. Although the frequency and degree of domestic violence may vary widely, a certain element of domestic violence is a consistent effort that one partner maintains power and dominates the other.