At the February DVOMB meeting, the Board ratified a discussion point that is now included in Section 5.02 regarding the composition of the Multi-Disciplinary Treatment Team (MTT). The approved language provides clarification to Approved Providers about unsupervised cases while also speaking to the supervisory and clinical issues associated with these cases.

 

Discussion Point: Offenders who are sentenced to receive a domestic violence offender evaluation and treatment services are sometimes placed in the community without supervision (e.g., state probation, private probation, parole, or community corrections). Circumstances for unsupervised court orders vary, but these cases should be rare due to the possible risks posed to victim and community safety. The lack of a supervision officer can compromise the effectiveness of the MTT, offender containment, and accountability; can undermine efforts toward creating safe case management strategies; and may create ethical challenges for approved Domestic Violence Treatment Providers. Providers are encouraged to work with community stakeholders to address the lack of a supervising officer for domestic violence offenders when it occurs. This includes identifying strategies for how these offenders will be managed in such situations to enhance public safety. Domestic Violence Treatment Providers may accept such a client into treatment if, in their clinical judgment, it is in the best interests of the client, victim, and community safety to do so.  

At the February DVOMB meeting, the Board ratified updates to Appendix C of the Standards. There were outdated terms in Appendix C in the previous version and new updated terms that can be referenced.

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