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Coalition Connection
Your Weekly Source of News, Training Opportunities, Resources, and Events
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Through a collective voice, the WCADVSA is committed to provide leadership, education, and systems advocacy to advance social change and end violence. | |
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Welcome to your weekly edition of the Coalition Connection!
Are you having difficulty viewing this e-mail or do you feel like you are missing some of the information in the Connection? If so, email Celeste at ccollingwood@wyomingdvsa.org for help.
We will highlight important information in this section each week in red that requires your action or attention. This week's highlights include:
Opportunities
- Director of Client Services with Community Safety Network
Our Work
- Violence Prevention Practitioners: Opportunity to Improve and Update VetoViolence Website
- Allstate Barrier Reduction Funds Available
- ERAP Reminder: Gap in Accessibility to Funding
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Advocate Learning and Support Collaborative (Jul. 28)
- Coordinated Community Response and/or Sexual Assault Response Team Intensive Technical Assistance Available
- Program Support Calls (Next: Aug. 2)
- WCADVSA Laramie Office Hours and Program, Board, Staff and DVS List
- NNEDV Independence Project Available
Abortion Access in Wyoming
- WY Judge Temporarily Blocks Abortion Ban
- Reproductive Health Resources
- Post-Roe Resources for Advocates: Supporting Reproductive Freedom and Choice
- Core Principles of Survivor-centered, Voluntary Services Inform Our Work, still. A message from the Confidentiality Institute
Policy Updates
Across the Nation
- ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Protect Domestic Workers
Trainings, Webinars, and Events
In Wyoming
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National Sexual Assault Conference: Embracing Intersectionality (Aug. 17-19) - Travel Funds available
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Primary Prevention Training (Aug. 31 - Sept. 1) - Travel Funds available
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Save the Date: October Membership Meeting (Oct. 5-6)
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Save the Date: Silent Witness Initiative Ceremony (Oct. 7)
- Transitional Housing Voluntary Services Training E-Learning
Across the Nation
- DV Counts Informational Webinar (Aug. 16)
- Proposals Open for the Collaborative Responses to Domestic Violence in Rural Communities Conference
- Annual CAAN Meeting (Nov. 2-3)
Resources
- NAESV VAWA 2022 Topic Summaries
- SANE and Healthcare Related
- Housing/Economic Justice
- Criminal and Civil Legal Provisions
- Restorative Practices
- Campus-Education Provisions
- Applying for OVW Funding
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Director of Client Services
with Community Safety Network in Teton County
Join the Community Safety Network and an exceptional and compassionate team dedicated to supporting those affected by domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in the Teton area. The Director of Client
Services is a leadership role overseeing the fidelity, implementation and evolution of the trauma-informed client service model at Community Safety Network. This role includes supervision and support of two client advocates and a residential case manager. Additional duties include direct client services, collaboration with community partners, database management and grant reporting.
Salary range is $75,000 to $85,000 commensurate with experience. CSN offers a robust benefits package that includes healthcare, retirement, and paid leave. A Master's Degree in social work, counseling, psychology or other related field is preferred, candidates with 4+ years of relevant experience will also be considered. Bilingual Spanish/English skills are also preferred. Ideal start date is August 15, 2022.
A detailed job description is available at here.
To Apply: Please email a brief cover letter and resume to admin@csnjh.org.
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Violence Prevention Practitioners: Opportunity to Improve and Update VetoViolence Website
Hello! CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention and Banyan Communications are seeking to improve and update the VetoViolence website. Therefore, we are asking for violence prevention practitioners to provide feedback on its tools, specifically the resource Select, Adapt, Evaluate, to learn more about what works well and what could be improved. We are looking for violence prevention practitioners who would be willing to participate in a 60-minute interview via Zoom. This is completely optional. If you are interested in participating please follow this link.
We appreciate you taking the time to consider sharing your opinions and experiences with Select, Adapt, Evaluate and we look forward to hearing from you!
For questions, please reach out to Cassandra at cburson@wyomingdvsa.org.
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Allstate Barrier Reduction Funds Available!
Flexible Funds to Reduce Education, Employment, and Job Training Barriers for Survivors
With support from The Allstate Foundation, the WCADVSA has funds to support education, employment, and job training barriers for survivors. These funds can be used to help support survivors in obtaining G.E.D.s, job skills training, certifications, licenses, continuing education, education/job-related supplies such as uniforms, tools, and/or other equipment, transportation-related support, etc.
If your program is offering training on the Allstate Moving Ahead Curriculum or other economic empowerment training, you may request funds to support and encourage survivor participation such as offering food and/or childcare during economic empowerment events or gas gift cards for survivors to get to the training.
Member programs may also inquire about offering scholarships to help support survivor participation in job training programs such as CLIMB Wyoming.
We have approximately $9,750.00 remaining. Remaining funds will be pledged on a first come first serve basis. To request funds, please submit an Allstate Barrier Reduction Request Form. Once your request has been approved, your program will pay expenses upfront and then you can request reimbursement by submitting an Allstate Barrier Reduction Reimbursement Form.
While it is not required for participants to utilize the Allstate Moving Ahead curriculum to access these funds, financial planning and management is a life-long process and this online curriculum is designed for domestic violence survivors and can help provide the guidance and tools needed to make important financial decisions and work toward gaining long-term financial security.
If you have any questions, please connect with Trish Worley
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ERAP Update: Gap in Accessibility to Funding
Due to the extension of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program funds in Wyoming, WCADVSA is transitioning our ERAP grant. We anticipate a 30 - 60 day gap in accessibility to funding until we receive a new contract from the WY Department of Family Services. We will be sure to notify everyone immediately when we have a new contract in place and are able to access funds.
During the transition, we want to do what we can to help your programs ensure that the survivors' needs are still met. If you anticipate incurring any expenses during the transition, please talk to Angie and come up with the best way to handle it. The process may be delayed, but if you are able to hold off on submitting vouchers for reimbursement, we may still be able to reimburse.
If you have any questions, please contact Angie or Kristen,
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Advocate Learning and Support Collaborative
Thursday, July 28, 2022, 1:00 - 2:30 pm MST
Program Advocates are invited to join an opportunity to meet, connect with, and learn alongside fellow advocates!
The Advocate Learning and Support Collaborative will be held every other Thursday, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm over Zoom. All membership program advocates are invited to connect in this space, to meet and provide support to one another, and to engage in a learning community together as we explore and discuss resources provided by national domestic violence and sexual assault organizations.
Please register HERE or contact Susie Markus, Rural Capacity Specialist, at 307-222-3352 or smarkus@wyomingdvsa.org.
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Coordinated Community Response and/or Sexual Assault Response Team Intensive Technical Assistance is Available from the WCADVSA!
This assistance is available for existing teams that may be seeking resources and technical assistance, or communities interested in starting up, revising, or reviving your teams!
Please contact Susie Markus at smarkus@wyomingdvsa.org or 307-222-3352 for more information.
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Program Support Calls
Held first Tuesday of every month
at 1:00 pm via Zoom
Alina from Zenit Journaling will be joining us this year to work on self-care and healing with Program Directors and designated advocates. This will consist of mini journaling sessions the first Tuesday of each month at noon (before our program support call), and in person workshops during our October Membership Meeting.
Here is the Zoom Link for Mini Journaling Sessions.
Program Support Calls are an opportunity for DVSA program directors (or their designee) to connect with other programs and WCADVSA staff about the work being done around Wyoming. Coalition staff will invite others to join the support calls at the request of membership.
Our next Program Support Call is August 2, 2022. Join us by clicking this Zoom link (it will be emailed directly to member program directors).
Contact Kristen at kschwartz@wyomingdvsa.org with any questions or problems connecting.
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NNEDV Independence Project Available
Credit Building through Micro-Lending
Just a reminder that NNEDV is able to provide $00 credit-building, micro-loans to survivors. Through the Independence Project, advocates and local domestic violence programs across the nation can support survivors of domestic violence in improving their credit scores through micro-lending. Through the Independence Project, a survivor can apply for a credit building micro-loan of $100 and to repay this loan over the subsequent 10 months with no interest.
To apply please register at the following link: Independence Project Application Sign Up.
Thanks to the generous and continued support of The Allstate Foundation, which makes many of these loans possible! Click here to learn more.
If you have any questions, please connect with Trish Worley or contact the NNEDV team.
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Abortion Access in Wyoming | | |
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WY Judge Temporarily Blocks Abortion Ban
Abortion still remains LEGAL in the state of Wyoming! On Wednesday, July 27, the same day the abortion bad was set to go into effect, Teton County Judge Melissa Owens temporarily blocked the Wyoming abortion ban. This temporary restraining order is in response to the lawsuit that has been filed by Wellspring Health Access, Chelsea's Fund, and others against the State of Wyoming, affiliated officials.
The plaintiffs state that abortion is healthcare and that an abortion ban goes against Wyoming’s constitutional right to leave health care decisions up to the individual. They also state that an abortion ban would do irreparable harm to abortion providers who wouldn’t be able to provide essential care, that it forces those seeking abortions to get care out of state, and that it will have an enormous impact on the physical, emotional and financial wellbeing of Wyoming residents.
A full trial is likely to be held on August 8.
To read more about the lawsuit and the temporary block click here.
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Reproductive Health Resources
While the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has reversed Roe v. Wade, we can still help survivors seeking an abortion. We've compiled a list of reproductive health resources.
We are in the process of creating a reproductive health resources page on our website to help us all keep track of and understand reproductive rights and resources for Wyoming residents. If you have any information to share or questions you would like addressed in our webpage please reach out to either Tara Muir or Celeste Collingwood
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Post-Roe Resources for Advocates: Supporting Reproductive Freedom and Choice
We all have a lot of questions about where reproductive freedoms stand, especially for survivors who seek assistance. Because of this we know there is a need for communicating the very real and immediate threat that a Wyoming abortion ban poses to survivor freedom and choice.
Luckily, the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance has created a reproductive freedom and choice for survivors resource for advocates. While this may not answer all our questions with the ongoing uncertainty of it all, it's a start.
Click here to see the full Reproductive Freedom & Choice for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence Resources for Advocates
Values Messaging: Reproductive Freedom & Choice for Sexual and Domestic Violence Survivors.
Reach out to your representatives and let them know that sexual and domestic violence survivors deserve reproductive freedom!
Use this this link to find out who your elected representatives are, including their contact info, if you aren’t sure.
Do you have more questions about HB92? Reach out to Tara, the WCADVSA Public Policy Director.
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Core Principles of Survivor-centered, Voluntary Services Inform Our Work, still.
Alicia Aiken JD, principal consult for the Confidentiality Institute, shares this important reminder.
In the wake of the Dobbs decision, when many long-held norms about privacy and self-determination feel completely upended, it is a good time to remember how the core principles of survivor-centered, voluntary services inform our work and have not changed.
Best practice means that community-based programs…
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record the minimum amount of information necessary to serve the survivor’s needs, as determined by the survivor
- only collect the information that survivors think is related to the help they want from the program
- not ask for unnecessary information about survivor’s past trauma or other aspects of their lives
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purge records when they are no longer needed to serve survivor’s needs
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vigorously protect records from inappropriate or unlawful demands for disclosure, and
- never position themselves as an extension of law enforcement or as rescuers of survivors and their children
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help survivors to make informed decisions about how they share their information with other providers or services, and how they use location-based and internet searches to find reproductive and other health care.
Programs should be assisting survivors to safety plan and collect any documentation that survivors find helpful.
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Programs should not be providing long-term storage for survivor documentation (for evidence or other purposes).
- Programs should be strategizing with survivors and community partners (including law firms and banks) so that survivors can safely store their documentation in highly protective locations that survivors control (like safe deposit boxes or zero knowledge on-line storage sites).
As always, Safety Net and the Confidentiality Institute are available via safetynet@nnedv.org to help answer questions, assess practices and policies, and navigate the complexities of survivor privacy, confidentiality, and technology.
Here are some useful links:
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ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Protect Domestic Workers
The House of Representatives' Education and Labor committee just held a hearing for the National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, legislation that includes domestic workers in common workplace laws for the first time while creating new protections and stronger ways to enforce them.
While the hearing marks a HUGE step forward in moving the Bill to the House floor for a vote and winning critical legislation for domestic workers, we need to take action NOW to ensure that Congress acts with urgency to protect and respect domestic workers!
Take action TODAY by urging leadership to move the National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights forward.
Together, we can achieve a vision for domestic workers that will fundamentally change the way we value the work of women, especially work performed by women of color.
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All year long, you can visit our website to review the most recent legislative sessions and what we have worked on, as well as archived previous years.
Follow this link, or you can always get to that page in the "Get Involved" drop-down menu and then "Public Policy". Please share with staff and board members. We'll work on getting our regular public policy zoom calls on that webpage, too.
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Wyoming Webinars, Training and Events | |
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Save the Date: Fall Membership Meeting
Board Meeting: October 4
Membership Meeting: October 4 - 6
Save the day for our in-person Fall Membership Meeting on October 4-6, 2022 at the Blue Community Events Center in Cheyenne, WY (2401 East Pershing Blvd).
Agenda and registration information coming soon.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Celeste at ccollingwood@wyomingdvsa.org
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Save the Date: 2022 Silent Witness Ceremony
When: October 7, 2022
Where: Blue Community Events Center (2401 East Pershing Blvd. Cheyenne, WY 82001)
We are excited to share that the 2022 Silent Witness Initiative will be hosted by the Laramie County Safehouse Services and will be held at the Blue Community Events Center in Cheyenne.
Agenda and lodging info coming soon!
For questions, suggestions on new inductees, or to learn more contact Celeste at ccollingwood@wyomingdvsa.org. To be a part of the planning committee, contact Carla at help@wyomingsafehouse.org or call 307-634-8655.
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Transitional Housing Voluntary Services Training E-Learning
The NNEDV Voluntary Services Training will be completed through an e-learning module. WCADVSA member programs are encouraged to participate in the e-learning module if they are providing direct services. There is no limit on the number of staff who can take this e-learning course. But at least one person needs to complete the courses for the agency.
There are 8 lessons available. In total, you'll need to view 6 lessons to complete the training requirement. There are 5 mandatory lessons in Track A and 3 elective lessons in Track B. At least 1 lesson from Track B must be completed to meet the minimum lesson requirement.
Click this link to find the registration page. When you register, you will automatically be registered for both Tracks A and B and you will have access to all eight lessons. When you register, you'll be asked to create a username and password that is unique for you. Each person, who wants to take the course, should enroll separately.
Please email a copy of your certificate to Trish Worley, Economic Justice Specialist
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National Webinars, Training and Events | |
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DV Counts Informational Webinar
August 16, 2022 at 1:30 MST
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is gearing up for their 17th Annual Domestic Violence Counts survey and report. #DVCounts is an annual noninvasive, unduplicated count of adults and children who seek services from U.S. domestic violence shelter programs during a single 24-hour survey period. Conducted annually by NNEDV since 2006, DV Counts takes into account the dangerous nature of domestic violence by using a survey designed to protect the confidentiality and safety of victims.
We are excited for your program to participate in this year’s #DVCounts on Wednesday, September 7, and invite you to join an informational webinar on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 3:30 PM ET.
Please click here to register!
Attendees will receive a preview of this year’s survey, hear frequently asked questions, and learn more about collecting data for this year's count. As they roll out some new features this year, we recommend that at least one person from each participating program attend. (If you cannot attend live, English and Spanish recordings will be shared afterwards.)
Please reach out to the NNEDV DV Counts Team at DVCounts@NNEDV.org with any questions.
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Proposals Open for the Collaborative Responses to Domestic Violence in Rural Communities Conference
October 3 - 4, 2022 at 8:30 AM - 4:15 PM MST
Topics of Interest are:
- Mobile Advocacy Options
- Lack of Public Transportation
- Limited Housing for Survivors
- Telehealth Options for Rural Hospitals
- Limited Staff, Volunteers, and Men’s Auxiliaries
- Lack of Community Awareness Surrounding Domestic Violence
Coordinated Community Responses (CCRs) have been recognized as a best practice in reducing domestic violence since the Violence Against Women Act was enacted over 20 years ago and can be particularly effective in rural communities, where close-knit relationships and highly engaged community members provide an ideal jumping off point for collaborative efforts. However, with limited resources that must stretch further than their urban counterparts’, it can often be a struggle to implement and sustain this approach.
Recognizing this, ICCR and the Conference on Crimes Against Women are coming together to provide critical training and resources for implementing collaborative, systemic responses to domestic violence in rural communities nationwide.
Submit a Proposal HERE
Visit instituteccr.org/rural-conference/ to learn more.
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NAESV VAWA 2022 Topic Summaries
The National Alliance to End Sexual Violence has created the following summaries of VAWA 2022 by topic. Click on the photos below for the full summaries.
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SANE and Healthcare Related
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Housing and Economic Justice
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Criminal and Civil Legal Provisions
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Campus and Education Provisions
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Applying for Office on Violence Against Women Funding
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) invites organizations and communities working to end gender-based violence to apply for funding. This section provides general information about how to apply for OVW grants and cooperative agreements.
You can also stay updated on OVW Open Solicitations and their ongoing Solicitation Release Plan.
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