Holding Offenders Accountable: The Role of the Batterers - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Holding Offenders Accountable: The Role of the Batterer’s Intervention Program (BIP) in the CCR Team Bea Coté LCSW LMFT Founder and Executive Director of IMPACT and Step Up to Family Safety

The DV/SART of Cleveland County • Received an Enhancing Rural Strategies from OVW • About 4 years old • Dual Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Resource Team

Acknowledging the Pillars

Partnering with other Agencies • Department of Social Services • LGBTQ Advocacy Groups • Councils on Aging • Parish Nurse Programs • Mental Health Groups/ LMEs • Court Advocates • Faith Community • And… • Educational Partners • Emergency Medical Services

Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council!!!! • The grant allowed for funding of • The coordinator organizes a part-time coordinator monthly meetings and projects; communicates with all current and future participants; gathers information and ideas; consults with NCCADV and others.

Why include BIPs on your CCR?

Simply: for every victim of DV there is an abuser. BIPs address the problem with those causing it. BIPs are advocates, and are designed to do one thing that is vital to a CCR: holding abusers accountable. BIPs do their jobs best when informed by victims, survivors and other advocates.

Example of BIP involvement: DV Training Day • February 2014 • Followed the DV System from a 911 call through sentencing and services for victim and offender • BIP included as part of the process

Shares Info • Intimately familiar with abusive behaviors and shares this knowledge with the team

Clears the Fog • Keeps your CCR accountable in your language, approach, and tactics towards batterers.

Further Resources • Has additional resources in place to help maximize victim safety and minimize victim risk

BIPs are already invested in this work and provide more connections to: • Probation and Parole • Victim Service Providers • District Attorney’s office • Judges • Court Advocates • Department of Social Services

BIPs are an invaluable asset to your CCR! • Provide accountability to the team on taking abuse seriously and not underestimating batterers • Provide additional resources that promote safe communities and help maximize victim safety • Provide further connections to other valuable community partners

Bringing in Other Partners • They have helped bring our court system to the table • Working on some new court domestic violence protocols • Issues pertaining to sentencing with probation and parole

Questions?

Thank you to CCR Coordinator for Cleveland County, Jerry Reed, who developed most of these slides.