Piedmont Circuit
What is a Family Violence Task Force?
Family Violence Task Forces are multidisciplinary community groups (government agencies, community-based agencies, survivors of family violence, concerned community members and professionals) whose focus is on increasing victim safety and offender accountability through coordinating local services and effecting change through creating a coordinated community response to domestic violence.
What is a Coordinated Community Response?
A coordinated community response is an intervention strategy that employs an interagency approach to address domestic violence and protect victims. In order to foster a coordinated community response to domestic violence, task forces establish committees to address barriers that victims face while attempting to become safe and gaps where offenders may slip through.
Who Should Join a Family Violence Task Force?
Family violence survivors and offenders of this crime come in contact with several different agencies or systems. Family Violence Task Forces provide an opportunity for these multiple systems to gather and develop best practices for addressing this issue for their local community. Listed below is a list of systems that should be participating in a task force. This is not a comprehensive list, but gives a general idea of how varied Family Violence Task Force members can be.
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Domestic Violence Agencies
Georgia Council on Child Abuse Boys' and Girls' Club Leaders Law Enforcement/First Responders Detention & Diversion Centers Mental Health Providers DHR Veterinarians/Animal Care Providers Georgia Legal Services Hospitals/Emergency Centers Local Attorneys/Public Defenders Day Care Centers Neighborhood Watch Programs Junior League Teachers |
Domestic Violence Survivors
Rape Crisis Centers Council on Aging Probation & Parole Officers Judges, Court Administrators/Clerks/Staff Health Department FVIP Providers DFCS Day Care Programs Board of Education Housing Authority City Recreation Departments Urgent Care Medical Centers Nurses/Doctors Faith-Based Leaders |
If you would like more information regarding our task force or would like to be a speaker at one of our meetings, please contact Traci Bledsoe at tbledsoe@peaceplaceinc.org.
