Collaborating to keep families healthy: The partnership between home visitation programs and domestic violence providers in Arizona

Nierstedt, Elizabeth \

Friday, March 20, 2015: 10:15 AM-11:35 AM

Room 3 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speakers:
Elizabeth "Ellie" Nierstedt, BSW, Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
Jeanette Shea, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., A.C.S.W., Jeanette Shea and Associates

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Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Understand that the ACA’s MIECHV program has highlighted domestic violence as a key issue in the mission to support families.
Will be able to identify how relationship influences a home visitors likelihood to screen and refer for DV services.

Description:
The Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence formed a unique partnership to equip Arizona’s early childhood home visitors to deal with the issue of domestic violence. A statewide effort was launched that connected local domestic violence professionals to the home visitors in their communities through local domestic violence training. Familiarity with local DV providers combined with an understanding of domestic violence increased the home visitor’s confidence and willingness to address DV.