January is...
Stalking Awareness Month
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January is National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM)! Stalking is a prevalent crime that often co-occurs with domestic violence. Stalking is a pattern of behavior directed at a specific person that causes fear.
Stalking can be an extension of power and control in an abusive relationship, and many abusers stalk their partners both during and after the relationship has ended. Intimate partner stalkers are the most dangerous stalkers: they are more likely to approach victims, escalate behaviors, re-offend and assault their victims. Stalking is a terrifying and psychologically harmful crime in its own right as well as a predictor of lethality: in 85% of cases where an intimate partner attempted to murder his partner, stalking preceded the attack.
Though millions of men and women are stalked every year in the United States – with a frequent co-occurrence of domestic violence -- the crime of stalking is often misunderstood, minimized and/or ignored.
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Types of Stalking
- Surveillance: Follow, Watch, Wait, Show up, Tracking software, Obtain information about victim, Proxy stalking
- Life Invasion: Unwanted contact at home, work or other places, Phone calls, Property invasion, Public humiliation, Harass friends/family
- Intimidation: Threats, Property damage, Forced confrontations, Threaten or actually harm self, Threats to victim about harming others
- Interference: Financial and work sabotage, Ruining reputation, Custody interference, Keep from leaving, Road rage, Attack family / friends, Physical / sexual attack
* Resource: SPARC
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January 11 is Human Trafficking Awareness Day
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Changes to DV Regulations Posted for Public Comment
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The New York State Office of Children and Family Services has posted changes to residential and non-residential domestic violence regulations for public comment. The timeframe for submitting public comments will close on February 17, 2019.
The proposed changes address several issues and challenges advocates have brought to OCFS’ attention in the past, so it is critical for us to provide responses and feedback to the state.
NYSCADV is reviewing the comments carefully and will be submitting comments prior to the February 17 deadline. If you would like more information about OCFS’ proposed changes, please contact Joan Gerhardt, NYSCADV’s Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, at
[email protected]
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NYSCADV'S UPCOMING TRAININGS & EVENTS
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Budget Advocacy Day Preparation Webinar: January 30, 2019, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
NYSCADV will host an informational webinar, that will review the Governor’s Executive Budget and review basic lobbying tips to help you prepare for your legislative visits on Budget Advocacy Day.
Best Practices for Supporting Coaches in Effective Healthy Relationship Programming, Bath: January 31, 2019
NYSCADV, in partnership with
Legal Assistance of Western New York
, Inc
., is pleased to present this webinar, which will review best practices for engaging coaches and athletic directors to implementing programming that addresses healthy and unhealthy behaviors of athletes on and off the field.
Budget Advocacy Day: February 5, 2019
For the first time in 30 years, the Legislature will be debating changes to the way funding flows to domestic violence primary purpose providers around the state. NYSCADV’s Budget Advocacy Day presents the perfect opportunity to meet with local legislators and communicate the needs and concerns of domestic violence agencies. As these meetings occur, NYSCADV also will be encouraging fellow advocates, survivors and friends to participate in a virtual advocacy day.
NYSCADV Annual Membership Meeting 2019: March 25,2019
NYSCADV Legislative Day of Action 2019: May 14, 2019
Registration and additional information to follow.
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OTHER WEBINARS, TRAININGS, CONFERENCES & EVENTS
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Webinars
- January 11, 2019: Trauma-Informed Victim Interview (TIVI) for the Justice System, Part 2- Battered Women's Justice Project & National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
- January 15, 2019: Stalking Awareness Month: Know It, Name It, STOP IT Webinar - SPARC
- January 15, 2019: ACE-DV Webinar 3: Not One Path: Speaking to Our Relationships with Those Who Abuse - National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
- January 16, 2019: Part I: Survivor Centered Individual Advocacy in Bankruptcy - Center for Survivor Agency and Justice
- January 16, 2019: Predicting Intimate Partner Violence Injuries Based on Police Reports - Battered Women's Justice Project
- January 17, 2019: Identity Theft and Fraud: What Do We Know from Research and Practice - Center for Victim Research
- January 21, 2019: Domestic Violence Shelters and Pets: How RedRover Offers Assistance for Successful Co-Sheltering - NCADV
- January 22, 2019: Stalking and Older Adults: An Overview - The National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL)
- January 23, 2019: Precarity & Resistance Among Immigrant Survivors of Human Trafficking - Center for Survivor Agency & Justice
- January 23, 2019: Adult Survivors as Movement Leaders: Lessons Learned from the Just Beginnings Collaborative - Prevent Connect
- January 24, 2019: Multiple Victim Homicides, Mass Murders, and Homicide-Suicide as Domestic Violence Events - Battered Women's Justice Project
- January 25, 2019: Flexible Funding Nuts and Bolts, Housing - District Alliance for Safe Housing
- January 30, 2019: Human Trafficking Field Developments and Intersections with Domestic Violence - Casa de Esperanza
Conferences
- 8th Annual SART Conference: January 17, 2019, Troy, NY
- Conference on Crimes Against Women: April 8-11, 2019, Dallas, TX
- End Violence Against Women International Conference: April 22-25, 2019, San Diego, CA
- 2019 Crime Victim Law Conference: June 6-7, 2019, Portland, OR
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- Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Grant Program, Due: January 31st
- Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program, Due: February 7th
- Training and Services to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities Grant Program, Due: February 7th
- OVW's Fiscal Year 2019 Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking - Due: February 13th, 2019
- Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program, Due: February 13th
- Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations, Due: February 13th
- Grants to Tribal Government to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction, Due: February 14th
- Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program, Due: February 14th
- Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) - Tribal Governments Program (Purpose Area #5), Due: February 26, 9:00 p.m. ET
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