The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency is currently implementing a countywide domestic violence response team (DVRT) system which is a collaborative effort involving law enforcement, community domestic violence agencies, child and adult protective services, the District Attorney’s office, hospitals, and public health nursing. In this model of service delivery, a 911 call or other emergency report to law enforcement regarding a domestic violence incident activates the response team. Law enforcement officers arrange for an advocate to respond to the scene of the domestic violence incident within approximately 15 minutes. The advocate’s role is to provide crisis intervention and to arrange for appropriate follow-up, which can involve long-term case management and supportive services provided by the advocate as well as referrals to other services. This paper describes the development of an evaluation system to assess the implementation and provision of services by the San Diego County domestic violence response teams. The types of data collected from law enforcement records and advocate reports will be discussed, and preliminary findings will be reported. The utility of data collection for the purposes of monitoring implementation will be discussed, and future directions for the evaluation will be described.
Learning Objectives: describe strategies for developing a comprehensive evaluation of a domestic violence response team; understand the benefits of data collection for the purpose of monitoring implemention of a domestic violence response team
Keywords: Domestic Violence, Evaluation
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Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
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