Empower Yolo, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office and the Yolo County Administrator’s Office have joined forces on a new project to address the needs of victims of family violence, sexual assault and human trafficking as part of the mission of the newly formed Family Violence Coordination Pilot Program.
Other community partners include the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, Victim Services Program, Probation Department, Office of Education and Child Support Services; First 5 Yolo Children and Families Commission; Dignity Health; UC Davis Family Protection and Legal Assistance Clinic; and local law enforcement agencies.
This partnership is creating an improved coordinated response to all survivors of family violence by co-locating and coordinating existing county services on-site at Empower Yolo — 175 Walnut St. in Woodland — so survivors can avoid traveling to, and navigating through, multiple systems when they have limited windows of time and multiple urgent needs.
Although Empower Yolo provides comprehensive resources, prevention, education and community support services to the public on-site, community resources typically provided by county agencies were offered at separate locations. Now, through this public-private partnership, all clients have access and exposure to expanded programs and services.
To continue reading this article by Natalia Baltazar, director of development and community relations of Empower Yolo, go to: http://www.davisenterprise.com...victims-of-violence/
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