Coalition For Family Harmony

Programs: Domestic violence emergency shelter: the domestic violence emergency shelter is a 30-day emergency residential program for battered victims and their children. The shelter provides food, clothing personal care items, and assistance with medical and transportation issues. Shelter clients and their children have access to individual counseling, support groups, children groups, parenting classes, access to transitional housing, after school resources and legal resources. The shelter also operates a 24-hour bilingual crisis hotline with trained shelter staff and or volunteers who offer crisis intervention, information, referrals and shelter intake. The hotline provides a non-judgmental response to callers, information on domestic violence, and information on safety, crisis intervention and appropriate referrals. The hotline serves as the link to other agency services. For the main function and operation of the shelter we receive funding from the ventura county human services agency, california public health and california emergency management agency also known as cal ema. The domestic violence shelter provided 1,483 bed nights and related program services throughout fiscal year 2016/17 for an average of 6 clients per month. Approximately 40% of shelter clients are referred by law enforcement agencies and or social service agency and initiate services by calling our 24 hour bilingual crisis hotline, the only crisis line in ventura county staffed by professionals specifically trained in domestic violence and sexual assault intervention and issues. All clients are processed by an intake procedure, in which the crisis line operator will verify safety measures, expectations, and process a general needs assessment. If the shelter advocate deems that the client requires needs beyond what the shelter program can help them with, arrangements are made to house that client and their children into a shelter as soon as possible with an agency that would better fit their needs. The shelter schedule is a 24/7 a week operation including all weekends and holidays. Services provided at the domestic violence shelter reporting period of fy2016/2017:number of persons:- requesting dv services = 707- receiving temporary housing and/or food = 74- receiving psychological support and/or counseling = 69- receiving medical care = 21- receiving legal assistance and referrals = 315- receiving information regarding other local social services = 1,270number of emergency transportation services = 69number of hotline crisis calls = 368number of persons with a physical and/or developmental disability receiving services = 24number of school age children continuing their education while housed at the dv shelter = 28number of shelter and hotline clients referred by law enforcement = 7number of shelter and hotline clients referred by social services = 18

the rape crisis center: the center is primarily funded by calema and is the only sexual assault center in the county of ventura serving victims of sexual assault which includes: rape, attempted rape, child molestations, sodomy, oral copulation, sexual penetration, indecent exposure, incest, lewd acts on a child under 14 years of age, and sexual assault against the elderly. Sexual assault advocates are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and are contacted through our hotline and the local law enforcement agencies. Staff is located in the coalition's facility and the county multi-disciplinary interview centers during business hours and on call after normal work hours. Crisis intervention:children 0-17 years of age = 136adults 18-24 = 88 25-59 = 175 60+ = 16age unknown = 0in person crisis intervention = 192telephone crisis intervention = 243adults molested as children = 70provided shelter or safe housing = 6financial assistance:cash outlays/vouchers, purchased by agency for food, clothing, housing, and transportation = 16advised of victim compensation availability or assisted in filing claims = 43assisted with restraining order, injunction or other protection order = 7sa exam attended by rc staff or volunteer = 115demographics:white = 149hispanic/latina = 183african american = 11asian = 4hawaiian = 2other = 11unknown = 60training to other agencies = 6

counseling programs:the coalition offers comprehensive counseling services to survivors and perpetrators of domestic violence and sexual assault. Our mft interns and trainees provide individual, family and group counseling services. We offer support groups for victims of domestic violence, rape sexual assault, and incest/molestation. In 2016/17, the coalition provided 2,060 individual private sessions and had 1,320 attendees at the support groups. * spanish-language anger management programwe offer this 15-week course for court-mandated and volunteer participants. * repeat offender prevention program (ropp)created for first-time juvenile felons and their parents/guardians, the ropp program is designed to prevent recurring criminal and adverse behaviors for adolescents younger than 15 1/2 years of age. Depending on various needs, the youths are put into groups including anger management and conflict resolution, substance abuse, teen empowerment for girls, and victim impact. * juvenile probation services (jps) programsimilar to ropp, jps is limited to those juveniles on probation and designed to prevent recurring criminal and adverse behaviors by adolescents. Our interns and youth advocates provide numerous services including anger management, substance abuse and teen empowerment groups, along with individual counseling for those in need. In 2016/17, the coalition provided counseling services to 501 youth. Family harmony program:the family harmony program is a blending of various effective parenting programs previously used for years at the coalition. The result is a unique 12-week curriculum that is applicable to virtually every parenting situation involving children of all ages. The family harmony program was designed to create a more nurturing home environment in which all family members can thrive. In 2016/17, the coalition had 552 parents participating in our family harmony program. Child abuse intervention program (caip):this county-approved program assists participants in improving parenting skills to prevent violence. Participants gain positive family dynamics by establishing a belief system based on mutual respect and communication. Co-ed spanish and english language groups are held two (2) hours weekly at the coalition. Volunteer or court mandated parents may attend the 52-week program. In 2016/17, the coalition held 102 caip sessions.