Our Mission

The mission of NDCAWS/CASAND is to provide leadership and support in the identification, intervention, and prevention of domestic and sexual violence.

Goals

  • Prepare the organization NDCAWS/CASAND for changing needs in society.

  • Strengthen the NDCAWS/CASAND coalition, strengthen support for local programs and agencies that provide direct service, and energize program leaders through systematic professional development.

  • Raise state-wide and region-wide awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault by promoting the NDCAWS/CASAND statement of values to the community and region.

  • Advocate, sponsor and create appropriate legislation.

  • Identify and address gaps in service.

  • Improve the stability of member programs and for NDCAWS/CASAND through the development of financial opportunity.

  • NDCAWS/CASAND will be a source of information and training, across the state and region, on issues of domestic violence and sexual assault.

  • Improve the communication between NDCAWS/CASAND and member programs through the development of communication guidelines.

  • Raise statewide visibility of the Council on Abused Women’s Services/Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

  • Monitor and evaluate the status of goals in the five year strategic plan.

Our Ambition and Vision

  • Educating stakeholders, by unifying programs and leadership, and creating public policy

  • Challenging ideas and attitudes that perpetuate violence

  • Promoting safety, peace, and respect for all people

  • Building a legacy of healthy communicates with an emphasis on people

  • Uniting stakeholders in purposeful action by promoting the recognition of domestic violence and sexual assault as an important societal priority

  • Demonstrating that all people have a stake in the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault

What You Can Do

  • Call your local domestic violence or sexual assault program to learn about their volunteer needs

  • Raise awareness in your own profession, organization, family and friendship circles

  • Educate yourself

  • Donate time, money, other resources, special skills

  • Become involved in political/social action which promotes victim rights and offender accountability

  • Be there for a friend who may be a victim or perpetrator; learn how to intervene or refer effectively to helping networks

  • Be a vocal proponent of services for victims in your community.

  • Teach respect and non-violence to the young people in your life – especially by being a good role model of those values.