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Action Steps:
1. Research
and identify existing or new funding sources to increase the
availability of victims’ services for youth.
Mechanism for Implementation:
Community Response Task Forces
Agency
Responsible:
NDCAWS/CASAND Child Advocacy Committee, Children’s Caucus
Board, State Health Dept. Injury Division, Youth Agencies,
and Juvenile Courts
2.
Research and develop updated training
protocols and opportunities for youth workers who may come
in contact with victims of violence.
Mechanism for Implementation:
Youth task forces on a statewide level.
Agency
Responsible:
NDCAWS/CASAND Child Advocacy Committee, Youth Services
Directors, Child Protective Services, and Juvenile Courts
3.
Research and identify funding sources to
provide more services to teen and child victims of domestic
and sexual violence.
Mechanism for Implementation:
Working group/committee of agencies listed below
Agency
Responsible:
NDCAWS/CASAND Child Advocacy Committee, Children’s Caucus
Board, Youth Correctional Center, and Division of Juvenile
Services, and Mountain Plains Network for Youth
4. Seek
out opportunities to collaborate with other youth service
providers to provide counseling to child and teen victims of
violence.
Mechanism for Implementation:
Working group/committee of agencies
Agency
Responsible:
Youth Services Directors, Domestic Violence and Sexual
Assault programs
5. Seek
out pro bono legal assistance for teen, children, and
families who are victims of violence.
Mechanism for Implementation:
Formalized task force/committee
Agency
Responsible:
Legal Assistance of ND, State Bar Association, CAWS/CASAND,
and Juvenile Court |
