Maine Coalition To End Domestic Violence

Program 2 - domestic violence - child protective services program through an office on violence against women "rural sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking assistance program" grant and funding from the maine department of health and human services, we supported specially trained domestic violence - child protective services (dv-cps) advocates placed in rural child protective services (cps) district offices. These advocates 1) consulted with cps caseworkers on dv-related cases; 2) consulted with dv advocates on cps assessment and case management process; and 3) provided safety planning and support services for adult victims of dv involved in cps cases. We also offered training opportunities for cps caseworkers and dv advocates. We partnered with domestic violence resource centers and the maine office of child and family services to promote systems change within the cps and dv victim services systems.

Program 3 - justice for families program through an office on violence against women "justice for families program," we provided training and technical assistance to subrecipient grant partner as they established a supervised visitation program in androscoggin county, maine. Additionally, we provided statewide training to maine's judicial personnel and other key stakeholders who work with families in the court system on the battered women's justice project's safer model.

Program 4 - rapid rehousing program through the u.s. Housing and urban development domestic violence bonus funding we provide 100% subsidized rental housing for 1 year to survivors. This program has broadened to provide housing navigation, standard assistance navigation, supportive services, and funding for staff at 5 of our domestic violence resource centers to administer this program and a housing coordinator specialist at mcedv.