New Directions ANNUAL REPORT FY2015

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1 New Directions ANNUAL REPORT FY2015 VISION STATEMENT: New Directions will join with the community to build safe, respectful and loving relationships.

2 SERVICES HOTLINE As part of a 24-hour hotline, 397-HELP, staff respond to crisis calls from persons who have experienced physical, sexual or emotional assault. 309 persons 717 calls 334 hours INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY Support for decision-making and safety planning as well as information and referral services; includes hospital accompaniment for victims of sexual assault LEGAL ADVOCACY Court accompaniment and follow up on all domestic violence and stalking charges. 163 persons 474 contacts 877 hours 212 reports 204 charges SUPPORT GROUPS AND CLASSES Advocacy and education provide support and the opportunity to examine assault on the personal, institutional, and cultural levels, and to take action to end violence on all three levels. 37 persons 59 contacts 60 hours SHELTER Safe housing to residents and their children fleeing domestic violence. The shelter can house up to two families or eight individuals at one time. Staff help residents plan how to create a violence-free home for themselves and their children. Referrals are made to community agencies for help with financial assistance, housing and employment. When the shelter is full, alternate safe housing is sought at a shelter in a neighboring county or in a local motel. No one is turned away without resources and/or referrals being provided. Sheltered: 14 women/15 children 688 person nights/279 family nights Motel: 1 women/2 children 3 person nights/1 family night Shelter Requests Not Filled: 56 domestic violence* 59 homeless * In addition to New Directions being full, other reasons that domestic violence shelter requests are not filled include: the individual does not follow-through on their initial phone call to New Directions - either with a subsequent phone call or at a scheduled in-person appointment; the individual is seeking to relocate from another Ohio county or another state, and a different Ohio or state county shelter is geographically more accessible; and, housing offered by other agencies is better-suited to address their primary needs for example, drug and alcohol recovery.

3 FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL SUPPORT GRANTS AND ALLOCATIONS Mental Health and Recovery for Licking and Knox Counties - $114,606 Victims of Crime Assistance (Ohio Attorney General) - $35,101 State Victims Assistance Act (Ohio Attorney General) - $10,192 United Way of Knox County - $38,000 Baseline (Office of Criminal Justice Services) - $23,134 Rape Prevention Education (Violence Against Women Act/Ohio Department of Health) - $57,943 Delta Focus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Ohio Domestic Violence Network) - $69,107 Family Violence Prevention Services Act (Office of Criminal Justice Services) - $40,000 Marriage License Tax (Knox County Commissioners) - $14,000 FUNDRAISING November 2014 Mailing - $14,625 Individual Contributions - $27,704 Monthly Pledges - $2,040 Fundraising Dinner Event - $31,788 5K Color Run - $1,723 IN-KIND DONATIONS Volunteer hours - $8,235 Household items for families in shelter - $7,915 Lease of building from county commissioners - $17,150 ORGANIZATION BOARD MEMBERS Laura Noonen, President LeAnn Eshelman, Vice President Dotti Riggs, Secretary/Treasurer Tonya Boucher Margaret Clor Michael Cullers Barbara Kakiris Haley Shipley Joan Stallard STAFF MEMBERS Matt Hellman, Director Corina Klies, DELTA Focus Coordinator Sheryl Landis, Court Advocate/Women s Advocate Betty Pealer, Advocate/Administrative Assistant Laurie Thompson, Educator/Child Advocate Scott Campbell (Keelsra Business Services), Fiscal Manager (replaced Danise Bielecki in January) Community Foundation of Knox County/Mount Vernon

4 COMMUNITY & STATE COALITIONS Staff members participate in community groups that promote services utilized by survivors of domestic, intimate partner and sexual violence Emergency Needs Coalition SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) Knox County Domestic Violence Collaborative Board Family and Children First Council Community Health Assessment Team Knox County Substance Abuse Action Team Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Assault (OAESV) Ohio Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention (OSIP-VP) Consortium Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN) SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS Centerburg Danville East Knox Fredericktown Mount School/Grade Vernon Elementary 89 students 101 students 151 students 181 students Middle School 34 students 46 students 28 students 16 students students students 24 students High School 41 students 63 students 89 students 12 students 250 students 106 Students Second Step Respecting Each Other Child Assault Prevention What is Luv Flirting or Hurting Safe Dates Media Literacy Builds children s empathy, emotion management, and Facilitated by classroom teachers, problem-solving skills grades K-6 Two-day workshop about sexual harassment prevention 190 students, grades 3-5 Teaches preschool and elementary school students assault prevention by bullies, strangers and known-persons, in a three-day series that uses role plays One-day workshop about relationships developed and implemented by the Teen Advisory Council (TAC) Teaches middle-school students about sexual harassment, how to set appropriate boundaries with peers, and where to get help if someone is harassing you Teaches high school students about healthy relationships and signs of abuse Teaches middle and high school youth skills for thinking critically about portrayals of gender and violence in popular culture and media 332 students, grades K-3 (+104 preschool children) Two presentations, at Danville and Fredericktown High Schools, were done by Teen Advisory students. 124 students, grades students, grades students, grades 6-12

5 COMMUNITY EDUCATION Date Organization Attendees Topic Presenter 9/5 First Friday/wheel 500 Healthy Relationships Laurie 9/17 Mentoring 3 Mentoring* Laurie 10/2 Mentoring 3 Stewards of Children* Laurie 10/4 Kenyon TBTN/wheel 250 Healthy Relationships Laurie 10/9 First Nazarene Youth and Parents 60 Healthy Relationships Laurie 10/16 Kenyon Safety Fair 100 New Directions Laurie 10/17 Kenyon Safety Fair 100 New Directions Betty 10/21 DVAM Vigil/Square 20 Domestic Violence Staff 10/27 Sexual Assault Forum/Kenyon 25 Sexual Assault Matt 11/1 Kenyon Men 6 Healthy Relationships Matt 11/8 Kenyon Men 5 Healthy Relationships Matt 11/12 MVNU Criminal Justice 20 Domestic and Sexual Violence Matt 11/13 KCJFS 25 New Directions Sheryl 11/15 Kenyon Polar Plunge 15 Fundraising Matt 12/2 TIME 2 Healthy relationships Matt 12/10 Kenyon student interview 1 New Directions Matt 12/15 Harcourt Parish meeting 10 Fundraising Matt 12/16 TIME 3 Healthy relationships Matt 1/15 Leadership Knox 16 New Directions Matt 2/11 Kenyon Sexual Misconduct Advsrs. 20 Sexual Assault Services Matt, Corina 2/13 Kenyon Fraternity 25 New Directions Matt 3/8 First Congregational UCC 25 Bullying Prevention Laurie 3/10 MVNU Comm. Health Class 12 New Directions Matt 3/10 MVNU Social Work Class 10 Intimate Partner Violence Corina 3/15 First Congregational UCC 20 New Directions, DELTA Matt, Corina 3/18 The Main Place 12 New Directions Matt, Corina 4/11 Soroptomist Style Show 150 New Directions Matt 4/21 Main Place 8 Healthy Relationships Matt, Corina, Roxane 4/25 Mount Vernon Library 3 Kids Safe Self Storytime Matt/Laurie 4/26 Color Run 150 Sexual Assault Awareness Corina, Staff 4/30 Fundraising Dinner 200 Sexual Assault Awareness Staff/Board 5/10 Cburg UMC, Gay Street Meth. UCC 150 Celebrating Women flowers Matt 5/11 The Village Network 4 New Directions Matt 5/12 Women s Healthy Happy Hour 150 New Directions Betty 5/19 The Main Place 8 Healthy relationships Matt, Laurie 5/20 Pressler and Carpenter Dentistry 20 DELTA Matt, Corina 6/1 Kiwanis 25 New Directions Matt 6/5 First Friday wheel 300 Healthy Relationships Laurie, Matt, Emma 6/21 Harcourt Parish 35 Celebrating Men (Dad s) Laurie 6/21 Fredericktown First Baptist 15 Celebrating Men (Dad s) Matt 6/22 MV City Staff Meeting 12 DELTA Matt, Corina, Carrie, Joan * Mentoring was a program that was previously funded by the United Way of Knox County. It was intended to match a mentor family with a family that was seeking mentoring. * Stewards of Children teaches adults how to prevent child sexual abuse, using evidence-informed prevention solutions, with emphasis on eliminating one-on-one interactions

6 DELTA FOCUS The purpose of the Delta FOCUS grant is to reach beyond programming with individuals to making changes within the community to change community norms (traditions and practices that shape or restrict the decisions, choices and behaviors of groups and communities) that support violence against women and girls. These norms have been shown through years of research to be community risk factors for perpetration of violence against women and girls. Community norms change means that the work of ending domestic violence and stalking, sexual violence, and teen dating violence must include the voices and ideas of community members, and that we all must own the issues, and that working together is necessary for sustainable and meaningful changes to support healthy, equitable, safe, and non-violent relationships and communities. 1. Teen Advisory Council (TAC): TAC is a group comprised of teens (14-18) across Knox County who want to take a stand and have a voice in ending sexual violence and teen dating violence. Youth gather once a month to plan activities within the community setting and at their schools to model and become Ambassadors of healthy relationship expectations. These teens commit to examining their own beliefs and learning new skills. 2. Delta Committee: The Delta Committee is a committed group of community members who want to make change in Knox County. Members commit to attending monthly meetings, exchange ideas, help mentor and cross-pollinate ideas with the Teen Advisory Council; and actively share ideas and knowledge gained from the Delta Committee work via their social, peer, and professional networks about primary prevention (stopping domestic violence and sexual assault before it happens). The Delta Committee supports the work of the Project Coordinator by helping her develop and plan the objectives and activities of the annual continuation grant, including updating activities of the Delta Committee; attending grant-related activities; and acting as liaisons within community power structures. 3. Working with Businesses: The Delta Committee identified that working with businesses, utilizing a bystander intervention model, would help spread the message of community involvement by safely speaking up and intervening to the precursors and signs of domestic violence amongst employees or patrons. The program chosen for this effort is called See The Signs: Speak Out and includes online or in-person training options (both free). To date, Sips Coffee House and Carpenter and Pressler Dentistry have taken the training. The idea is to saturate the county with the message. 4. Working with Young Men: By engaging men & boys as partners in teen dating and sexual violence prevention strategies, we will work with boys & men to increase their knowledge about risk & protective factors for perpetration of violence against women and the social norms that support those risk and protective factors. We continued with the Men of Strength Club (MoST) curriculum. Risk factors addressed include Harmful gender norms and norms supporting aggression. Equipped with this new learning, men & boys will be supported to engage in their circles of influence to challenge the risk factors when they see & hear them being endorsed and speak out in safe & effective ways. 5. Working with Coaches of Male Sports: Coaching Boys into Men (CBiM) is a methodology created by Futures without Violence. The idea is to work with coaches to integrate healthy relationships competencies (risk & protective factors) with youth on their athletic teams. This model builds on the strengths that coaches bring to young men s lives such as mentor, leader, and friend.