Family Violence Council - February 18, 2015 - Agenda

Meeting Date: 
February 18, 2015 - 3:00pm
Location: 
400 McAllister Street
Room 617
San Francisco, CA 94102

Family Violence Council:

Addressing Violence throughout the Lifespan

Agenda

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Wednesday, February 18, 2015

400 McAllister, room 617

San Francisco, CA 94102

 

Members

Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, or designee

Director of Human Services Agency, or designee

Mayor, or designee

Director of Department of Aging and Adult Services, or designee

President of the Board of Supervisors, or designee

Director of Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families, or designee

District Attorney, or designee

Director of Child Support Services, or designee

Public Defender, or designee

Director of Department of Animal Care and Control, or designee

Sheriff, or designee

Superintendent of San Francisco Unified School District, or designee

Chief of Police, or designee

Director of Domestic Violence Consortium, or designee

President of Commission on the Status of Women, or designee

Director of San Francisco Elder Abuse Forensic Center, or designee

Chief of Adult Probation, or designee

Director of San Francisco Child Abuse Council, or designee

Chief of Department of Emergency Management, or designee

Chair of Batterers Intervention Programs Subcommittee, or designee

Director of the Department of Public Health, or designee

 

 

I.        Call to Order/Agenda Changes                    Discussion/Action            3:00 pm – 3:05 pm

                Action: To approve the meeting agenda.

II.      Introductions                                             Discussion                           3:05 pm -3:15 pm

III.    Approval of Minutes                                     Discussion/Action            3:15 pm – 3:20 pm

Explanatory document – Minutes from the November 19, 2014 meeting

Action: To approve the November 19, 2014 minutes

IV.    Working Committees to Implement Recommendations of the Family Violence Council Report

A.    Update from Justice and Courage Committee                    Discussion                           3:20 pm – 3:25 pm

B.     Develop a fact sheet on family violence for SFUSD           Discussion                           3:25 pm – 3:30 pm

C.  Advocate to update MDS System                                      Discussion                           3:30 pm – 3:35 pm

                                                                                             

V.      Presentation on ACES (Dr. Leigh Kimberg)                    Discussion                           3:35 pm – 4:20 pm

VI.    Update on Amending Family Violence Council Ordinance          Discussion                 4:20 pm -4:25 pm

VII.  Reports                                                                                                                        Discussion                           4:25 pm – 4:45 pm

A.                  Key Issues in Family Violence                                                                                                    

1.                   Domestic Violence Update  - Beverly Upton                                                       

2.                   Elder Abuse Update – Shawna Reeves                  

3.                   Child Abuse Update – Katie Albright

B.                  Sentencing Commission (Jerel McCrary)

VIII.            Public Comment                                                   Discussion                           4:45 pm – 5:00 pm

This item is to allow members of the public to comment, for a maximum of 2 minutes each, on matters within the Council’s purview, as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Council’s future consideration.

 

IX.    Adjournment                                                        Action                                  5:00 pm

                  

Family Violence Council

Quarterly Meeting Schedule 2015

Wednesdays, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm; 400 McAllister Street, Room 617

February 18, 2015

May 20, 2015

September 2, 2015

November 18, 2015

 

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