August 21, 2013
Family Violence Council:
Addressing Violence throughout the Lifespan
REVISED Agenda
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Wednesday, August 21, 2013
San Francisco Superior Court
400 McAllister St., Room 617, San Francisco, CA 94102
Members:
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Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, or designee |
Director of Human Services Agency, or designee |
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Mayor, or designee |
Director of Department of Aging and Adult Services, or designee |
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President of the Board of Supervisors, or designee |
Director of Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families, or designee |
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District Attorney, or designee |
Director of Child Support Services, or designee |
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Public Defender, or designee |
Director of Department of Animal Care and Control, or designee |
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Sheriff, or designee |
Superintendent of San Francisco Unified School District, or designee |
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Chief of Police, or designee |
Director of Domestic Violence Consortium, or designee |
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President of Commission on the Status of Women, or designee |
Director of San Francisco Elder Abuse Forensic Center, or designee |
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Chief of Adult Probation, or designee |
Director of San Francisco Child Abuse Council, or designee |
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Chief of Department of Emergency Management, or designee |
Chair of Batterers Intervention Programs Subcommittee, or designee |
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Director of the Department of Public Health, or designee |
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Total Estimated Meeting Time: 2 hours
I. CALL TO ORDER/AGENDA CHANGES DISCUSSION/ACTION 1 min.
Action: To approve the meeting agenda.
II. INTRODUCTIONS DISCUSSION 10 min.
A. Welcome to Allen Nance, newly appointed Juvenile Probation Chief
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES DISCUSSION/ACTION 2 min.
Explanatory document – Minutes from the May 15, 2013 Family Violence Council meeting.
Action: To approve the May 15, 2013 minutes.
IV. REPORTS DISCUSSION/ACTION
A. Updates from Agencies
Agency representatives are asked to provide an update, if any, on high profile cases, major budget issues, emerging trends, new reports, etc.
1. District Attorney’s Office - Marshall Khine & Marianne Barrett 5 min.
2. Department on the Status of Women - Dr. Emily Murase 3 min.
Staffing update.
3. Department of Public Health - Carol Schulte 5 min.
Updates to Family Violence Resources in San Francisco.
4. Human Services Agency - Sylvia De Porto 5 min.
5. San Francisco Superior Court - Judge Susan Breall 5 min.
Report on domestic violence lethality assessment training.
B. Sentencing Commission - Minouche Kandel 5 min.
Action: To elect a new representative from the Council.
C. Key Issues in Family Violence
1. Child Abuse Updates 10 min.
a) Child Abuse Counseling Program - Ramona Massey & Janice Avery
b) Children’s Advocacy Center - Kathy Baxter
c) Katie A. case – Kathy Baxter
d) Enough Abuse Campaign – Kathy Baxter
2. Current Issues in Domestic Violence - Beverly Upton 10 min.
a) Language Access
b) Community Corrections Panel
c) Secure Communities
d) Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October)
3. Elder Abuse Presentation - Talitha Guinn 10 min.
a) Law Enforcement Elder Abuse App
b) Elder Abuse Forensic Center
c) Civil Legal and Social Work Conference (10/30/13)
V. NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSION/ACTION
A. Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) System at the Sheriff’s Department – Delia Ginorio 5 min.
B. Changes to Family Violence Council Ordinance 5 min.
1. Action: To recommend that the Family Violence Council Ordinance be amended to add the Juvenile Probation Department as a member of the Council.
2. Proposed Process for Submitting Changes
C. Creating Working Committees to Implement Recommendations of the Family Violence Report 5 min.
Action: To identify Committee Chairs.
1. Public Outreach
2. Trainings
VI. OLD BUSINESS
A. Recommendations of the 2011 Comprehensive Report on Family Violence in San Francisco. Departments are requested to provide progress updates. Highlighted recommendation will be discussed in-depth. 10 min.
1. The Family Violence Council (FVC) recommends the enhancement of data by exploring new data collection from the Sheriff’s Department and the San Francisco Unified School District for future reports.
2. FVC recommends the development of a data collection plan and the collection of data on intimate partner and family violence screenings and diagnosis rates at the San Francisco General Hospital and the San Francisco Department of Public Health community clinics.
3. FVC recommends the Department of Emergency Management provide monthly statistics on the number of domestic violence calls by district and by DV call codes to the Department on the Status of Women.
4. FVC recommends joint trainings for 911 dispatchers by child abuse, domestic violence, and elder abuse experts and advocates (Department of Emergency Management).
Action: To pursue a joint training for 911 dispatchers to be conducted by December 2013.
5. FVC recommends the San Francisco Unified School District should work with the FVC to develop a one-page fact sheet on how to recognize signs of family violence and how to report family violence to the appropriate authorities.
6. FVC recommends a joint outreach campaign on all forms of family violence including child abuse, domestic violence, and elder abuse (all).
Action: To pursue a joint outreach campaign to be conducted in 2014.
B. Planning for the 2012 Comprehensive Report on Family Violence in San Francisco (covers FY2011-2012). 10 min.
1. New Agencies to Include in Report
a) Fire Department
b) Animal Care & Control
VII. ANNOUNCEMENTS DISCUSSION 10 min.
A. Key Legislation
B. Events
VII. PUBLIC COMMENT DISCUSSION 3 min.
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.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT ACTION 1 min.
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Quarterly Meeting Schedule 2013 Family Violence Council November 20, 2013 Wednesdays, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm; |
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