February 20, 2013

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

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 7 min.

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES DISCUSSION/ACTION 3 min.
Explanatory document – Minutes from the November 28, 2012 Family Violence Council meeting.
Action: To approve the November 28, 2012 minutes.

IV. REPORTS DISCUSSION
A. Updates from Agencies 10 min.
Agency representatives are asked to provide an update, if any, on high profile cases, major budget issues, emerging trends, new reports, etc.

B. Sentencing Commission – Minouche Kandel 1 min.

C. Police Department, Special Victims Unit – Lt. Michelle Jean 5 min.
1. Overview of key staffing changes

D. Review of Family Violence Council Work Plan/Recommendations: 10 min.
To improve case outcomes, the City’s response must be coordinated with community providers.
1. Child Abuse Counseling Program (Ramona Massey)
2. Children’s Advocacy Center (Kathy Baxter)
3. Child Abuse Intervention Program (Janice Avery)
4. Elder Abuse Forensic Center (Talitha Guinn)
a. Update on Law Enforcement Elder Abuse App downloads and outreach
5. Current Issues in Domestic Violence (Beverly Upton)

V. NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSION 65 min.
A. Recommendations of the 2011 Comprehensive Report on Family Violence in San Francisco. Reports are requested from agencies in bold.
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).
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).
7. FVC recommends the continued support of a multidisciplinary response to family violence in San Francisco (all).
8. FVC recommends the creation of a victim/survivor program within the San Francisco Adult Probation Department that will work collaboratively with other city and county department survivor/victims services which includes, but is not limited to, the Sheriff Department’s Survivor Restoration Program and the District Attorney’s Office of Victim Services.
9. FVC recommends the collaboration between the District Attorney Victim Services and SafeStart to provide counseling to youth who witness violence in the home.
B. Planning for the 2012 Comprehensive Report on Family Violence in San Francisco

VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS DISCUSSION 9 min.
A. Key Legislation
B. Events

VII. PUBLIC COMMENT DISCUSSION 8 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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