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San Saba Domestic Violence Task Force
Meets the second Wednesday of each month at Ma and Pa's
Restaurant in San Saba, Texas.
The Blog is Located Here
The first meeting of the San Saba Domestic
Violence Task Force was held on November 14, 2007.
Those in attendance were:
In attendance at the first meeting of the San Saba DV
Taskforce were: Georgia Harris, City of San Saba, Dove
Project; Dee Vickery, Off the Beaten Path Ministries;
Teresa Moring and Cathie Lehman with New Horizons Families
First STAR Program; Dr. Pennissi Taylor, Taylor Clinic;
Officer Allen Brown, City of San Saba, Police Department;
Brenna Troncoso, Political Asylum Project of Austin.
The Meeting Covered These Important Issues:
1. What is a domestic violence task force?
After discussion it was determined that the San Saba
DV Task Force would best be described as "A multi-disciplinary
initiative of agencies and individuals that work to
end domestic violence in rural San Saba County."
2. What will the DV taskforce do?
Promote activities in the areas of education, public
awareness, and coordination of services.
3. Do we need one? We voted and all in attendance said,
"Yes."
4. Who needs to be on this task force?
a. Police, Sheriff's Dept., county attorney, victim
services coordinator, district attorney's office, family
strengthening programs such as Families First STAR program,
adult probation, juvenile probation, CPS, domestic violence
programs, Adult Protective Services, school administrators,
religious leaders, attorneys and legal service providers
such as Legal Aid and Political Asylum Project of Austin,
and other support service providers such as Family Services
Center of Brownwood, TX Civil Rights Project, Texas
Advocacy Project; Texas Council on Family Violence,
and Texas Association Against Sexual Assault and any
other person (student reps or survivors) or agency that
might have an interest in supporting San Saba's effort
to end domestic violence.
5. How do get it going?
a. Establish an institutional framework through the
following:
i. Meet the second Wednesday of every month
ii. Maintain contact via email
iii. Use the Task Force blog (www.sansabadomesticviolencetaskforce.blogspot.com)
iv. Phone calls and personal networking
6. What do we want to accomplish with a domestic violence
task force?
Some of the subjects to be explored in future meetings
will be:
a. Education and awareness in the schools to include:
i. dating violence/date rape
ii. bullying
iii. victimization of males and females
b. Law Enforcement Training dealing with:
i. Protocols for DV calls
ii. Literature for the officers to hand out at the scene
regarding resources.
iii. Officer fatigue/frustration
c. Increase a support base for:
i. Survivors/victims (male & female)
ii. Batterers (male and female)
iii. Families needing a "cooling off" place
for
1. their children - such as a couple hours of daycare
2. themselves
d. Guidelines of operation for the Task Force
e. Housing Issues for Victims and their families
If
the legal or judicial system failed to protect you or
a family member
from abuse Please Contact:
Amnesty
International & The
United Nations
Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at:
1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224
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