Fnding from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council through a Violence Against Women Act grant (VAWA W10-8-014) enables Four Points to coordinate five multi-disciplinary teams to improve response to violence against women in the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit. The program seeks to draw on the experience of all participants in the system, including the advocacy community. The grant provides for a paid, part-time coordinator for the Teams.
The grant is possible because every system partner in our judicial circuit (Walker, Dade, Catoosa and Chattooga Counties) signed on as an official partner for the grant. The partners are:
Each Sheriff’s Department
State Probation
Each City Police Department
State Pardons and Parole
Superior Court Judges
Dept. of Juvenile Justice
State Court Judges
Each Family Connection
Magistrate Judges
Each Health Department
District Attorney
Each County School System
Public Defender
Hutcheson Medical Center
Each 911/EMA Center
Family Crisis Center
Each Coroner
Children’s Advocacy Center
Each Dept. of Family & Children’s Services
Sexual Assault Center
Family Violence Intervention Program
Lookout Mtn. Community Serv.
Thank you to each Partner!!!
The Safety Audit/Fatality Review Team has two objectives: audit the system’s response to domestic violence victims and review domestic violence deaths in the circuit. The Team utilizes several methods to look at our system to determine what gaps exist so that those gaps can be filled to provide the most effective services for victims. The Team published its most recent report in January 2011 – The First 24 Hours in a Victim’s Life in the System – 2005 Case Analysis. The Team is currently looking at the next steps for system audit and are in the process of reviewing a 2009 fatality. Click on the report to review it.
The Elder Abuse Team is responsible for developing community education activities to educate the public on the very real and growing problem of elder and disabled persons abuse. The Team also seeks to provide training to our partners to educate them on the dynamics of elder abuse and to provide them resources to combat the issue. The Team provided training called, Frequently Asked Questions for service providers in June 2011 at
The Teen Dating Violence Team has three audiences it seeks to reach with its education and awareness activities: teens, parents and school personnel. The Team sponsors Teen Dating Violence activities in the schools in the circuit each school year including awareness activities during National Teen Dating Violence Awareness month in February each year. Four Points owns the exclusive rights to produce the teen dating violence play, It’s Love, Isn’t It? in North Georgia.
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Members of the Teams are from the partner agencies and community members. Teams have regular monthly meetings. If you are interested in participating, please contact Interim DVTF Team Coordinator, Kathie Logan.
Both of these Teams are on hiatus until a new DVTF Team Coordinator is hired by the Board of Directors.
