What We Do

The MNADV promotes awareness and prevention of domestic violence by providing a statewide Helpline for survivors, offering domestic violence programs access to a language interpretation service for survivors who speak languages other than English, maintaining an informational website, disseminating e-newsletters, participating on social media platforms, disseminating brochures for the public, tracking the loss of life caused by domestic violence through a statewide fatality database, and holding an Annual Memorial Service and Annual Meeting and Awards event.

In FY 2016…

• 700 people received information about domestic violence and referrals to local service providers.
• Domestic violence programs made over 3,100 calls tothe MNADV language line so survivors who have Limited English Proficiency (LEP) could access their services.
• 26,000 education brochures and publications were made available to survivors and the public.
• Domestic Violence Homicide Data was collected and analyzed from all 24 counties in Maryland.
  

MNADV national, statewide, and local domestic violence training helps advocates, counselors, social workers, health care providers, law enforcement officers, and other professionals gain new knowledge and skills to improve the response and services to domestic violence survivors.

In FY 2016…

• MNADV trained 4,300 professionals in 182 training sessions.
• 208 participants attended MNADV’s biennial statewide conference

The MNADV provides technical assistance and develops products to help service providers and allied professionals in Maryland and LAP implementers across the U.S. to improve their response and services to domestic violence survivors and to enhance and expand the Lethality Assessment Program (LAP).

In FY 2016…

• Technical assistance was provided to about 64 organizations on over 115 issues including housing issues, eligibility criteria for services, providing trauma-informed survivor-centered best practices, and assisting with needs assessments.

 

From federal and state-funded projects, the MNADV provided technical assistance and developed products to coordinate, expand, and sustain Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) implementation across the country.

In FY 2016…

• MNADV provided 1,733 technical assistance consultations, which includes each email and call associated with the request, to individuals and organizations in 37 states
• MNADV staff provided 77 training sessions to LAP participants in 39 locations across 15 states, which reached 2,460 participants.
  

The MNADV served as a national technical assistance provider to implement the LAP for the DVHP Initiative. The MNADV worked with Pitt County, NC and Contra Costa County, CA to implement the LAP. Two new sites were added in FY 2016: Miami-Dade County, FL and Winnebago, IL.

Implementation began in FY 2016 for the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office and Greenville Police Department, in partnership with the Center for Family Violence Prevention in North Carolina, and the Brentwood, Concord and Richmond Police Departments, in partnership with the domestic violence program STAND! in California.

The MNADV affects systemic change by monitoring state legislation through its Legislative Committee, by educating policymakers about the potential impact of proposed laws on survivors, through involvement in state and national legislative advocacy, and through its coordination of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Teams and Lethality Assessment Program (LAP).

In FY 2016…

• MNADV’s Legislative Committee reviewed over 50 bills that may have impacted domestic violence victims and survivors.

The MNADV collaborates with dozens of local, state, and national organizations on an ongoing basis and convened committees and task forces to improve the systems response and the coordinated community response to domestic violence in Maryland. MNADV collaborations promote coordination and partnerships to improve services to domestic violence survivors, enhance resource sharing, and promote legislation and policies that increase victim safety and abuser accountability.