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Local domestic violence programs are the original founders and central strength of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Local programs and the families they serve directly influence the work of WCADV. WCADV relies on local providers to tell us what is working and what is not working with regard to services, policies and systems. Our legislative work is directly influenced by the experiences of individual victims of domestic violence and their children and the programs that try to help them.
Typical services provided by these organizations include counseling, advocacy and support to men, women, children and youth and address immediate safety and long term stability. Advocacy is a primary activity of local programs. It often includes economic advocacy, legal advocacy, and advocacy with a wide variety of systems such as schools, health care, faith communities, and neighborhood associations. Many programs provide temporary shelter for victims and their children. The delivery of some of these services is defined by the Department of Health and Family Services. Click here to find more information on the Domestic Abuse Mandated Services. And, while each program is unique, the one thing all domestic violence service providers in Wisconsin share in common is too much business.
We rely on member programs to share their expertise with their sister programs. Rather than an association of self-interested organizations, WCADV is a strong alliance of programs with diverse interests. WCADV's member programs have operated from the premise that there will be adequate resources for and attention to the diverse interests and communities they represent. This is a network of multi-dimensional links and relationships that have an expansive influence on individuals, communities and authorities. The Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence program directory provides a complete listing of the domestic abuse services available throughout the state. Download a PDF of the WCADV Wisconsin Domestic Abuse Program Directory.
WCADV's organizational members must meet several eligibility requirements. The eligibility requirements are as follows:
- The organization is a non-profit organization with a program primarily designed to serve battered women from diverse groups and their children through services that can include any of the following: crisis intervention, emergency housing and food, counseling/peer support, advocacy and community education;
- The organization has been an Organizational Member of WCADV since December 31, 1992, or a Provisional Organizational Member for one year;
- The organization either devotes at least 70% of its budget to its domestic abuse program services for victims, or devotes less than 70% of its budget to domestic abuse services, but has an advisory committee trained in issues of domestic violence to advise the organization about its policies, community concerns, diversity and women's and children's issues, particularly as they relate to the domestic abuse services;
- The organization understands that organizational members are encouraged to have battered/formerly battered women from diverse groups on their boards and advisory committees, and must have an advisory committee or board with a majority of women;
- The organization does not discriminate in employment and the delivery of services;
- The organization will provide staff or volunteer time for involvement on WCADV's board or at least one committee or other WCADV project, and support participation of staff, volunteers, and battered/formerly battered women in WCADV activities;
- The organization will post or circulate WCADV information to program staff, volunteers, and battered/formerly battered women from diverse groups; and
- The organization will cooperate with other WCADV members in networking, education, training, research and advocacy to influence public policy on behalf of domestic violence victims from diverse groups and their children.