Impacts of Agency Coordination on Nonprofit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Programs in Communities With STOP Formula Grant Funding

Authors: Zweig, Janine M.; Burt, Martha R.

Source: Violence and Victims, Volume 19, Number 5, 2004 , pp. 613-624(12)

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

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Abstract:

The goals of the current study are (a) to understand the community and state context in which STOP(Services^* Training^* Officers^* Prosecutors)-funded victim service (VS) programs operate, (b) to assess the degree to which receipt of STOP funding for VS programs and the degree of state-level STOP agency support for collaboration among community agencies have led to improved program services and community interaction, and (c) to assess the degree to which improved interaction between community agencies leads to improvements for VS programs. The results show that community interaction between VS programs and other community agencies can improve VS program services as reported by service providers. In addition, the higher the pre-STOP levels of activity around violence against women issues in communities, the more agencies can enhance their service system with STOP funding. Also, STOP funding has facilitated greater levels of change for communities whose pre-STOP attention to violence against women was lower.

Document Type: Case report

Publication date: 2004-10-01

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