North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic 
Violence
State Coordinator
April Burgess-Johnson
123 W. Main St., Suite 700
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: (919) 956-9124
Fax: (919) 682-1449
Web:
www.nccadv.org
E-mail:
aburgess@nccadv.org
Overview of State Program
The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCCADV) was founded in 1981 as the North Carolina Association for Domestic Violence Programs with an initial membership of 21 participating programs. The
coalition focuses on services and systems advocacy, statewide planning, public awareness and education, intimate partner violence
(IPV) prevention, and direct services. NCCADV provides the following:
- A resource library;
- A training institute;
- Immigrant Outreach and Communities of Color support;
- Project Rainbow Net for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender partner violence;
- Public policy advocacy;
- Coordinated Community Response (CCR) for preventing IPV; and
- The Silent Witness Initiative to memorialize domestic violence homicide victims.
North Carolina (NC) is divided into 6
program regions with 92 current domestic violence service providers in
100 counties, and serves a population of more than 8.1 million people.
Seventy-one of these programs are dues-paying members of the coalition.
The NCCADV Board of Directors is composed of representatives from the
program regions across the state, and a representative from each of the
four caucuses: Sisters Overcoming Abusive Relationships (SOAR),
Lesbian/Bisexual Women, Rural, and Women of Color. NCCADV supports the
caucuses and has a strong record of leadership and collaboration with
national, state, and local programs. The coalition has increased its
focus on preventing IPV with funding from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). NC was one of 14 state coalitions to
receive funding to launch the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement
and Leadership Through Alliance (DELTA) Program.
NCCADV has coordinated a variety of training events designed to build the skills to develop and sustain prevention activities in the state. In 2006, 25 training activities related to prevention or capacity building were offered and attended by more than 1,000 participants. Training topics included Building and Maintaining a Coordinated Community Response Team, Empowering Teens to Promote Change, and Engaging the Faith Community in IPV Prevention. In addition, NCCADV partnered with several national organizations to support other training events. A Call to Men hosted their annual national conference in Charlotte and Camp Sheila Wellstone provided a multiday session on engaging communities in political action and voter engagement. The coalition also worked with partners to host a train-the-trainer session for Mentors in Violence Prevention for 12 local communities.
In addition to training and technical assistance, NCCADV has focused on building statewide collaborations to enhance prevention efforts. The partnership between NCCADV and the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) began to strengthen in 2004 with the passage of legislation that mandated a study of ongoing violence prevention efforts in state schools. Since that time, NCCADV has worked with the DPI to improve the quality and frequency of prevention efforts in schools, as well as to support enhanced collaboration between local school districts and domestic violence programs.
A statewide steering committee has been convened to develop a 10 year plan to prevent IPV in NC. Members of the steering committee are from diverse backgrounds, representing key stakeholders in the areas of domestic violence and primary prevention. The 22 member committee includes representatives from public health, NC Lieutenant Governor's Office, Office on Disability and Health, Department of Public Instruction, and UNC.
State Future Directions
NCCADV will continue to collaborate with CDC, other DELTA cooperative agreement applicants, and the CDC-selected evaluation/training contractors to establish mutually agreed upon goals and objectives. In addition, NCCADV will guide the development and implementation of cross-site evaluation and translation of prevention practices, concepts, and principles for local CCRs and local fiscal agents.
In the upcoming year, NCCADV will partner with DPI to implement a plan
to ensure that within 3 years, every school principal in NC has received
information about domestic violence and how schools can partner with
local domestic violence programs and CCR teams in primary prevention
activities. NCCADV will provide training and technical assistance to
educators in local domestic violence programs to ensure that they have
the capacity to effectively partner with the school system on primary
prevention efforts.
Local Projects
| 1. | CCR: | Coalition for Family Peace |
| Fiscal Agent: | Family Violence and Rape Crisis Services of Chatham County | |
| Priority Population: | Youth and young adults | |
| 2. | CCR: | Evolve |
| Fiscal Agent: | Domestic Violence Shelter and Services | |
| Priority Population: | TBD |
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