CACs in Family Justice Centers How Does Colocation

CACs in Family Justice Centers: How Does Co-location Really Work? Connie Klick, MSW, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Mark Thomas, Sojourner Family Peace Center

Project Beginning Applied for President’s Initiative – Not Selected DA Chisolm Vision & Leadership Tellier Foundation/Work with Bob Harrison (community interviews) Community Planning Meetings & Community Input Sojourner Truth House – Task Force on Family Violence Merger Nonprofit organization at the heart of the project design

Merger The merger of Sojourner Truth House and Task Force on Family Violence provided the foundation for moving the project forward The merger took two years to negotiate and navigate Resulted in the creation of Sojourner Family Peace Center

Project Phases and Partnership Selection

Project Phases 2006 – 2007 Concept Exploration and Community Engagement 2008 – 2012 Organizational Merger and Land Acquisition 2013 Project Development and Design Phases 2014 – 2015 Construction and Move 2016 Operations and Sustainability

Initial Tasks Overcome barriers and risks (continually) Feasibility Study, Conversations with Donors Site selection, Considered 40+ properties Site Selection, Main Criteria • Proximity to Courthouse and Downtown Milwaukee • On a bus line/easy access • Provide a sanctuary for clients • Asset to community/neighborhood Partner Selection, Foundational partners received first priority once Center is created Generate funding

Barriers/Risks Having police and child welfare on-site may be intimidating to victims • “”They just want to take my child/children. ” • “Will police arrest someone even if I don’t want that? ” Perceived loss of privacy, identity Challenge to fund such a large project and sustain it “NFPs always want a ‘Taj Mahal’” MKE doesn’t need another building, use an existing one “Public” Shelter is dangerous • Abusers will know location • Could become a target • Woman may feel threaten, instead of safe

Foundational/Lead Partners Sojourner Family Peace Center Children’s Hospital – Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center District Attorney’s Office

Sojourner Family Peace Center Founded - 1975 46 bed Emergency Shelter & 24/7 Hotline - 1978 Courthouse Advocacy Program (restraining order)- 1986 District Attorney’s Office (DAVA) – 1990 CDAAP (co located with MPD) – 2006 Batterers Treatment – 1986 Community Education Case Management Services (FASS) – 1998

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (ranked 4 th in the nation) Child Advocacy Program – early 1960’s Milwaukee CAC (formerly known as the Child Protection Center) – 1992 Serves 3, 500 children annually Provides forensic interview, medical, advocacy, and therapy services CHW-Kenosha opens 1 st CAC outside Milwaukee – 2002 CAPS Current – 7 CAC’s 2 medical satellites and hospital based advocacy program

Partnership Types 3 types of partners Co-located Visiting Referring

Co-Located Sojourner Family Peace Center Children’s Hospital of WI – MCAC, Project Ujima, Cap Fund, Pediatric Mental Health District Attorney’s Office Milwaukee Police Department – Sensitive Crimes Milwaukee Public Schools Aurora Healthcare – Sexual Assault Services Jewish Family Services - Mental Health Services Marquette University – Healthcare Services Wraparound Milwaukee Goodwill Legal Action of WI CORE/El Centro

Visiting & Referring Partners Central Legal (family law services) Crime Victim Rights Services/Compensation Faith Based Services (tbd) Latino Resource Center Boys and Girls Club of Milwaukee Manpower Inc. (lifeskills/employment services) United Neighborhood Community Centers City of Milwaukee Health Dept. Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services

Center Services Domestic Violence services Crisis Housing Hot Line, 24 hours Sexual Assault services Behavioral Health Integrated Healing services Child Abuse services Law enforcement Prosecution Case management Legal services

Wellness Center • • Critical component to healing & long-term wellness Utilizes expertise of Partners Traditional and Non-Traditional methods Impact and Success seen from the beginning Walk in Clients, Immediately • Expansion needed/planned for 2017

What’s Unique About our Model? Led by a local non-profit On site emergency shelter for women and children Co-located Child Advocacy Center Integrated programming and commitment to share/ work (when possible) on cases Shared Data(base) with protections/permission to reduce trauma of repeated interviews Private – Public Partnership Range of on-site providers

Why Partner? Family Justice Center and CAC Models are very similar. More economical to have partner agencies all co-located in a single space. Studies show a significantly high co-occurrence rate between domestic violence and child abuse (40 – 70%) Domestic violence and child abuse very often affect the same families Can be happening at the same time One can lead to the other Are not currently addressed together

Why Partner? More holistic services to families Timely, collaborative response to families needs Opportunities to move out of silos Pushed us to think differently about who can be onsite Maltreaters or Perpetrators vs. Parents or Caregivers Staff resiliency

BEFORE

CD Assessment Court Oversees and Sanctions Plan Psych/Mental Health Conditions of Release CHIPS COURT Parenting Education Visitation CP Case Mgmt Individual/Family Therapy Child Placement No Contact Order DV Classes Arraignment Hearing Pre-Trial/ Hearing Trial Sentencing Initial Intervention Unit Contacted Jail Arrest Report Child Protection Screening CP Investigation Non-Arrest Report Arrest Child Welfare Assessment No Arrest Safety Plan Emergency Placement Risk Assessment Safety Assessment Child Maltreatment Assessment Law Enforcement Notified Judge Reviews Squads Investigate Files for Divorce Family Court Hearing Temporary Custody Evaluation 911 Call Advocacy Program Interviews by Evaluator Files OFP Ex Parte Denied Seeks Shelter Landlord/HRA Notified EPC Hearing Service Plan Monitoring/ Probation Warning Given Ex Parte Granted Sheriff Evicts Sheriff Serves Respondent OFP Granted Civil Court Hearing OFP Denied Eviction Hearing Custody Hearing Final Divorce Hearing Praxis – Rural Technical Assistance on Violence Against Women Custody Awarded Child Support Established OFP Filed Supervised Exchange/ Visitation Reliefs Granted

AFTER

Milwaukee Child Advocacy Center

Measuring Success

Initial Work Convene SFPC Outcomes & Evaluation (O&E) Committee and inviting the right people to the table Monthly meetings since August 2015 Developing Theory of Change & Logic Model Measuring our the development of our partnership Developing & Implementing Success Story Templates

Current Work Identifying data already collected by partner agencies Developing Key Performance Indicators Collecting Hope Scale from clients at intake Offering client Evaluation Interviews

Current Work Measuring community awareness and engagement Measuring staff well-being Project specific evaluations Healthy Dating Summits Child Witness to Domestic Violence DV High Risk Team Building an evaluation infrastructure

Looking Toward the Future

Vision Transforming Lives…Transforming Milwaukee In addition to serving families more effectively, we have focused our efforts on: Elevating the conversation in our community Meetings with community leaders Connecting to community issues Education, Economic Development, Public Safety Engaging a wider audience New partners, new donors, more volunteers Creating Safe and Healthy Families Education Center

Wellness Commons A New Vision… Concept Development planned for 2017 Multi-Partner Entity, Ownership TBD * * Workforce development programming Café/Bakery for work experience All wellness programming and services Housing Diversified revenue stream Proximity to Family Peace Center

Contact Information Mark Thomas Vice President & COO, Sojourner Family Peace Center Mark. T@familypeacecenter. org Connie Klick, MSW Director, Child Advocacy and Protection Services Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Cklick@chw. org