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City of Everett
<br /> Activities that Compromise Victim Safety and Recovery and Undermine
<br /> Offender Accountability
<br /> The Office on Violence Against Women does not fund activities that jeopardize victim safety, deter or prevent
<br /> physical or emotional healing for victims, or allow offenders to escape responsibility for their actions. Below is
<br /> information about these activities and related statutory requirements.
<br /> 1) Procedures or policies that exclude victims from receiving safe shelter, advocacy services, counseling,
<br /> and other assistance based on their actual or perceived sex, age, immigration status, race, religion,
<br /> sexual orientation, gender identity, mental health condition, physical health condition, criminal record,
<br /> work in the sex industry, income or lack of income, or the age and/or sex of their children.
<br /> 2) Procedures or policies that compromise the confidentiality of information and/or privacy of persons
<br /> receiving services.
<br /> 3) Procedures or policies that require victims to take certain actions (e.g., seek an order of protection,
<br /> receive counseling, participate in couples counseling or mediation, report to law enforcement, seek civil
<br /> or criminal remedies) in order to receive services.
<br /> 4) Procedures or policies that fail to include conducting safety planning with victims.
<br /> 5) Project designs, products,services, and/or budgets that fail to account for the unique needs of
<br /> individuals with disabilities,with limited English proficiency, or who are Deaf or hard of hearing,
<br /> including accessibility for such individuals.
<br /> Additional activities that compromise victim safety and recovery and undermine offender accountability
<br /> appear in the table below.
<br /> The use of pre-trial diversion programs in cases of domestic violence,dating violence,sexual assault,or stalking or the
<br /> automatic placement of offenders in such programs.
<br /> Couples counseling,family counseling,or any other joint victim-offender counseling as a routine or required response to
<br /> sexual assault,domestic violence,dating violence,or stalking,or in situations in which child sexual abuse is alleged.
<br /> Mediation in cases of domestic violence,dating violence,sexual assault,or stalking, except where the mediation is
<br /> voluntary for the victim and there is screening for such victimization prior to the start of mediation,there is informed
<br /> consent on the part of the victim,the mediators have appropriate training on such victimization issues,and the process
<br /> includes ongoing safety planning for victims and flexibilities such as having the victim and offender physically separated.
<br /> Offering or ordering anger management programs for offenders as a substitute for batterer's intervention programs or
<br /> relying on batterer intervention programs that do not use court monitoring to hold offenders accountable for their
<br /> behavior.
<br /> Partnering with individuals or organizations that support/promote practices that compromise victim safety and recovery
<br /> or undermine offender accountability.
<br /> Policies or procedures that require victims to report the crime to law enforcement,participate in the criminal justice
<br /> system,or seek a protection or restraining order against the offender,and penalize them for failing to do so.
<br /> Training and technical assistance that do not reflect an understanding of domestic violence,dating violence,sexual
<br /> assault,and stalking,and the experience of survivors,that fail to incorporate the experiences and unique needs of
<br /> underserved communities,or that include or promote practices that may re-victimize survivors.
<br /> Except if required by law, procedures or policies that require automatic reporting to child or adult protective services,
<br /> regardless of the circumstances of an incident.This includes automatically reporting situations that may implicate victims
<br /> of domestic violence solely for failure to protect a minor child.
<br /> Procedures or policies that deny individuals access to services based on their relationship to the perpetrator.
<br /> Procedures or policies that deny victims and non-abusing parents or caretakers and their children access to services
<br /> based on their involvement with the perpetrator.
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