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v/ C -6,-0- *-1-15- 14-1- jjQ U) VOLUNTEER ADVOCACY PROGRAM I. Goal The primary goal of the volunteer advocacy program is to provide immediate support, information, and service to victims of domestic violence in Durham and Orange Counties. II. Narrative The following services are available to victims of domestic violence through our volunteer advocacy program: emergency housing for immediate safety through local motels and boarding homes provision of food and transportation related to temporary placement outside the home crisis and short-term counseling legal information on civil and criminal rights and procedures accompaniment to the Magistrate's Office and to court in criminal Oases preparation for a criminal court hearing referral and advocacy with other community agencies These services are available free of charge, on a 24 hour, seven days per week basis. A battered woman-contacts our services bY calling either Hassle House in Durham County or HELPLINE in Orange County and asking for the Advocate on-call for that day. The above services are provided by trained volunteer Advocates (both men and women), The responsibilities of the Advocate include:' participation in a comprehensive 30 hour training program mandatory attendance at monthly Advocate meetings being on-call to provide services at least twice a month supervisory consultations with staff recordkeeping The Coalition has 30-50 volunteer Advocates actively on-call at any one time. Since the volunteer Advocate, as primary service provider, is the core, of the advocacy program, considerable administrabive time and program support is given to the training and supervision of the volunteers. The volunteer Advocacy program has been in operation since 1977. III, • Objectives A. Provide services to an estimated 70 women per month • B. Provide advocacy training to 50 new volunteers C. Supervise volunteer advocates through monthly meetings, individual 4Sonforonees, and evaluation of monthly repotting form COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM . • I. Goal The goals of the Coalition community education program are to educate and train the community about the domestic violence issue and to publicize the availability of our services, II. Narrative The act.ivities in this program include,: - frequent media exposure through newspaper articles, television coverage •and radio -h05 • - distribution of posters and brochures describing Coalition services - speaking engagements with community groupS such as civic clubs, churches, school and university clasSes