Polyvictimization Demonstration Project: Family Safety Center Tulsa

OVC released the Vision 21: A Pathway to Justice, Healing, and Hope: Addressing Polyvictimization in a Family Justice Center Setting Solicitation to establish a demonstration initiative focused on developing a special polyvictimization program model within Family Justice Centers (FJC) and other comprehensive co-located services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Through this initiative, a specialized trauma-informed polyvictimization screening tool will be developed and offered to both adults and children receiving services at the FJC’s, followed by the provision of the wide range of services needed to address survivors’ complete history of current and past experiences with violence.

With this award, the Family Safety Center (FSC) will participate as one of six demonstration sites to develop models for addressing polyvictimization within FJCs or similar co-located services models with the goal of developing a new screening tool and expanding services for polyvictims seeking services in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Project partners include: Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS), the City of Tulsa Forensic/SANE Nursing Program, Legal Aid Services for Oklahoma, Parent Child Center of Tulsa, Community Service Council of Tulsa, and the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and Medical Clinic. The University of Oklahoma Center of Applied Research for Non Profit Organizations will serve as the local research / evaluation partner on the project. CA/NCF