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NCCEV Press ReleasesFor immediate release: November 11, 2004NCCEV Staff To Attend Safe Start Conference
NEW HAVEN, CT - Dr. James Lewis, III, Chief of Operations and Ms. Janis Glover, Resource Center Librarian, for the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence at the Yale Child Study Center (NCCEV) will attend the Safe Start Initiative Cross Site meeting in Baltimore, MD, Wednesday, November 17th through Friday, November 19th, 2004. The Safe Start Initiative, funded under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), provides funding for eleven urban, rural, and tribal communities* to address problems faced by children from birth to six who are exposed to violence in their homes, schools and communities. Safe Start communities provide an opportunity to implement effective prevention and intervention strategies by strengthening already existing alliances and integrating service delivery systems, such as police/mental health/ juvenile justice partnerships. The goal of the Safe Start Initiative is to build on collaboration and awareness of the issues surrounding children's exposure to violence to ensure a lasting positive effect on participating communities The purpose of this semi-annual meeting is to convene project directors and evaluators from the eleven communities to discuss the status of project activities and next steps for sustainability. The National Center for Children Exposed to Violence, under the direction of Dr. Steven Marans, the Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center, has provided training and technical assistance to the eleven Safe Start Initiative communities since the Initiative began 1999. Phase I of the Safe Start Initiative will be completed in 2005. The NCCEV was established by the White House and U.S. Department of Justice in 1999 based on the pioneering work of the Child Development-Community Policing Program (CD-CP), a ground-breaking community collaboration among law enforcement, juvenile justice, domestic violence, medical and mental health professionals, school personnel and others. The mission of the NCCEV is to increase the capacity of individuals and communities to reduce the incidence and impact of violence on children and families; to train and support the professionals who provide intervention and treatment to children and families affected by violence; and, to increase professional and public awareness of the effects of violence on children, families, communities and society. * Safe Start communities include Baltimore, MD; Bridgeport, CT; Chatham County, NC; Chicago, IL; Pinellas County, FL; Rochester, NY; San Francisco, CA; Sitka, AK; Spokane, WA; Washington County, ME: and Zuni, NM. This conference is available only to participants in the Safe Start Initiative. For more information, please contact the National Center for Children
Exposed to Violence at www.nccev.org
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