Working together to address abuse & violence
LACASA’s Community Response Team is comprised of three sub groups that focus on specific target areas: Domestic Violence Task Force (DVTF), Sexual Violence Task Force (SVTF), and Community Awareness Task Force (CATF).
The five major goals of the Community Response Team are to:
- Support and maintain a connection between a broad community of professionals who interact with families and individuals that may be experiencing child abuse, intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence in Livingston County.
- Establish and maintain a coordinated community approach to the prevention of child abuse, intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence.
- Establish and maintain a coordinated community response when violence is occurring, including review and revision of local policies and practices based on Michigan Model polices (see Livingston County Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault).
- Provide ongoing education and awareness of state-wide policy change, best practices, and LACASA services to Livingston County professionals who interact with families and individuals that may be experiencing child abuse, intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence.
- Offer community awareness opportunities for the general public to raise consciousness about the prevalence, incidence and dynamics of child abuse, intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence.
If you would like more information about our Community Response Team initiatives, contact LACASA’s Community Education Department at 517-548-1350.
For more information on a program, call 517-548-1350
or email us at commed@lacasacenter.org