Project
BIPP Accreditation Web Page
Audience
Professionals interested becoming an accredited BIP Program
Purpose
To inform audience about BIPP Accreditation, to make required documents and technical assistance packets available for download, and to inform about training opportunities statewide.
Special Instructions
This page will contain several PDF Files.
Outline
I. Overview of Accreditation
- Downloadable Copy of Statute
II. Overview of Application Process
Required Documents (PDF Format):
- BIPP Accreditation Application
- Statement of Understanding
- Curriculum Tracking Form
- Training Documentation Form
- BIPP Accreditation Guidelines
- Division Accreditation Remittance Form
III. Technical Assistance Materials
(PDF Format)
a. BIPP Accreditation Checklist
b. BIPP Sample Forms Technical Assistance Packet
IV. Training Available
Content
I. Overview
Articles 42.12 and 42.141 in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure relate to accreditation and regulation of intervention programs for family violence offenders.
In late 2007, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Criminal Justice Assistance Division (TDCJ-CJAD) formed a committee to examine the Battering Intervention and Prevention Program (BIPP) Guidelines for program accreditation. The committee was comprised of representatives from funded and non-funded BIPP, family violence shelters, Community Supervision & Corrections Departments (CSCDs), TDCJ-Parole Division, Medical Examiners, Psychologists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and other professionals.
Following the recommendations of the committee, TDCJ-CJAD and TCFV submitted a draft to the committee members, BIP programs, licensing authorities described by Chapters 152, 501, 502, 503 and 505, Occupations Code, and other stakeholders for their review and comments. The current BIPP Guidelines include revised materials directly integrated from those field comments.
*PDF File of Statute should be included in this area.
II. Overview of Application Process
TDCJ-CJAD executed the BIPP Accreditation Application Process. CJAD will facilitate the process and will collect the following documents which will serve to obtain probationary accreditation status. Application, supplemental materials, and a policies and procedure manual that meet BIPP Guideline standards require 100% compliance for Probationary Accreditation Status to be attained.
- Application Form
- Statement of Understanding
- Supplemental Material: Required Training Form
- Supplemental Material: Curriculum Tracking Form
- Polices and Procedures Manual, which complies with the BIPP Accreditation Guidelines
There is a one-time application fee of $300.
Please contact TDCJ-CJAD for details.
Brandi Lynn Burson
(512) 305-9344
*Please include the following PDF Documents available to download:
a. BIPP Accreditation Application
b. Annual Cooperative Working Agreement
c. Curriculum Tracking Form for Licensed Professional
d. Curriculum tracking Form for Non Licensed Professionals
e. BIPP Accreditation Guidelines
f. BIPP Accreditation Process
III. Technical Assistance Tools
The Texas Council on Family Violence produced toolkits to assist programs and providers in assessing compliance with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Criminal Justice Assistance Division BIPP Guidelines and developing required policies, procedures and forms.
These are an optional toolkits and do not need to be submitted to TDCJ-CJAD.
*Please include the following PDF Documents available to download:
a. BIPP Guideline Compliance Checklist
b. BIPP Sample Forms TA Packet
IV. Training Available
To meet required training hours for BIPP Accreditation, TCFV has compiled a variety of training opportunities available locally, statewide, and nationally. These are, by no means, the only opportunities your program have to obtain the required training.
TCFV encourages your program to research its own training venues, contact your local family violence shelter or non-residential program that may provide other options for training.
Although not an exhaustive list, many CJAD approved trainings are indicated below. To obtain and maintain accreditation your program needs to obtain training approved by TDCJ-CJAD. For more details or for conference approval, please contact Brandi Lynn Burson, (512) 305-9344, .
If your community has a training opportunity that would assist professionals meet BIPP Accreditation Training Guidelines and would like to add it to the list below, please contact:
Aaron P. Hernandez
Family Violence Services Manager
(512) 685-6276
Training Opportunities
August 2009
Town Hall Meeting
August 18, 2009
Marsalis Avenue Church of Christ Dallas, TX , 2431 Marsalis Avenue
CJAD approved hours: Up to 4.0
To RSVP please email indicating your plans to attend.
The Duluth Model: A coordinated Response to Domestic Violence August 28, 2009
Howard Payne University Newman Hall, Room 136, 809 Coggins Avenue, Brownwood, TX
CJAD approved hours: 5.25
September 2009
12th Annual Statewide New Workers' Institute on Family Violence
September 1-2, 2009
Austin, TX
Presented by Texas Council on Family Violence
Web Page: www.tcfv.org
CJAD approved hours: 12.5
Differentiation between Violence, Family Violence, Domestic Violence and BIPP Domestic Violence as it related to the Battering Intervention & Prevention Program Workshop
September 11, 2009
Texas Southern University Student Life Center, Room 237; 2nd Floor, 3100 Cleburne Avenue, Houston, TX 77004
CJAD approved hours: 6.50
Enhancing Your Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence
September 16-18, 2009
Duluth, Minnesota
Presented by: Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs
Contact: Phone: 218-722-2781
Web Page: www.theduluthmodel.org
CJAD Approved Hours: TBD
Creating a Process of Change for Men Who Batter - Level One
September 28-30, 2009
Duluth, Minnesota
Presented by: Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs
Contact: Phone: 218-722-2781
Web Page: www.theduluthmodel.org
CJAD Approved Hours: TBD