Domestic Violence Advisory Council (DVAC) Notice of Meeting - March 10, 2017

DVAC Agenda – March 10, 2017

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Edmund G. Brown Jr.
Governor / Mark Ghilarducci
Director

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL (DVAC)

NOTICE OF MEETING

The Domestic Violence Advisory Council, in conjunction with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

is holding this meeting in Los Angeles on Friday, March 10, 2017, at 10:00 am

Location: Burbank Police Department, Executive Conference Room, 200 N 3rd Street, Burbank, CA 91502

For questions, please contact Nicole Watanabe at (916) 845-8349 or .

Participant Call-In Number – 1.888.240.2560, Meeting ID – 494908551

AGENDA

I.  CALL TO ORDER

II.  CAL OES UPDATES

III.  REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 DVAC MEETING

IV.  Strategies to reduce Unmet Requests for Shelter

V.  40-HOUR DOMESTIC VIOENCE COUNSELOR TRAINING

a.  How Training is Currently Provided – Report of Poll

b.  Fiscal Year 2017 Domestic Violence Assistance Program Request for Application (RFA) Language

VI.  LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS

a.  Review Requirements Under the 2016 Domestic Violence Assistance Program

b.  Fiscal Year 2017 Domestic Violence Assistance Program Request for Application (RFA) Language

VII.  ASSistance/Resources for Domestic Violence Programs During emergencies

a.  Strategies for State Assistance

b.  Strategies for Mutual Aid

VIII.  California Partnership to End Domestic Violence Updates

a.  Cultural Responsiveness Organizational Assessment Tool Updates

b.  Other Updates

IX.  FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

X.  MISCELLANEOUS

XI.  ADJOURNMENT

SPECIAL REQUESTS: Individuals who require special accommodations should contact Nicole Watanabe at (916) 845-8349, at least seven days before the scheduled meeting date. TDD users may contact the California Relay Service TDD line at 1-800-735-2929 or Voice Line at 1-800-735-2922. Meeting attendees are requested to refrain from using scented products.

PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE MEETING: No person may be required, as a condition of attendance at the meeting of a state body, to register his or her name, to provide other information, to complete a questionnaire, or otherwise to fulfill any condition precedent to his or her attendance. If such information is requested, effective notice shall be given that such information is not required as a condition of admittance to the meeting (CA Gov. Code, Section 11124).