The Greenbook Project Is a Joint Initiative of the United States Departments of Justice

The Greenbook Initiative

The Greenbook Initiative is a joint project of the United States Departments of Justice and Health & Human Services intended to improve the quality of services provided by local jurisdictions to families threatened both by domestic violence and child abuse or maltreatment. The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) provides support and technical assistance to each of the six participating local projects.

Research demonstrates that domestic violence against spouses and partners, and child maltreatment or abuse often occur in the same homes. Unfortunately, the support mechanisms currently in place in most communities treat these problems separately, as if they were unrelated. The Greenbook Initiative – named for the green binding on published project guidelines released in 2000 by NCJFCJ – is a multi-year effort to develop working models that improve the quality and coordination of services for families.

· Learn more about the Greenbook Initiative. [*1]

· Read a PDF version of the “Greenbook,” Effective Interventions in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment: Guidelines for Policy and Practice.

· Read about the six participating sites:

· El Paso County, Colorado [*2]

· Grafton County, New Hampshire [*3]

· Lane County, Oregon [*4]

· St. Louis County, Missouri [*5]

· Santa Clara County, California [*6]

· San Francisco County, California [*7]

· Visit the websites of the Greenbook Initiative’s Federal and National Partners. [*8]

· If you’re with the media, visit our Press Room for electronic copies of recent press releases, fact sheets and other media materials. [*9]

· Visit our Reading Room to see recent articles on domestic violence, child maltreatment and abuse, and the Greenbook Initiative. [*10]

· Greenbook Participants Area [*11]

· More Information on Domestic Violence and Child Abuse/Maltreatment [*16]

· Related Links [*15]

{Lisa’s text on the Greenbook Initiative} {This is *1}

Local Greenbook Projects {this is a six-page long “page,” with hypertext links to the appropriate parts of the page; it’s *2-7}

Greenbook Initiative National Partners {This is *8}

Federal Agencies:

· Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/welcome.html

· Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/

· Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime, http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/welcovc/

· Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/index.html.

· Department of Health and Human Services Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/;

· Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and Families, http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs/

· Department of Health and Human Services Family and Intimate Violence Prevention Team at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/fivp/

· Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ocs/

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, http://www.ncjfcj.unr.edu/

Foundation partners:

· The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, http://www.packfound.org/

· The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, http://www.emcf.org/

· The Annie E. Casey Foundation, http://www.aecf.org/

Greenbook Participants Area {This is *11}

Welcome to the members-only area of the Greenbook Initiative website. You can:

· Download materials from local sites. (*12)

(To submit materials for posting on the site, send email with attachments to .)

· National Media Materials from NCJFCJ (*13)

· The Conference Calendar (*14)

· Greenbook in the News: Recent news stories on the Greenbook Initiative

Press Room

Welcome, Journalist. Below you’ll find links to a variety of media materials associated with the Greenbook Initiative. For more information on the Greenbook Initiative, contact NCJFCJ’s media office at 202-371-1999.

Read a brief description of the Initiative. [*1]

Read about each of the six local Greenbook projects: El Paso County, Colorado [*2], Grafton County, New Hampshire [*3], Lane County, Oregon [*4], St. Louis County, Missouri [*5], Santa Clara County, California [*6], San Francisco County, California [*7].

Read recent press releases.

· [Site Announcement NR]

Read a fact sheet on domestic violence and child maltreatment/abuse issues. [Two Page Backgrounder]

Read the Greenbook, Effective Interventions in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment: Guidelines for Policy and Practice. (A PDF file, you must have Adobe Acrobat reader to read this file.)

Visit the websites of the Greenbook Initiative’s national partners. [link to *8]

For more information on the Initiative, contact NCJFCJ’s Greenbook media office at 202-371-1999.

Greenbook Initiative Reading Room {This is #10}

Many of the local Greenbook Projects have been the subject of local media coverage. Here’s a sampling.

[Lisa: here’s the key to what’s below. Green articles we either have secured permission or can buy pretty cheaply. Yellow need more follow-up. Red are instances where the cost seemed prohibitive to me, but maybe NCJFCJ will want to spend that kind of money anyway for one or more of them? At minimum, we could include the story in the list with a two-line description, and then post a link to the newspapers’ archive, along with a warning from us that it’ll cost them a couple bucks to download it]

· St. Louis County included in new federal domestic violence program; The St. Charles County Business Record, October 19, 2001 {we can buy this for $100}

· Blaming victims: Abused women should not suffer again by having their children taken away, guest editorial by Kenneth J. Theisen, {check to see pub is right} San Francisco Daily Journal, October 12, 2001 {they don’t seem to be able to answer the question about online reprint rights]

· Coordinate efforts, Guest editorial by Judge Susan Block, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 2, 2001 {we can’t put up a link, but we can post the story (freelancer retains rights}

· Grafton County gets $1m for domestic abuse study, The Manchester Union Leader, April 6, 2001 {need to follow up more}

· Our national black eye, Editorial, San Jose Mercury News, April 4, 2001 {they want $900 for the privilege}

· US offers help in taking new approach to family violence; Grafton County chosen for pilot project, Boston Globe – New Hampshire Weekly, April 1, 2001 {$750/year}

· County gets money to combat abuse, The Register Guard, March 6, 2001 (not available online, but I’m trying for permission to key it in ourselves)

· Spousal strife can be cruel for kids, Salt Lake Tribune, February 19, 2001, http://www.sltrib.com/2001/feb/02192001/utah/72840.htm {they gave us permission outright}

· Non-abusing parent, children need help from court system, guest editorial by Judges Leonard P. Edwards and William G. Jones, San Jose Mercury News, February 15, 2001 {$900, as above)

· Grants take on violence, San Jose Mercury News, January 15, 2001

[Lisa – didn’t the Edwards op-ed run someplace else, beside San Jose?]
Local Materials for Download {This is *12, documents to come from local sites}

· El Paso County, Colorado

· Grafton County, New Hampshire

· Lane County, Oregon

· Newsletter {to come}

· Organizational chart

· St. Louis County, Missouri

· PowerPoint presentation on St. Louis project

· Santa Clara County, California

· Greenbook Lessons Learned

· San Francisco County, California

Conference Calendar {This is *14}

{add most recent calendar at launch}