Coalition Members
The primary purpose of the Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Coalition is the elimination of domestic violence through collaboration and partnership with community agencies made up from various sectors including but not limited to:
- Law Enforcement
- Government officials
- Victim advocacy groups
- Treatment providers
- School representatives
- Family and Child-serving organizations
The coalition is focused on preventing domestic violence through educating the general public, raising awareness about domestic violence, and through community collaboration and coordination.
End the Violence Coalition Strategic Plan
With support from funders, including the Kalispel Tribe of Indians and Northern Quest Resort & Casino, Providence Health Care, Numerica Credit Union, MultiCare Health System, Avista Foundation, and the Innovia Foundation, SRDVC set out to develop a 5-year strategic plan in Summer of 2020 to set a clear course toward achieving SRDVC’s vision.
Community members and organizations with varying perspectives contributed throughout the planning process to ensure the strategic plan addresses community-voiced needs. SRDVC contracted with Ascension Performance Consulting, SPC, a social purpose corporation that supports nonprofits, government, and other social-serving organizations striving to improve the lives and well-being of women, children, and those experiencing racism and other forms of social injustice. The strategic planning process commenced in July 2020 and was completed in January 2021.
Strategic Plan
SRDVC has developed a 5 year strategic plan. Community members and stakeholders contributed throughout the process to identify community issues, needs, and potential strategies related to DV.
- Goals: are the results or conditions of well-being desired by the community, identified through the community engagement efforts. Results are stated as goals and serve to guide and focus strategic planning efforts. They are intended to be easy to communicate and understand and garner broad community support.
- Priorities: are the changes needed to achieve the desired results. These were drawn from community engagement efforts and coalition discussions that considered the many factors affecting DV, including policy, system, and environmental outcomes, changes in knowledge and behaviors, changes in circumstances, and changes in cultural norms among the populations identified in the results. Clarifying desired changes helped participants “visualize” the results and point to data that can be used to monitor improvements over time.
- Indicators: are data that can be used to measure the conditions of well-being. They may help directly or indirectly measure the priorities and population-level outcomes.
- Strategies: are coherent and specific sets of activities (the means) that community and coalition members believe have a reasoned chance of working to improve the results, by changing the outcomes.
- Performance Measures: are data that are closely aligned to the strategies and will be used to help stakeholders know if strategies are working.
Putting this strategic plan into action requires robust coordination across multiple organizations and sectors. In addition to the strategic goals, priorities, strategies, and actions described above, End The Violence Coalition has identified these focus areas that summarizes the strategic plan and presents five goals, 15 priority outcomes, and 30 strategies for action on domestic violence in the Spokane region.
- Community Education: All community members will have access to the information they need to end the violence. Through increased community awareness, accountability, and action for DV prevention and intervention. Helping Employers be supportive to families and victims in crisis.
- Prioritizing Safety for Victims: Accountability and safety for victims. By increasing equitable and consistent treatment of all victims and perpetrators in all court systems for the various types of DV. Perpetrators are consistently held accountable through service or treatment. Increase awareness by employment sector of negative effects of DV and increase support for victims or perpetrators in treatment.
- Trust in Systems: Our systems inspire trust among all community members. Improve law enforcement interactions in domestic violence situations. Increase community trust in police. Reduce stigma around accessing services. Increase training and education for stakeholders on law enforcement limitations (e.g., reliance on evidence, facts).
- Equitable Access to Services: Those impacted or at risk of DV have equitable access to services and resources they need to be safe. Increase access to affordable, culturally relevant treatment, considering the needs of the full family. Increase availability of culturally competent/relevant service providers. Families at greatest risk of DV have their basic needs met.
- Whole Family Healing: Families have access to community-supported, whole family healing. Enhance social connections and healthy social networks; remove isolation and stigma. Support transition from a criminal response to DV to a community care response. Enhance support of children/families experiencing or witnessing DV.
Executive Summary
This document summarizes the strategic plan and presents five goals, 15 priority outcomes, and 30 strategies for action on domestic violence in the Spokane area.
Community Engagement
Community members and the coalition contributed throughout the process to identify community issues, needs, and potential strategies related to DV.