Domestic Violence Center Of

“Governing body review of form 990 a copy of final form 990 is provided to each voting member of the governing body for review and approval during the board meeting.”

“An interested party is under a continuing obligation to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest as soon as it is known, or reasonably should be known. An interested party shall complete a questionnaire to fully and completely disclose the material facts about any actual or potential conflict of interest. The disclosure statement shall be completed upon his or her association with dvccc, and shall be updated annually thereafter. An additional disclosure statement shall be filed at such time as an actual or potential conflict arises. For board members, the disclosure statement shall be provided to the president of the board, or in the case of president's disclosure statement, shall be provided to the secretary of the board. Copies shall also be provided to dvccc's chief executive officer. In the case of staff or volunteers with significant decision-making authority, the disclosure statements shall be provided to dvccc's chief executive officer, or in the case of the chief executive officer's disclosure, the statement shall be provided to the president of the board. The secretary of the board of directors shall file copies of all disclosure statements with the official corporate records of dvccc.”

“Process for determining compensation the executive committee of the board reviews the performance of the ceo and considers the ceo compensation study of the charity navigator and other sources to determine the compensation for the chief executive officer, which is then approved by the entire board of directors.”

“Public availability of other documents copies of dvccc's governing documents, financial statements and form 990 are available for inspection upon request. They are also available for inspection at dvccc's office.”

“The Mission of the Domestic Violence Center of Chester County is to reduce domestic violence by supporting survivors and advancing prevention strategies. DVCCC IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN CHESTER COUNTY THAT HAS THE CONTRACT WITH THE PA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE PA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VICTIMS AND THEIR DEPENDENT CHILDREN THAT PRESENT THEIR PRIMARY VICTIMIZATION AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHICH INCLUDES FAMILY AND/OR RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE SUCH AS INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ELDERLY FAMILY ABUSE. DVCCC PROVIDES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, GENDER, COLOR, CREED, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR MARITAL STATUS OR POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT A MAIN CONFIDENTIAL LOCATION AND AT OUTREACH OFFICES IN KENNETT SQUARE, JENNERSVILLE, OXFORD, COATESVILLE, PHOENIXVILLE AND THE CHESTER COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER. THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY (DVCCC) BEGAN AS THE YWCA WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER (WRC), TO SERVE AS AN INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICE FOR CHESTER COUNTY WOMEN. ONCE THIS SERVICE BECAME KNOWN, IT STARTED RECEIVING A FLOOD OF CALLS FROM WOMEN IN SITUATIONS OF VIOLENCE. THE DIRECTORS OF WRC, FINDING NO ORGANIZATION IN THE AREA TO WHICH THE VICTIMS COULD BE REFERRED, REORGANIZED THE ORGANIZATION AS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY IN 1976 FOCUSING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION. SINCE WE OPENED OUR DOORS, WE HAVE SERVED MORE THAN 59,000 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, REACHING OVER 4,000 INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS.”

“Children's programs: designed to empower victims and strengthen families. The program seeks to mediate the effects of domestic violence on children of survivors by providing age appropriate and bilingual safety plans; individual and group counseling, parenting skills and workshops, and school liaison services to assist children who have to leave or enroll in a school due to their situation of domestic violence. Public education and training (includes cbim, lap and cgbg): designed to promote social responsibility by developing a coordinated community response to domestic violence. Dvccc proactively seeks out opportunities to provide information on recognizing abusive relationships and the wide range of services available to victims. A strong focus of our education is dating violence awareness presentations to high schools and colleges. Coaching boys into men (cbim): designed to use the power of sports to promote an environment of respect, integrity, and non-violence to high school athletes. Dvccc trains local high school coaches on how to implement the coaching boys into men curriculum. The 12-week program fits into the sports season and provides each coach with a guide for addressing several important social issues through weekly conversations with their athletes. Lethality assessment program (lap): designed to help identify victims of domestic violence who are at the greatest risk of being killed, for the purpose of getting them out of harm's way, if necessary, and encouraging them to contact dvccc while the police are on scene. This is an evidenced-based program in collaboration with the chester county district attorney and chester county police departments. To date dvccc has trained and partnered with 42 county police departments, two university public safety departments, and the chester county sheriff's staff to implement the lap program.”