May 2010
Rounded Rectangle: Family Justice Center 9309 N. Florida Ave. Suite #109 Tampa, Florida 33612 Phone: 813-935-2015 Fax: 813-935-2019 E-mail: info@fjchc.org Website: www.fjchc.org Hours of Operation: Monday– Thursday 8am-8pm Friday 8am-5pm Rounded Rectangle: In This Issue: FJC Celebrates our Volunteers! “A Gift of Presence” Interfaith Chaplaincy Training FJC Hillsborough County Informational Webinar FJC Featured on ABC Action News! Take Back the Night 2010, a Huge Success! FJC Monthly Partner Spotlight - Gulf Coast Legal Services Carolyn Hennecy - Emotional Wellbeing Blog Website to Visit - Click to Empower FJC Volunteer Program Brighter Tomorrows’ Mother’s Day Tea and Fashion Show FJC Training Academy Child Welfare and Domestic Violence Cross-System Training Series Sexual Abuse Intervention Network Training SVTF ‘s May Day: Celebration of Help -Hope - Healing Community Meetings Rounded Rectangle: Family Justice Center Newsletter Text Box:  FJC Featured on ABC Action News! WFTS-TV ABC Action News launched the Emmy Award winning Taking Action Against Domestic Violence Campaign on March 22nd 2010.  The 6- week campaign included a one-hour primetime special on Friday, April23 in which the Family Justice Center was highlighted! Click the link below to view the primetime special.   VIEW ABC ACTION NEWS PRIMETIME SPECIAL   Take Back the Night 2010, a Huge Success! Congratulations on a job well done to the many individuals that took part in this years Take Back the Night; held at Hyde Park Village on April 17th, 2010. This year’s event was an amazing success, drawing in close to 500 attendees. Please views the links below for stories and news coverage of Take Back the Night 2010. Tbo.com Take Back the Night Coverage ABC Action News Take Back the Night Coverage SVTF Tampa Bay Facebook Page   FJC Partner Council Spotlight The FJC ‘Partner Spotlight’ for the month of May is Carlos Betancourt of Gulfcoast Legal Services. GCLS provides immigration legal services at no cost to qualifying individuals based on the Federal poverty guidelines. They offer assistance with trying to obtain legal status for DV victims in the following categories:  1.  Removal of Temporary residence (“temporary green card”) and convert to permanent residence (“green card”).  2.  Pursue permanent residence for victims who are married to U.S. citizens or permanent residents under the Violence Against Women Act (can also apply to children and parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents).  3.  Seek lawful temporary status under the “U” visa for victims of crimes that can later lead to green card.  4.  Representation in deportation court for DV victims. GCLS’s client success story is of a victim of domestic violence from Morocco. Carlos first began working with the FJC guest after she was referred to him through intake. She had her conditional residency but was concerned that she was not going to be able to remain in the US if she left her abusive husband who was a US citizen. Her husband had threatened to have her sent back to the Morocco and keep their child in the states with him if they divorced. With the help of Gulf Coast Legal Services, Bay Area Legal Services, and the FJC the guest was able to obtain her permanent residency, divorce her husband, and obtain full custody of her child. Thank you, Gulf Coast Legal Services for all the work that you do!   Carolyn Hennecy -Emotional Wellbeing Blog Carolyn Hennecy is an author who has not only survived child abuse, but is also a survivor of domestic violence, bigamy, and a murder attempt. Carolyn tells her story with compassion and sometime humor on her Everyday Health Blog called Emotional Wellbeing– Pain is Not Always Physical. Please visit Carolyn’s blog for an insightful look at the dynamics of domestic violence, child abuse, family violence, and sexual assault. EMOTIONAL WELLBEING BLOG   Website to Visit - Click To Empower! Click to Empower is a website powered by the Allstate Foundation to spread awareness of domestic and economic abuse and to empower survivors to lead financially independent lives. The purpose is to encourage both women and men to talk openly about domestic violence. This site is loaded with information; including links to nation-wide domestic violence resources, grants for survivors, and lots, lots more! Please click the link below for more information and to visit their website. CLICK TO EMPOWER WEBSITE   Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections: Adopt A Precinct Program The Adopt A Precinct Program is a way for the Supervisor of Elections to recruit poll workers; for community service organizations, PTSAs, clubs and nonprofits to raise funds; and for voters in our county to receive excellent Election Day services. If you are interested in volunteering for and making a donation to the Family Justice Center this is a perfect fit for you! The Supervisor of Elections will train you as a poll worker and assign you to a polling site. You will ’volunteer’ the required hours at the poll for the day; or in special circumstances, a half day. After the election, the FJC will receive a check from the Supervisor of Elections in the amount equal to what you would have earned for working at the polls. You’ll be able to meet lots of great people and be able to help the FJC at the same time! For more information, or to become involved, please contact: Education and Outreach Coordinator, Mona Cruz at outreachcoord@fjchc.org or 813-490-9428.   FJC Volunteer Program Are YOU interested in volunteering at the Family Justice Center? The Family Justice Center is always looking for people willing to share their time and service to help provide a safe and comfortable environment for all those we serve. Want to know more? Please attend our upcoming “Helping Hands” FJC Volunteer Training and Information Session.  Helping Hands: Volunteering at the FJC May 19th, 2010 1:00 to 3:00 pm Interested in volunteering at the FJC? The Helping Hands: Volunteering at the FJC Training and Information Session is for you! Potential volunteers will learn about each volunteer position, safe and security policies of the FJC, volunteer scheduling, and other topics specific to volunteers in the program. Those interested in volunteering will also complete their volunteer application, have their initial interview, and tour the FJC.  To register for Helping Hands, CLICK HERE Unable to attend Helping Hands? Please visit the link below to complete a volunteer application: FJC VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Is your group interested in volunteering at the FJC? Please contact Education and Outreach Coordinator, Mona Cruz at: 813.490.9428 or outreachcoord@fjchc.org .    The Family Justice Center Training Academy  Nuts and Bolts: The Basics of Domestic Violence Advocacy Training May 3rd - 4th and June 7th and 8th, 2010 8:30am to 5:00pm FJC ***12 CEU’s*** ***14.5 General CLE’s*** $20 suggested donation Nuts and Bolts is a four part (FJC 101, 201, 301, 401), 2-day training offered to advocates, volunteers, interns, clergy, and other community based providers who work with victims of domestic violence. Topics include, dynamics of domestic violence, safety planning, lethality assessment, confidentiality, boundaries, working with diverse populations, dating violence, and effects of domestic violence on children and adolescents.  The Child Welfare Domestic Violence Cross-System Training Series Presents: Mental Health and Trauma May 12th, 2010 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm FJC ***3 CEU’s*** This class is designed to assist service providers with understanding and identifying co-existing mental health issues and traumatic experiences among the families they serve. Appropriate assessment, referrals, crisis intervention strategies, and best practices regarding work with survivors of trauma will be addressed. The concepts of resiliency and the journey from victim to survivor to thriver will also be explored.  Please Register for All FJC Trainings at: http://www.fjchc.org/public/events.html   SAIN Presents: Children with  Sexual Acting Out Behaviors  June 8th, 9 am - 11 am FJC ***2 CEU’s*** $5 SAIN is a collaboration of volunteer professionals working to reduce the incidence of child on child sexual abuse in our community through identifying, referring, supervising and treating children with sexual behavior problems. “Children with Sexual Acting Out Behaviors” is a two-hour, introductory course for professionals working with children.  This course enables participants to distinguish between healthy and problematic sexual behaviors in children.  Topics including characteristics of sexually abusive youth, definition of child sexual abuse, strategies for preventing further victimization and the legal process in Hillsborough County are also covered in this course.   Please Register for the Conference and All SAIN Trainings at: http://www.fjchc.org/public/events.html     Community Meetings FJC Partner Council Meetings are held the last Wednesday of every month. The next meeting will be on May 26th, 2010 at 9 am at the Family Justice Center. Contact Shannon Sokolowski at: ssokolowski@fjchc.org with any questions. Sexual Abuse Intervention Network (SAIN) Meetings are held every third Wednesday of the month. The next meeting will be on May 19th, 2010 at 9 am at the Family Justice Center. Contact Renee Ristow at: rristow@fjchc.org with any questions. Sexual Violence Task Force Meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of each month at rotating partner agencies. The next meeting will be on May 26th, 2010 at noon at the Child Abuse Council. Contact Marilyn Bray at: mbray@crisiscenter.com with any questions. Child Welfare/ Domestic Violence Policy Group May 11th, at 3:00pm at the Family Justice Center. Contact Nikki Daniels at: ndaniels@fjchc.org with any questions. Hillsborough County Domestic Violence Task Force Committee Meetings:  Domestic Violence Task Force May 13th, 2010 at 10:30a at the Crisis Center. Contact Nikki Daniels at ndaniels@fjchc.org for more information. Fatality Review Planning Committee ( Formerly Project L.A.U.R.A) TBA . Contact Roseanne Cupoli at: rocupoli@thespring.org or 813-247-5433 ext. 309 for more information. Public Policy Committee Working on DV and Child Welfare project. May 11th, 2010 at 3:00pm at the Family Justice Center. Contact Nikki Daniels at: ndaniels@fjchc.org or 813-490-9401. Community Education & Awareness Committee June 17th, 2010 at 9:00am at The Family Justice Center. Contact Donna Vento at: dmvento@thespring.org or 813-247-5433 ext. 315. Conference Planning Committee Meeting Committee is currently planning the 2010 DVTF Annual Conference. May 17th at 2:00pm at the Family Justice Center. For more information please contact Laura Rice at: ricel@hillsboroughcounty.org  facebookRounded Rectangle: Volunteer Now! Rounded Rectangle: Donate Now! Rounded Rectangle: follow us on

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Text Box: FJC Celebrates our Volunteers! On April 21st, 2010 the Family Justice Center celebrated our board members, volunteers, and chaplains with a volunteer appreciation luncheon at Antonio’s Pasta Grille in Temple Terrace. Volunteer Melissa Gohs was honored as FJC’s ‘2010 Volunteer of the Year’. Melissa Gohs has been with the FJC since December 2008 and has volunteered over 100 hours both on and off site! During her time at the FJC, Melissa has been a child care provider, provided assistance to the front desk and has completed special projects including putting together the play room computer, revising the exit maps, and painting. Congratulations to Melissa and all of the Family Justice Center volunteers! YOU make the difference! For more information about the FJC Volunteer Program, CLICK HERE  “A Gift of Presence" Interfaith Chaplaincy May 25th, 2010 4:30pm - 8:30pm FJC  “A Gift of Presence” is an Interfaith Chaplaincy Program training for clergy and lay people on the complex issues of providing spiritual support to victims of domestic violence. This training addresses the key faith issues a domestic violence victim may be facing and teaches clergy how to offer support that focuses on safety and is victim-centered. This training also addresses the issue of providing the Gift of Presence in a non-sectarian, non-proselytizing fashion.  This class trains clergy to serve as Chaplains in the FJC Interfaith Chaplaincy Program, although anyone is welcome to attend.  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR FJC TRAININGS   The Family Justice Center Alliance Presents:  An Informational Webinar Featuring the Hillsborough County FJC   Your Webinar Presenter is:   Nikki Daniels, L.C.S.W. Executive Director Family Justice Center, Hillsborough County   Thursday, May 6, 2010 Noon to 1:30 p.m. EST    11:00 to 12:30 p.m. CST 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. PST Please log in early, the webinar starts promptly  CLICK HERE TO REGISTER