DISASTERS & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREPAREDNESS & THE STATE PLAN WE CANNOT STOP NATURAL DISASTERS BUT WE CAN ARM OURSELVES WITH KNOWLEDGE: SO
MANY LIVES WOULDNT HAVE TO BE LOST IF THERE WAS ENOUGH DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. ~PETRA NEMCOVA NATURAL DISASTERS
CONNECTION BETWEEN DISASTERS & DV ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE AND A SMALL NUMBER OF SYSTEMATIC STUDIES INDICATE THAT INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ARE HIGHLY PREVALENT AFTER DISASTERS. ESPECIALLY IF WOMEN EXPERIENCED IPV BEFORE THE DISASTER, INCREASED VIOLENCE IS EXPECTED BECAUSE OF A DISTANCE FROM SUPPORT SYSTEMS.
IN ADDITION TO IPV AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE. VIOLENCE AND DISASTERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. HTTPS://WWW.WHO.INT/VIOLENCE_INJURY_PREVENTION/PUBLICATIONS/VIOLENCE/VIOLENCE_DISASTERS.PDF HURRICANES & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HURRICANE KATRINA
THERE WAS A 35% INCREASE IN THE PREVALENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VICTIMIZATION OF WOMEN AND A 98% INCREASE IN THE PREVALENCE OF PHYSICAL VICTIMIZATION OF WOMEN FROM PRE- TO POST-KATRINA. THUS IT APPEARS THAT PERSONS WHO EXPERIENCE GREATER DIRECT IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS (E.G., THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE DISPLACEMENT, HOUSING AND FOOD SHORTAGES, AND OTHER POST-EVENT STRESSORS) MAY BE AT HEIGHTENED RISK FOR PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABUSIVE CONFLICT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND SHOULD
PERHAPS BE TARGETED FOR INTERVENTIONS. INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND HURRICANE KATRINA: PREDICTORS AND ASSOCIATED MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES SCHUMACHER, COFFEY, NORRIS, TRACY, CLEMENTS, GALEA. HTTPS://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/PMC/ARTICLES/PMC3394178/ HURRICANES IRMA & MARIA PUERTO RICO SAW 62% INCREASE IN REQUESTS FOR SURVIVOR-RELATED SERVICES 47% SURGE IN REQUESTS FOR PREVENTIVE AND EDUCATION RESOURCES. OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS REPORTED SIMILAR SURGES BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTY AFTER THE HURRICANE, COLLECTING RESEARCH REGARDING THE SURGE IN REQUESTS FOR DV SERVICE DID NOT OCCUR. ADDITIONALLY, PUERTO RICO DOES NOT HAVE A WAY TO IMMEDIATELY COLLECT INTEGRATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE STATISTICS, SO THE NUMBERS THEY HAVE DO NOT MATCH WHAT ADVOCATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE GIVING. OFFICIAL NUMBERS ARE BASED ON CALLS TO POLICE AND THE NATIONAL HOTLINE, AND PHONE LINES
WERE DOWN AFTER THE STORM HIT. THESE DECREASED NUMBERS MAY AFFECT FUTURE FUNDING AS WELL. HURRICANES & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EFFECTS ON SURVIVORS COMPOUNDS EXISTING TRAUMA
NEGATIVE FINANCIAL IMPACTS INCREASE OF RISKS & DECREASE OF SAFETY EFFECTS ON PROGRAMS LACK OF STAFF DUE TO PERSONAL
LOSSES INCREASED REQUESTS FOR SERVICES DAMAGE TO FACILITIES
LOSS OF IN-KIND DONATIONS LACK OF COMMUNICATION LOSS OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT CONFUSION ABOUT ADVOCACY
ROLE POST DISASTER LONG TERM RECOVERY IGNORED TEXAS REPORT UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE HARVEY
PANEL DISCUSSION CHALLENGES FACED BY SURVIVORS AND LOCAL PROGRAMS IN THEIR STATE DURING THE EVENT CHALLENGES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE EVENT AND THE LONG TERM IMPACT WHAT LESSONS WERE LEARNED AND HOW DID IT CHANGE YOUR PLANNING PROCESS OR THE PLAN?
STATE ADMINISTRATOR PERSPECTIVE CRYSTAL STARKEY-GARZA, M.P.A. MANAGER, FAMILY VIOLENCE PROGRAM, OPERATIONS AND SPECIALTY SERVICES HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL & INDEPENDENCE SERVICES THE
TEXAS REPOR T HOW PROGRAMS WERE IMPACTED DEBORAH TOMOV, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FAMILY SERVICES SOUTHEAST TEXAS, BEAUMONT
TEXAS RESOURCES DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SPECIAL COLLECTION. VAWNET. HTTPS://VAWNET.ORG/SC/PREPAREDNESS DISASTER-RELATED PREPAREDNESS & TRAUMA INFORMATION PACKET JULIE ANN RIVERS-COCHRAN, JOY M. KRUPPA, AND SHARON YOUNGERMAN.
HTTPS://VAWNET.ORG/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/ASSETS/FILES/2016-09/FCADVDIS ASTERSPACKET.PDF RESOURCES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TOOLKIT: A GUIDE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORGANIZATIONS. FROM THE CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
HTTP://WWW.CPEDV.ORG/SITES/MAIN/FILES/FILE-ATTACHMENTS/EMERGENCY_PREPA REDNESS_TOOLKIT-_A_GUIDE_FOR_DOMESTIC_VIOLENCE_ORGANIZATIONS_FINAL.P DF PLANNING FOR THE UNEXPECTED MISSOURI COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. HTTPS://VAWNET.ORG/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/MATERIALS/FILES/2016-08/MCADSV-PLA NNING-UNEXPECTED_DEC2014.PDF
RESOURCES CLEARINGHOUSE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & DISASTER. FROM NEW YORK STATE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. HTTP://WWW.DOMESTICVIOLENCEANDDISASTER.ORG/ TRAINING ON THE INTERSECTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DISASTER FAMILY AND YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU.
HTTPS://WWW.ACF.HHS.GOV/FYSB/RESOURCE/THE-INTERSECTION-OF-DOMES TIC-VIOLENCE-AND-DISASTER FOR ASSISTANCE TONIA MOULTRY & ELLEN YIN WYCOFF , CTA TEAM, NNEDV [email protected] [email protected]
