About OPDV

Deliverables

• Streamline documentation requirements including staff/volunteer records, case records and daily logs, etc.
• Clean up language that is unclear or unnecessary (i.e. Disaster plan, treatment, family violence, self sufficiency, household, etc.)
• Review shelter rules to determine impact on religious observances
• update language to reflect new technology (i.e. Cell phones and calling out, GPS)
• Clarify reporting requirements and process
• Terminology/definitions & Compliance Issues/Mandated Reporter Policy

Recommended State Participants and Staff Support

• Policy - Lynn BaniakDavock
• Legal - Sonia Meyer-coordinator
• Program - Anne Ball
• OPDV - Pam McClelland
• RO - Jaime DeJesus
  

Sub-Committee Members/Chair

• Christine Fecko, My Sister’s Place, General Counsel;
• Cynthia Dansby, Center Against DV, Director of Quality Improvement;
• Candice Dockstader , Arbor Development, Coordinator (Steuben Church People);
• Vasu Reddy, Sanctuary For Families/Clinical Dept. Administrator;
• Sandra Fluke, Sanctuary For Families/Manager of Program Eval. & Data Systems;
• Silvia Dutchevici, Sanctuary For Families, Director of Crisis Shelters;
• Jessica Vasquez, NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Executive Director;
• Jennifer Shaw, Vera House, Advocate;
• Marie Philip, ODVEIS, Executive Director;
• Dianne Thomas, ODVEIS, Supervisor

Deliverables

• Clarify criteria/policies for teen dating violence, “intimate partner” and “household”; trafficking, singles and adolescent males
• Review list of diseases
• Eviction vs. discharge
• LDSS vs. Provider role in relocation

Recommended State Participants and Staff Support

• Policy - Lynn BaniakDavock
• Legal - Sonia Meyer
• Program - Pam Jobin
• OPDV - Gwen Wright
• RO - Jaime DeJesus
• OTDA - Wendy Buell-Coordinator

Sub-Committee Members/Chair

• Silvia Dutchevici, Sanctuary For Families/Director of Crisis Shelters
• Ted McCourtney, Sanctuary For Families/Director of Sarah Burke House
• Michelle Venegas, My Sister’s Place/Deputy Director of Programs
• Brenda Woodward, Salvation Army/Program Director
• Christine Rodriguez, Equinox Inc./DV Shelter Director
• Evelyn Garcia, Violence Intervention Program, Inc./ Director for Statewide Educ. & Outreach Services
• Corbin Street, NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence, System & Policy Associate
• Debbie Donastag, Safe Homes Project, Shelter Supervisor
• Tracy Perrizo, Safe Horizons, Senior Director
• Marie Philip, ODVEIS, Executive Director
• Dianne Thomas, ODVEIS, Supervisor
• Cecile Noel, NYC HRA, Exec. Dep. Commissioner
• Barbara Palmateer, Columbia, Greene DV

Deliverables

• Per diem/payment/Length of stay
• (LOS)

• Re-assess ratios, training and staffing expectations against resources and more complex family needs

• Re-evaluate LOS requirements; address payment challenges; review viability of current per diem policies

Recommended State Participants and Staff Support

• Policy - Lynn BaniakDavoc
• Program - Lisa Gordon
• OPDV - Gwen Wright
• RO - Jaime DeJesus
• OTDA - Tom Homovich, Colleen Salvagni, and Ruth Ann Pickering
• Rate Setting - Melody Stempien - Coordinator

Sub-Committee Members/Chair

• Nathaniel Fields, Committee Chair, Safe Horizon/Senior Vice President
• Marcia Ribble, Arbor Development Director, Res. Svcs.
• Colleen Merced, Opportunities for Otsego, Inc., Violence Intervention, Program Manager
• Shelly Rose, Sanctuary For Families, Director of Operations
• Kathy Magee, Equinox Inc., Director of DV Services
• Bonnie Genevich, Safe Home Project/Division Director
• Erin Feely-Nahem, Food First Family Project/Executive Director
• Pattti Jo Newell, NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence/Deputy Director, Director of Policy
• Robin Braunstein, Opportunities of Oswego
• Paul Feuerstein, Barrier Free Living Family of Companies, President,CEO
• Barbara Palmateer, Columbia Greene DV
• Pat Ericksen, SOS at Endicott, NY
• Shirley DeBono, YWCA of Schenectady/Finance Director
• Francis Lanigan, Oswego County DSS, Commissioner
• Sandra Townsend, Suffolk County DSS, Administrative Planner
• Cecil Noel, HRA

Deliverables

• Balance practical with safety implications

• Clarify who has access and under what circumstances (compare to VAWA and HMIS requirements)

• Face-to-face assessment prior to intake

Recommended State Participants and Staff Support

• Policy - Lynn BaniakDavoc
• Legal - Joe Nitsche
• Program - Pam Jobin
• OPDV - Gwen Wright-Coordinator
• OTDA - Wendy Buell

Sub-Committee Members/Chair

• Judith Kahan , Center Against DV/Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chairpersons
• Cynthia Dansby, Co-Chairpersons
• Anne Ellsworth, Putnam Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center/Executive Director, Co-Chairpersons
• Denise Walden Greene, Act. Recorder, ACS/Senior Policy Analyst
• Ted McCourtney, Sanctuary For Families/Director of Sarah Burke House
• Kahli Pascal Mercik, STEPS to End Family Violence , Clinical Supervisor
• Shibinsky Martin, Case Worker/Safe Home Project
• Brenda Woodward, Salvation Army , Program Director
• Anzala Alozie, NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Director of Services
• Marie Philip, ODVEIS , Executive Director
• Dianne Thomas, ODVEIS , Supervisor
• Sandra Townsend, Suffolk County DSS , Administrative Planner
• Alyssa Elser, NY Asian Women’s Center , Interim Director of Shelter Operations

Deliverables

• Assess current definitions for purpose and clarity;
• mandated vs. offered services;
• consider revamping system to be outcome driven

Recommended State Participants and Staff Support

• Program - Anne Ball
• OPDV - Gwen Wright
• RO - Jaime DeJesus-coordinator

Sub-committee Members/Chair

• Rachel Halperin, Committee Chair, HELP USA , Executive Director
• Allison Ross, Sanctuary For Families , Assistant Clinical Director
• Marcia Ribble, Arbor Development, Director, Res. Services
• Jaclyn DeChiro, Equinox inc. , Program Services Coordinator
• Evelyn Garcia, Violence Intervention Program, Inc./ Director for Statewide Educ. & Outreach Services
• Catherine Hodes, Safe Homes Project , Director
• Lorraine Madry, Urban Resource Institute , Senior Program Director
• Rose Garrity, A New Hope Center , Executive Director
• Patti Jo Newell, NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence , Deputy Director, Director of Policy
• Marie Philip, ODVEIS , Executive Director
• Dianne Thomas, ODVEIS , Supervisor
• Sandra Townsend, Suffolk County DSS , Administrative Planner
• Karen Colquhoun, Erie County DSS , Erie DSS Representative
• Carole Merrill-Mazurek, YWCA – Schenectady