Georgia Refugee Domestic Violence Program 2008-2009 service analysis

Define Program/Issue:

Given the current economic climate, it is

necessary that government resources

are used to maximum efficiency. The

purpose of this analysis is to determine

the overall effectiveness of the Domestic

Violence (DV) Prevention and

Intervention

Program

services

contracted by the Center for Pan Asian

Community Services (CPACS).

Georgia Refugee Domestic Violence Program
2008-2009 PROGRAM ANALYSIS
Funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
Georgia Department of Human Services
Division of Family & Children Services
Refugee Programs Unit

Description of Program:
The State of Georgia Department of Human Services Refugee Programs Unit contracted with CPACS to provide domestic violence prevention and intervention services to refugees who have been living in the United States for less than five years. The service programs included: community education classes and intensive support groups for men and woman. Classes were provided to program participants with similar ethnic and cultural backgrounds and translation is provided. The Community Education classes were held in different refugee communities and provided on a one-time basis. These classes were provided to males and females together. The Intensive Women and Men's' support groups met weekly and required a total of 4 twohour sessions to complete. Separate classes were held for men and women, and the curriculum themes for both groups were gender based. Clinical psychologists and clinical social workers have developed the curriculum to model other DV programs. The sessions covered 3 types of violence: Emotional, verbal, physical.

Methodology/Benchmarks:

This analysis was comprised from the

following sources: The Annual

Comprehensive Monitoring Review, the

Service

Provision

Guidelines

Performance Expectations/ Outcomes

and the Trimester Reports.

Program Funds:

Domestic Violence Program

$35,000.00

$30,000.00

$25,000.00

$20,000.00

$15,000.00

$10,000.00

$5,000.00

$0.00 Community Education
Funds Allocated $32,760.00 Funds Expended $32,760.00

Men's Group
$20,880.00 $23,760.00

Women's Grooup
$26,280.00 $32,400.00

Funds Allocated Funds Expended

All Domestic Violence funds were spent by June 2009. Services in Men's Support and Women's Support Groups exceeded goals by $9,000.00. Total Social Service (SS) funds available for all contracts 09/30/08 09/29/09 equaled $1,876,155.00. Actual DV funds allocated and spent was $88,920.00, which was 4.7% of the total SS funding.

Funds Expended

36% 27%

37% Community Education Men's Group Women's Grooup

Program Analysis:
A total of 364 refugee men and women participated in a Community Education session, 66 men participated in the refugee Men's Support Group, and 90 women participated in the Women's Support Group. Actual # of refugees served in all 3 programs during this contract year = 520. Potential # of refugees that were eligible to receive these services for the past 3 years (program's inception) = 4,417.
100% compliance was achieved of all contracted service provision requirements. Participants exceeded the DHS expectation/outcomes for all Domestic Violence Services.
Marketing and "word of mouth" for provision of services had increased in the refugee community. The demand for the Women's Group and Community Education Programs has resulted in the expansion of the program into Gwinnett County. Four additional Bhutanese males and females have been trained on the support group and community education curriculum. The services provided are culturally and linguistically appropriate that help individuals leave their abusive environment in a safe manner. Although not funded by DHS, other services included counseling, information and referral, legal advocacy and emergency assistance. CPACS also conducts perpetrator counseling through their Family Violence Intervention Program.

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

DV Program Pretest and Post-Test Score

90.00%

89.20%

94.67%

73%

69.56%

61.19%

Pretest scores Post-test scores

Community Educa tion

Men's Support Group Women's Support Group

Recommendations:
The CPACS Domestic Violence Program has exceeded in all contract obligations for 2008 through 2009 contract year. In 2009, CPACS received an additional three year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, called "Preventing Partner Violence in Immigrant Communities". This grant will support the evaluation of current program activities and examine both the individual project's effectiveness. Also, the project focuses on data collection and evaluation of current programs. Moreover, the quantitative and qualitative results show a continued need for the services. It is recommended that funding be continued for this program

2008 2009 Domestic Violence Program Service Analysis

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