In October of 2003, President George W. Bush announced the President's Family Justice Center Initiative (PFJCI), which is administered by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).
The PFJCI is a pilot program that has awarded more than $20 million to 15 communities across the country for the planning, development, and establishment of comprehensive domestic violence victim service and support centers.
The goal of the PFJCI is to make a victim's search for help and justice more efficient and effective by bringing professionals who provide an array of services together under one roof. The 15 PFJCI sites bring together advocates from non-profit groups, victim services organizations, law enforcement officers, probation officers, governmental victim assistants, forensic medical professionals, attorneys, chaplains, and representatives from community-based organizations into one centralized location. OVW, the Attorney General, and the Administration support this most critical initiative and continue to work toward the goal of eradicating violence against women.
More information about the PFJCI can be found on the Department of Justice website: http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/pfjci.htm
Mission Statement:
The mission of the San Diego Family Justice Center is to stop family violence, make victims safer, hold batterers accountable, provide long-term support for victims and children through collaboration and coordinated services, and ultimately to be the first large city in the United States to eliminate domestic violence homicides.
The San Diego Family Justice Center will work in a united effort to achieve the following objectives:
Reduce the number of domestic violence cases that go unreported. Ensure domestic violence perpetrators are prosecuted. Provide help and resources to children exposed to domestic violence. Afford appropriate medical care to victims of domestic violence. Offer appropriate legal assistance to victims of domestic violence. Reduce recidivism and homicides.
Visit the San Diego Family Justice Center website at: http://www.familyjusticecenter.org/
Volcano Press is proud to have published "Hope For Hurting Families: Creating Family Justice Centers Across America", by Casey Gwinn, JD with Gael Strack, JD. The book can be found on our site. Type in the title in the search field. Hope For Hurting Families lays out the road map to creating the San Diego Family Justice Center and helps the reader to determine if their community is ready for its own Family Justice Center.
Contact the San Diego Family Justice Center to order your copy of "Hope For Hurting Families II: How to Start a Family Justice Center in Your Community".
