2025 Work Plan Activities
Develop pilot of restorative justice responses for people affected by domestic and sexual violence.
Improve coordination and effectiveness of community responses for and prevention of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People and their families.
Utilize case reviews, audits, and case consultations to identify strengths and areas to improve community responses.
Enhance understanding of and responses for criminalized survivors.
Collaborate with Whatcom County courts and aligned professionals to improve access to justice for survivors in civil and family law cases, focusing particularly on language justice and disability justice.
Develop a healthcare screening and response project to identify and connect survivors with community support.
Collaborate with workplaces, faith communities, schools, and media to provide training and tools for supporting survivors.
Provide local data, tools, training, guidance, and subject matter expertise for systems and stakeholders.
Participate in and support aligned efforts throughout Whatcom County, to ensure needs of survivors are considered and addressed in conjunction with other public health issues.
Host engaging Commission meetings to provide education and implement meaningful action for systems change.
Theory of Change
We align our efforts with the theory of change developed by the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
