Family Advocacy and General Counseling Programs

Paulette Hubbert LCSW, MSW, ADC II, CHt Section Head, Family Advocacy/General Counseling [email protected]

Family Advocacy and General Counseling

Family Advocacy and General Counseling Mission

Family Advocacy is a command program designed to prevent and respond to incidents of child and spousal abuse. The program is staffed with clinicians, victim advocates, home visitors and prevention specialists who work as part of a coordinated response to meet the needs of service members and their families on the installation.

Family Advocacy and General Counseling

Admin Assistant Michelle Dewald Section Head Paulette Hubbert Program Assistant/TCAFM Capt M. Harvey Clinical Program Joy Westermeier Prevention Leslie Byam Victim Advocacy Vacant New Parent Support Kathy Olson Program Analyst Tony Robertson

Family Advocacy and General Counseling Prevention & Support Activities

• General Counseling • Victim Advocacy • New Parent Support • Prevention 4

Family Advocacy and General Counseling USMC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD MALTREATMENT REPORTED INCIDENTS MEETING CRITERIA Data Source: Marine Corps Central Registry as of 1 September 2011 Reporting Total Domestic Violence R 67 FY 07 U/R 1104 R 95 FY 08 U/R R FY 09 1212 158 U/R R FY10 * U/R 1373 212 1498 R FY11* 101 U/R 836 Total Child Maltreatment 461 532 749 794 526

• • • Pre FY06 data reflects substantiated spouse abuse incidents only. Per DoD mandate commencing 2nd quarter FY06, data includes intimate partners. Therefore, domestic abuse victims include current or former spouses, those who share a child in common, current or former intimate partners of the opposite sex who share or have shared common domicile. Adult victims of domestic abuse may choose “restricted reporting” whereby investigation of the report of domestic violence is not initiated but medical and support services are offered. FY11 Restricted report data is reported quarterly. * Live data- subject to change **Data is extracted from the Central Registry (live data), as of 1 September 2011.

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1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 FY07 Family Advocacy and General Counseling

DV and Child Abuse

1498 1,373 1 212 1,104 836 749 794 Child Adult 526 532 461 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11

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Types of Domestic Violence

Maltreatment Emotional Neglect Physical Sexual Total FY07 70 0 1027 6 1104 FY08 111 1 1094 6 1212 FY09 150 3 1209 11 1373 FY10 166 2 1318 12 1498 FY11 99 3 718 16 836

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Types of Child Abuse

Maltreatment Emotional Neglect Physical Sexual Total FY07 42 303 110 10 481 FY08 72 348 103 9 532 FY09 94 515 117 18 749 FY10 107 538 134 15 784 FY11 96 331 91 8 526

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IDC/CCSM

• Number of Substantiated cases/increase with case outcome • Consistency, Reliability, Safety • Provision of Services • Marines and Families 9

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IDC Lessoned Learned

• Difficulties with roll out w/o an the order • MARADMIN • Questions remain about IDC membership • Positive feedback from commands/Senior Leadership 10

Family Advocacy and General Counseling

Program Challenges • General Counseling (Scope and Practice) • Standardized Workforce • Increased caseloads of clinical staff • Hiring Freeze 11

Family Advocacy and General Counseling Current/New Initiatives

• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) program and Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) pilot study . • Development of Desk Reference Guide with policy guidance and best practices for all FAP staff • Development of an evidence-based home visiting model for New Parent Support staff • First Annual FAP Conference 12

Family Advocacy and General Counseling

• Revision of MCO for FAP

Policy

• DADT Per DoD 6400.1-M-1 : – AP 1.22. Intimate Partner. A person of the with whom the victim shares a child in common, or a person with whom the victim shares or has shared a common domicile.

– AP1.39. Victim. A child or current or former spouse or intimate partner who is the subject of an alleged incident of child maltreatment or domestic abuse because he/she was allegedly maltreated by the alleged abuser.

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Integration

• • • DV/SAPR VA MARADMIN 509/11 COSC and Suicide Prevention Briefs Early identification and referral 14

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Questions

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