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Rose Brooks Center officials thought a new police program to assess the danger faced by domestic violence victims would generate three to five new calls a week for shelter.
Instead, that many extra calls have been coming in every day, pushing the shelter over capacity and forcing it to turn away more [...]

Each year, Citizens for Missouri’s Children publishes the KIDS COUNT in Missouri Data Book to assess child well-being in local communities around the state. We’ll be hosting an educational forum in Kansas City in April to discuss with participants how Jackson County children fared in the most recent Data Book. Please join us as we delve deeper into KIDS COUNT in Missouri data.

30 Days, Many Ways to Keep Kids Safe
Child Abuse Prevention Month April 2010
A Bi-State Effort to Prevent Child Abuse
The Kansas City Child Abuse Roundtable Coalition, a group of advocates and elected officials, is joining together again this year to promote awareness of child abuse and the prevention, training and treatment services available in the greater [...]

Learn how the current protocols for Jackson County’s child protection team  coordinates the investigation of child abuse cases & its work with community partners including: Children’s Division, Law Enforcement, Child Protection Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Family Court/Juvenile Office, Prosecutor’s Office, and Rose Brooks Center.  This training is free of charge and lunch will be provided.  [...]

Safe Family Coalition has donated several books and brochures to supplement a lending library housed at Rose Brooks Center.  These materials focus on using faith to help understand and cope with family violence.  Titles include:

Keeping the Faith, by Rev. Marie Fortune (available in English and Spanish);

“The Lord Hears Your Cries:  Hope and Strength from the [...]

The Missouri Office of Prosecution Services and The Kansas City Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will present a free training on Determining the Dominant Aggressor in Domestic Violence Cases. The training will take place on Monday December 7, 2009 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Please return the registration form (DDA Training Info and Registration) by December 4, 2009 [...]

Topics such as what is reasonable efforts, best practices in dealing with domestic violence and child abuse, and batterer manipulation and interention will be address by Judge Jerry G. Bowles at the 12th Annual Domestic Violence & Children Interdisciplinary Conference on October 9 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Conference is presented by the Jackson Couty Safe Family Coalition and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and Foundation, with sponsorship from the Missouri Lawyer Trust Account Foundation.

Jefferson City – KRCG TV
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 5:32 p.m.
Unreported abuse prompts community outcry
COLUMBIA — The murder trial of a Columbia mother charged with second degree murder in the death of her toddler son has prompted an outcry from the community, after witness testimony that the alleged abuse went unreported.
The KRCG Factfinder team talked [...]

Coalition member Pat Longstroth is available to do presentations to faith communities on the co-occurrence of domestic violence and child abuse. These presentations offer helpful ways for the faith community to support victims.  There is no charge for presentations.  A lending library is another resource available for additional information.  Please contact Pat for more information [...]