2. CCR Updates/ Items on CCR Agendas
Kato reported for the Child Abuse CCR: They had their last meeting in March. Their next
meeting will be on May 20, and there will be about 20 people attending, representing
many agencies. They are going to be meeting monthly. On the bigger picture, they are
thinking about how the child abuse CCR can also work in as a part of the Children, Youth
and Families Consortium. They are seeing at Rainbow that 60% of the adults they see
have been affected by domestic violence and 40% of the children are exposed. They’ve
been trying to keep better data on all of these things, including homelessness, which is
higher as well. They are trying to keep more methodical data on this because they work
with those who are exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, neglect, as well as
child abuse. They are also keeping an eye on the data exposure to addiction and human
trafficking. Those are some things that they are seeing particularly in work with the
schools. The schools will be a part of the Child Abuse CCR as well. They are trying to
get more inclusion in terms of who is represented and what they will be doing together as
a bigger group through the Children, Youth and Families Consortium. There was a County
Board's resolution proclamation for Child Abuse Prevention Month that they attended with
the goal to provide more detail for policymakers and funding sources about what is a part
of child abuse and neglect, and to have more depth in understanding that, and
understanding trauma. That is one goal: to provide information to policymakers and
funding sources.
Joe Aguilar reported for Elder Abuse CCR—DCDHS: The IDD CCR meets quarterly. The
next meeting is Wednesday, April 16th. Officer Schmitgen from the Mental Health Unit
will attend and present.
Scarr reported for the Elder Abuse CCR for Dane County Adult Protective Services: They
had a successful year last year with APS needs as it relates to individuals at risk and
vulnerable adults. They had positions added to Adult Protective Services, especially with
folks who are experiencing dementia and IDD related crises. Now is the time to talk
about continued gaps in services.
Pellebon reported for the DVA CCR: They are talking about DV response. They were part
of the proclamation at the County Board. One of the things that Dana noted for the
County Board is that our rate of perpetration in Wisconsin is higher than it is across other
parts of the nation. Across the nation, it is 1 in 4 female-identified and 1 in 6
male-identified. In Wisconsin, it's 1 in 3 female-identified and 1 in 5 male-identified. On
the DV end, 1 out of every 6 domestic violence homicides across the nation are from
Wisconsin. This is one of the reasons why they are mobilizing at RCC to look at that DV
response, because people are dying at a high rate in Wisconsin. This year they are
tracking their criminal and civil cases. They are part of the Court Watch Program and are
contributing to that database. In addition, they are going to be tracking cases to see
what the levels of reports are to levels of what is charged and what is the disposition of
cases. This will allow them to be able to see where the cases are going and to reduce
myths around what happens after perpetration. They are hopeful that by the end of the
year, they will have good data tracking of what happens once perpetration happens. They
currently meet monthly, on Wednesdays at noon (due to a conflict with Rotary meeting,
they are working on changing that time).
3. Legislative Updates/ Announcements
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates
