Douglas County is assessing the services and resources available that promote the safety and security of domestic violence (DV) survivors and their families in the county.
This survey was designed as one component of the needs assessment to understand and prioritize the needs and the gaps in services and resources required to best serve DV survivors and their families.
The goal of the survey is to collect the community's perspective on the appropriate and needed interventions to fill the gaps.
The survey focuses on four main topics:
- DV service offerings and accessibility
- Training or Technical Assistance (TA) needs
- Community priorities and investments
- Douglas County partnerships and collaboration
The assessment is defining domestic violence as:
Domestic violence is abusive behavior in any relationship, as defined by law, which is used to gain or maintain power and control over a current or former intimate partner or family or household member. Domestic violence may include physical, sexual, emotional, economic, and psychological actions or threats of actions. Abusers may also commit verbal threats, acts of intimidation, property damage, animal cruelty, elder and child abuse, strangulation, and stalking. The trauma and harm caused by domestic violence can be complex. Domestic violence cuts across all identities and impacts people in all walks of life. Someone who experiences domestic violence can be a current or former intimate partner, a family or household member, or a person who has or had a child in common with the abuser.
This survey will take approximately 10-minutes to complete.
Please complete this survey by March 4, 2024.
Once all surveys are completed, the data will be analyzed, and a final report will be written and shared with Douglas County.
If you have any questions about this survey, please email jlavigne@healthmanagement.com.