United Way of Calgary & Area Annual Outcome Report

1. UnitedWay of Calgary & AreaAnnual Outcome Report Calgary Domestic Violence Collective

2. CDVC has Influenced Public Attitudes • The CDVC achieves our goal of a coordinated and collaborative response to domestic violence through the activities of our committees and coordinated communications. In the last fiscal year CDVC has executed the following communications initiatives with an aim to influence public attitudes: • Convened and enhanced the membership of a CDVC Communications Committee: YWCA of Calgary, Brenda Strafford Centre, Connect Family & Sexual Abuse Network, Discovery House Family Violence Prevention Society, HomeFront, Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, Calgary Police Service, Distress Centre, Calgary Communities Against Sexual Assault, and Alberta Health Services • Coordinated and integrated external communication mediums including: website, e-news, Facebook and Twitter • Hosted a collaborative event on November 1st, 2012 to launch Family Violence Prevention Month in Calgary • Distributed 10 Collective press releases resulting in 26 instances of media relations

3. CDVC has Strengthened Networks of Services • One of the CDVC’s purposes is to ensure a collaborative and coordinated community response to domestic violence in Calgary and Area. To this end, CDVC has executed the following initiatives with an aim to coordinating services and enhancing collaboration amongst our network of over 50 collective partners: • Coordinating the activities of and administratively supporting both the Sub-Committees of the CDVC and the Executive Committee of the CDVC • Developed a Coordinated Media Response Manual to convey CDVC key messages externally and promote the continuum of services available • Developed and executed a capacity building program for the domestic violence sector and allied sectors • Representing the CDVC and the network of services at various collaborative tables including: CACHH, Calgary Poverty Reduction Initiative, The United Way-led healthy relationships curriculum initiative, the Calgary Action Committee on Housing and Homelessness and Safer Calgary

4. CDVC has Informed Public Policy • CDVC is a collective resource for best practices information, emerging research and trends and innovation for decision makers in Alberta. • Submitting and following up on recommendations to the Provincial Government on a plan to end domestic violence in Alberta • Mobilizing the domestic violence sector to provide input into the Calgary Poverty Reduction Initiative and making plans with CPRI to host a phase two consultation with the domestic violence community • Hosting a Social Policy Framework community consultation and reporting recommendation to the Province • Informing the Minister of Health on a domestic violence screening policy in Alberta Health Services that is collaborative and coordinated across the entire health continuum

5. CDVC has build Capacity in the Non-Profit Sector • We achieve our capacity building objective by ensuring the following: the capacity building community is informed about current and emerging training needs and uses this information to guide the development and provision of training; quality training in domestic and sexual violence is available to the community; training for professionals and paraprofessionals is accessible, timely, responsive and relevant; and the capacity building community collaborates to develop and provide training. • Communicate existing training and capacity building opportunities in domestic and sexual violence that are available in the community via CDVC e-news, website and committee meetings • Surveyed the sexual and domestic violence sector for capacity, interest and momentum within the community for Brown Bag Lunch topic areas via a request for proposals • Coordinated and organized a Brown Bag Lunch and Learn program to build the capacity of professionals and allied professionals around domestic and sexual violence • Supported knowledge translation of emerging research and initiatives

6. Collaborative Initiatives Highlighting collaborations developed in the last year: • Communications Committee, New Members: • Alberta Health Services • Calgary Police Service • Distress Centre • Calgary Communities Against Sexual Assault • Human Services, Government of Alberta

7. Collaborative Initiatives New Initiative: Ethno-Culturally Diverse Communities Committee • AIDS Calgary • Calgary & Area, Child & Family Services • Calgary Catholic Immigration Services • Calgary Chinese Community Services Association (CCCSA) • Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association • Calgary Police Service, Diversity Resources Unit • Calgary Police Service, Domestic Conflict Unit • Centre for Newcomers • Chinese Community Response to Family Violence • Ethno Cultural Communities Calgary • Heart of the North East • HomeFront • Immigrant Sector Council of Calgary • Immigrant Services Calgary • Islamic Association of Canadian Women • Jewish Family Services Calgary • Kerby Rotary Shelter • North of McKnight Resident Committee • Renfrew Educational Services • United Way of Calgary & Area • YWCA of Calgary

8. CDVC Outputs • Number of unique individuals served: 192 • Number of contacts served: 19,843 • Number of volunteers: 141 • Number of volunteer hours: 6,572 • The outputs mentioned demonstrate the CDVC’s collective impact. By working together, through facilitation by the CDVC, the domestic violence sector in Calgary is able to achieve our desired outcomes.

9. CDVC Outcomes Outcome #1: 4 policy and position papers specifically targetted to government bodies to address issue of domestic violence

10. CDVC Outcomes Outcome #2: Collaborative Communications Plan

11. CDVC Outcomes Outcome #3: Collaborative Plan to End Domestic Violence

12. CDVC Outcomes Outcome #4: Collaborative best practice training available around the issue of domestic and sexual violence

13. Onward • Streamline Collaboration evaluation tool • Develop a Coordinated Communications Plan that is strategic and proactive • 2 policy and position papers in 2013 • Increase collaboration • Trial and Error • Much success!