Check out this new website in New York for Teens!      

                                         www.respectlove.opdv.ny.gov

Are you:

•  A Broome County Resident
• Between the ages of 16 & 23
• Creative 
• Interested in winning a cash prize 

      Then you may want to enter the Family Violence Prevention Council's Dating Abuse and Healthy Relationship Media Contest!          Click here for more details

 Family Violence Prevention Council Receives State Recognition

The New York State Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS) has recognized the Family Violence Prevention Council for its work as an "Outstanding Partner" in the Protective Services for Adults delivery network.  A certificate of recognition was presented to the Council at the National Adult Protective Services Association Conference in Buffalo, NY on September 22, 2011, for the Council's multidisciplinary response to elder abuse.  

   Mandated Reporter Training - Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect - Wednesday-March 28, 2012 at BCC

                         For more information  on this class call 778-2153

 BROOME COUNTY FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION COUNCIL

The mission of the Council is to provide leadership to the community in its effort to reduce the incidence and severity of all forms of family violence. A largely professional volunteer organization with ten working subcommittees, it has devoted numerous hours to a wide variety of activities that focus coordination, advocacy, and education on the prevention and treatment of abuse and neglect and the corollary systems issues. 

History

The Family Violence Prevention Council was formerly the Broome County Child Abuse Council
which was formed in 1985 through a County Executive order.

Purpose
The purpose of the Family Violence Prevention Council is to provide a forum to address the incidence and effects of family violence in the community.

The Council shall strive to:

• Prevent family violence, maltreatment and neglect in all its forms - child abuse, domestic violence and elder abuse;
• Protect the most vulnerable members of families and end family abuse where it has occurred;
• Strengthen and support families and individuals to live lives free of family violence.

Mission
The Mission of the Family Violence Prevention Council shall be to reduce the incidence and severity of Family Violence in Broome County including child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, and elder abuse, by developing and implementing a comprehensive, coordinated community program for preventing, as well as identifying, assessing and treating all forms of Family Violence.

Vision
The range of supports and services for families and individuals affected by family violence will be improved as a result of the partnering of organizations and individuals within the forum of the Council.

Functions of the Council: Interagency Coordination, Program Development,Training of Professionals, Community Education &  Advocacy.

Professional Organizational Membership
Prevent Child Abuse New York

New York State Coalition of Elder Abuse

Current Family Violence Prevention Council Members:

   Membership 2012               

               
   COUNCIL ACCOMPLISHMENTS