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The Montana DELTA Project
Primary Prevention vs. Intervention
In the past, much of the effort of the battered women’s movement addressed the violence AFTER it occurred. Organizers sought to prevent reoccurrence of or to lessen the severity of repeated violence. They were engaging in intervention activities that would provide for victim safety and would hold batterers accountable.
In contrast, DELTA focuses on preventing the violence BEFORE it happens. DELTA seeks to prevent the development of patterns of coercion and control against intimate partners, also known as battering, domestic violence, sexual violence, dating violence or stalking. Since most violence is learned by observation and experience growing up in a society that condones violent, coercive behavior toward others, and especially against women, it follows that prevention will require individuals and communities as a whole to address the attitudes, beliefs that allow and promote the violence. Through a combination of programs, activities and campaigns that promote healthy relationships, communities can begin to change their lives and the lives of their children and families.
What is DELTA?
In September 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Injury Prevention (CDC) selected MCADSV as one of the original 9 state coalitions to participate in the new Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances, or DELTA program. In February 2003, it was expanded to include 5 more states. Montana's selection represents a promise of over $600,000 over a three-year period to support this work. The majority of the funding will be passed to Montana's five local community partners.Like the Greek delta symbol, the DELTA project is all about CHANGE. How that change will occur will be as individual as the communities who undertake it.
The Project itself has three primary elements that make it a unique and exciting approach to the prevention of intimate partner violence (IPV.) Those elements are:
- DELTA's focus is on prevention
- DELTA is a collaborative process
- DELTA employs a multi-level approach, attempting to influence change at various levels of the community.
In addition to the close work with the five local community partners,
Montana's DELTA project provides technical assistance on Coordinated
Community Response Team development and the primary prevention of
Intimate partner violence (IPV) to any MCADSV members in Montana.
Click on the topics below for more information relevant to the DELTA
project in Montana.
DELTA
Statewide Steering Committee
DELTA's
National Partners
Coordinated
Community Responses (CCRs)
Montana's DELTA Partners
(Click on the project
coordinator's name to e-mail that person.)
Carbon County CCR Team - Project Coordinator: Lea Hegge
Hill County Domestic Violence Task Force - Project Coordinator: Matt Buerkle
Ravalli County Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence -
Project Coordinator: Sonya Bitterman
Prevention Resources and other Topics Related to DELTA
Since you are here, you are probably interested in building a better understanding of intimate partner violence prevention and the many interrelated topics. Please note: Much of the information on our Domestic Violence page will provide important background for understanding the dynamics and issues related to intimate partner violence. The resources listed below focus primarily on prevention and changing those beliefs and attitudes in our communities that foster violence, especially intimate partner violence. How can people come together to stop the violence before it happens in their community? Below are some of the resources that we use on a regular basis. This is not an exhaustive list and we would welcome any comments or additions that you might suggest (click here to e-mail Karen, MCADSV Prevention Coordinator.)Links
A lot of groups are working in this field and have Web sites that could provide important information. Below are some links to Web sites we use most often for information, insight, and ideas.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control: Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) .
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control . This site includes a wealth of reports and initiatives related to violence.
Transforming Communities offers tools for working within communities to change conditions that promote or condone violence.
The Prevention Institute offers toolkits for doing prevention work and building coalitions. Online newsletter also available.
The Family Violence Prevention Fund offers many public education and awareness materials.
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence represents a great resource for statistics, articles, reports, manuals, policies, practices, and packets on prevention and intervention.
The Violence Against Women Office, housed in the U.S. Department of Justice, this site is a good source for statistics and links to the Violence Against Women Online Resources Web site that includes articles, reports, and promising practices.
Click here for resources on CCR development.
New Resource Lists Available!
Please check out the new MCADSV Resource Lists for different prevention and intervention sectors and populations. These lists are a compilation of information which is available on the internet, hard copy materials which staff have collected and materials in the MCADSV lending library. They are by no means exhaustive lists of everything available in the field, rather they are resources that are at hand and available for you to borrow. Please click on the following link to view the lists: MCADSV Resource Center Update
Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership
Through Alliances (DELTA) is funded by the Centers for Disease Control
and Injury Prevention (CDC), through Cooperative Agreement
No.US.4/CCU822487-04. This website does not represent the official
views of the CDC.
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