HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 12-80RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF. THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD SUPPORTING THE CONCEPT AND GOALS
OF THE APPLICATION FOR LEAA FUNDING OF MENTAL
HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF KERN COUNTY, ALLIANCE
ON FAMILY VIOLENCE.
WHEREAS, family violence is being considered one of the
major social problems of our society; and
WHEREAS, both male and female members are often victims
of family violence; and
WHEREAS, family violence creates an unfavorable environ-
ment for children; and
WHEREAS, crimes of violence in the home are costly to
the taxpayers in the form of police protection, medical treatment,
and the breakup of households; and
WHEREAS, the Mental Health Association of Kern County,
Alliance on Family Violence, was organized to prevent family
violence and offer counseling and assistance to families suffering
from the effects of this type of violence; and
WHEREAS, the Mental Health Association of Kern County,
Alliance on Family Violence, is a privately funded, nontax-supported
association staffed by professional volunteers; and
WHEREAS, the Mental Health'Association of Kern County,
Alliance on Family Violence intends to apply for LEAA funds for a
program to aid in the prevention of family violence, as described
in Exhibit "A" attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, funding by the LEAA will require no expenditure
of City funds, and any requirement for matching funds will be ful-
filled by the Mental Health Association of Kern County, Alliance
on Violence.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the
City of Bakersfield as follows:
That the Councilof the Cit~ of BakerSfiel'd Supports the
concept and goals of the application for LEAA funding, attached
hereto as Exhibit "A", of the Mental Health Association of Kern
County, Alliance on Family Violence.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 5th day of March, 1980, by the following
vote:
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CIT lerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
CIT. Bakers field
MENTIEEA.LTH ASSOCiATiON IN KERN COe!/'~ALLIANCE ON VIOLENCE:
For ~n ~c are Drycholo~cslly disturbS, for ~.~rl~ ~
"fatality ~hyFic~?~y ~n~ed or bra~n da~ged from v~olene~i
- FF~RSONEL:
1. Secret~-y-Coordinator 110 P~s. month $4.00 hr.'(salary)
payroll deductions, insurance, bonding, other
2. Part-time 84 hrs month, clerk-typist, file
record kee~ing 'of-clients, charts, etc. apDointments:
insurance., bonding, etc, estersteal:
Travel: 200 miles per month at .16~
when secretary's deliver mail, 'send mail.,
go 'to semfnar's with packets, see to'printing, and for
counse~lor's travel-to end from out of' city seminars.
Prtvste counselling to. those.who cannot payx At t~mss
my be necessary. to treat family as a units
Ccnducting group 'counseling at' public forums, · '
Pub!Jc Seminar's for violence ..schools, police, etc.:
Clients who can pay ~ill'be charged on sliding scale:
Counselor's at $A0.OO hr, 80 hrs per month: m4nimum:
e~tra (hrs for emergency calls):
SUPPLIES AND OPERATING COSTS ESTIMATED:
Supplies office and stamps as petty cash $60.00 month)
Xero~ing costs, type~ritter ribbons, rubber stamps,
clips, bands, 'nlsc folder for f~l]ng, 'cardF, books for
records etc: CaSe HiStory file cabinets': )
S tetfonery and envelopes, special annnuncement cards
Mail outs for special events and other miscellaneous:
(bnl~ rate will be used when posFible,)..Printing costs:
.Pamphlets, seminar packets, film, printed material m]~cel]anenu.~:
Mailouts to organizat~ons (printing ee.,ts of program
to be presented, anouncements, etc.. .
Signs to be printed, posters, for health clin~ces in
outlying districts of Kern, showing ~ervice~ availa~le, I
Mater~al for hospital emergency 'rooms, lavyer'~,' chruches,
doctor's offices, health clinic's, public display's in
stores, shc~Ing this program is in operation where help is:
Equipment, upkeep
Utilities, (rent 180.00 and telephone)
Part-tim bookeeping
Type~r~ tter (EQUIPMEhT)
· tles, cards, folders, de~k, chair, lamp,.
Pens, ~pencils, 'stationery for records, for (Part-Tim)help:
Electric adding machine:
Other small misc office materials as need ari.-es;
Proposal submitted by
Mental Health A.~sociatic~ in Earn County
Paule Freeborn:
· EXHIBIT "A" '
7,200.00
"/20.00
800,00
350.OO
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960.OO
5,O00.OO
6OO.oo
1,350.OO
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ALLIA-NCE ON FAMILY-VI 0LENCE
FOR MEN'
Agency: Mental Health ~Ssociati'on
in Kern County
Contact: Paula Freeborn, Executive Directora
1~06 Chester Ave, Room 459.
Bakersfield, Californl a, 93S01
· Program Directors:
Dr. Parley Kilburn.'
Dr. Wallace Hasting-~.'
NEED:. Family violenc Is now being considered one of the major social
problems'in our s~ciety. There is a dearth of hard data 'about the magnit-
ude of the problem. Only recently has it come to light that the male mem-
ber of the family is often battered as severely as the· female,
The Individual whether man or woman who is involved in family viol-
ence is in serious need of help. A. study completed at the University of
New Hampshire during 1977, ·showed that of a random national sample of
21,000 f~milies, one out of· six of the.couples interviewed had a physically'
violent episode during that year or an estimated seven and one half-
million people nationally.
The handbook of Domestic Violence from the California Attorney Gen-
eral"s Crime Prevention Unit estimated that one fourth of all the murders
in this country occur in the family and one half of these are husband-wife
killings. It is estimated that ~n California 50% of the married women will·
be assulted by their husbands some time during the marriage,
KANSAS CITY POLICE DEP~.RT~ENT~HEPORT: (Fleming, 1979). 85% of the
cases of domestic homicide ·showed· that the police had been csiled at lessor·~
once 'prior te the kiil.'.ng. In 50% of the '~omid'ide cases, the· police had
been ~lled five times or more.
F.B.__I. reports ~hat 23% of the 132 policemen killed in 1974, were
killed ~rying to stop family f.ights and 28% were assulted while attempting
to hal~ ,2~.olence in the family. (Violence is on the increase.)
English Studies: (Fleming 1979):. 50% of families where spouse abuse
occured; the children were also involved 'in the violence., 25% "of 'the
cases reported babies were battered, it was also found the father battered
his wife:
MEW YORK: Petitions in the family court totaled 15,818 women seeking
orders of protection against husbands,
-" DETROIT ST~DY~ group looked for patterOuf conflict and consid-
ered the role pla.yed by sex-role definitions and perceptions in~family in-
teractions. The project studied the way homicide participants interpreted
their roles, 'and it shows that 68 out of~l~'O famil~ ·conflict homicides,
one person was defining the other aa .an. object of personal property and
acting on the basis of that~'defination. Men are reported-tO take this
attitude more often than·women.
We propose that data+ gathering through our programs will provide
needed information that will prove beneficial to law enforcement, legis,
lature, marriage counselor's, the courts. More than 200 calls have come
from women seeking help since April 1978, that we have documented.
When ever there is violence in a family setting where there are child-
ren they are the one's who suffer the greatest damage. The emotional scars,
with other mentsl problem which may develop, remain for the life-time of
the victims of violence.
Violence tends to beget violence. It has been found that wife abusers
and mother,s· who abuse their children are individuals who were victim of
violence in their own childhood .days. ~'
This vicious cycle of socially inherited maladJustive behavior must
be broken. One of the most productive, if not the most effective method
to break this traumatic chain of events is the provisio~n of treatment prog-
rams for the husband and/or father who resorts to violence and to the one
who is often the victim, his wife: Sometimes, its chiidren or 'aged parentsa
MAJOR PROGRAM OBJECtEVE:
The Major goal of this program is to PREVENT the violence that occurs
periodically in the families of Kern County, and to give effective help to "
the perpertrators of this violence as well as the victim. We also see this
as s ecrime reduction" *lever, saving lives of policemen and victim.
SPECIFIC OBJEC TIVEx
1. A need's survey to determine the extent of this problem, (one such
study is now underway, but more reliable data .will be collected
Kern County by cas
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history as we' enter more '~y into this program.
-Xmplimen~t an ~information and education program throughout Earn County
to alert people to the extent of the problem and emphasize that .HELP
is available ~.
Individual and group counseling on a voluntary basis under the direct-
ion of State licensed counselor (counselors), male and. females
A diversionar~ program for those men caught' up in lawenforcement or
the courts who would be given the option of accepting counseling as
applied in Senate· Bill 355,. by Presley. (Anger Diversion-.
A referral source of help to· all agencies involved in violence and
disruptions, Such as churches, educational services, law-enforcement,
hospitals, helath facilities, any source that serves to help.
TECPR~QUES OF ~.CCOMPLISHI NG OBJECTIVES:
Speaker's bureau from Alliance on Family Violence utalizing present
organizational structure( sheet enclosed), addressing P.T.A. groups,
civic clubs, organizations,· churches, school health classes,. labor
unions, ledges, 'groups of youth such as scouts, and othsr. s.·
COnduct special seminars and' workshops foX. target groups.
s. Minorities
b. Couples with marital problems
C. Families with real-adjusted children
d. ~een-agers,
e. Nandicapped.
f,. Others discovered to have a need.
EDUCATION ON VIOLENCE CONTROLs
a, using media, T.V. Radio, special programs, bulletlons, pamphlets.
EXPEC TED OUTCOMES:
a. Reduction in crimes of violence in the home' and community~
b. More favorable home environme~t~f~_r~grO~_th of children.
c. Reduction of use of other community services, pp!ice calls,
~'treatment in emergenc ~ooms at ho. spitals, elimi g when possible the
breakup of ttie ho~e and women going 6n welfare, school expUlsions, lost
T;ork time.
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Improved scholast'ic performance for school ch~.ldren from troubled homes.
Reduction 'in committments to Juvenile Hail.
Reduction in costs for police calls to homes of domestic violence.
Reduction of Judicial costs through courts and D.~.. office.
Reduction of body injury or loss of life, for victims and policez
ESTIM~.TED EUJM. BER SERVED:
Since April 1978, over 200 calls have been serviced by.our Hot-line,
maintained 24 hours daily by Mental Health Association. Calls through
YoW.C.A. (Alliance which deals with battered women, coordinator JoAn
~ones. Referrals from Delano, Shelter, Ridgecrest, Palmdale
As program is developed and community awareness of our services are
better utalized, and known in Kern Co~Anty, we expect a sizeable in-
crease .for "helpu both by the abuser and the abusedx Most of these
peopl.e absolutely cannot afford private counseling as the whole family.
often needs treatment.
AD~.q NIS T.RA~ 0NZ
This project· for ~mena would be administered under the direction of
The Mental Health Association. At present we ha~e a program for women,
Thi~ is a voluntary organization, ecruposed-of citizens interested in
· improving human relationships in the county. It is supported at this
time by contributions from interested citizens and receives 'no supp-
ort from any governmental source, either local, state or national. We
are handicapped in service ability due~to limited resources.
The need for this project is keenly felt by those who work first
however this program cannot be under-
hand with this group of persons,
taken without visible support from other than voluntary funding.
RECOBDSx We will keep definite records of monies received and spent.
Cost ~nalysia will later be projected.
COMMUNITY
SUPPORT:
323'HELP
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Law enforcement ....... Agencies .....
Clubs. Organizations ..... (AAUW)-- --~
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322-0365
HOT
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PUBLIC EDUCATION
MEETING FACILITY
(Y.W.C.A.)
GROUP, Women
(Y.M.C.A.)
GROUP, Men
(Youth Center)
CROUP: Families
VOLUNTEERS:
Hot Lines
Shelter
Transportation
REFFERALS
OUTREACH
FUND RAISING
MEN'S PROGRAM WOULD NOT USE.
The shelter, but counseling
would be in office -of the
counselloP or in Mental Health
office; or Y~M.C.A.
WORKING WITHa Alliance on the
Battered spouse (women) ooord-
· inator, JoAn Jones I