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Family and Children’s Trust Fund of Virginia: New Reports and Blog
The Family and Children's Trust Fund of Virginia (FACT) has debuted a new blog to house news, research, trainings, and other information related to family violence in Virginia. The blog can be found at www.fact.virginia.gov/factblog
FACT recently migrated its annual report to a new online research and data portal. The portal and 2015 FACT Report can be found at their website here.
Family and Intimate Partner Homicide: 2011
The Office of the Cheif Medical Examiner released it's annual report from the Family and Intimate Partner Homicide Surveillance Project in April, 2013. The annual report is a descriptive analysis of the characteristics and circumstances surrounding family and intimate partner homicide in Virginia in 2011. This and other reports from the Family and Intimate Partner Homicide Surveillance Project can be found here.
Family and Intimate Partner Violence Fatality Review Protocol (3rd edition)
Team Protocol and Resource Manual (3rd Edition)
This Protocol and Resource Manual that supports the development of local and regional domestic violence fatality review teams in Virginia. The resources and materials included here provide directions on death review in the area of domestic violence homicides.
Published by: Virginia Department of Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. December, 2009. 98 pages.
Guidance on Access to Domestic and Sexual Violence Service
Memorandum that provides clarification on law and policy with regard to Virginia’s Local Family and Intimate Partner Fatality Review Teams’ review of service information for decedents who had accessed sexual and domestic violence services.
Written by: Virginia Department of Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. September, 2010. 10 pages.
Homicide-Suicide in Virginia 2006-2010: Who is at risk?
The Office of the Cheif Medical Examiner released a new report in June, 2013, titled Homicide-Suicide in Virginia 2006-2010: Who is at risk? This report utilizes 2006 to 2010 data from the Family and Intimate Partner Homicide Surveillance Project to answer these questions: who is most at risk for domestic violence related homicide-suicide; and, what relationship characteristics create the most danger for homicide-suicide? This and other reports from the Family and Intimate Partner Homicide Surveillance Project can be found here.
