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DoVE Council - Mission Statement

The mission of the Council is to reduce the level and seriousness of domestic violence incidents and to eliminate domestic violence deaths in Wyoming.

The Council will provide guidance throughout the state to proactively address domestic violence issues in every community in the State.

The Council will also work to increase awareness among public, governmental and private agencies of the causes, effects and magnitude of domestic violence.

To that end, the Council will proactively promote the development of a system-wide response in each community to domestic violence which will enable victims to be safe and perpetrators are held accountable.

In order to achieve it's mission of reducing the level of serious incidents and eliminating domestic violence deaths, the Council will, at a minimum:

Hold community meetings around the State to gather input from the public, criminal justice system, advocates, medical professionals, human service professional and all who work with and care about victims of domestic violence;
Identify and work toward eliminating barriers which prevent victims access to services and enable them to be safe; and
Recommend training standards, work to increase resources, promote effective batterer's re-education, and work to enact effective laws addressing domestic violence.

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