Domestic Violence Local Taskforces
Find an accessible version of the contents of this map below - DV Task Forces Map
- Lake County DV Task Force
Chair/Contact Person: Cori McFarland
Contact Info: cori@advocatesoflakecounty.org
Meeting day/time: Monthly
Comments: No task force in Summit County- Pueblo Domestic Violence Task Force
Chair/Contact Person: Florence Hunt, Chair and Dena Rodriguez, Co-Chair
Contact Info: Hunt@pueblocounty.us and dena@pueblocac.org
Meeting day/time: Every second Tuesday of the month from 12-1pm- 14th JD Domestic Violence Task Force
Chair/Contact Person: Norm Rimmer, Craig Police Department
Contact Info: nrimmer@craigpolice.org ; 970-761-3178 (cell) or 970-826-2387 (office)
Meeting day/time: Every first Tuesday of the month at 3pm- 7th JD Domestic Violence Task Force
Chair/Contact Person: Randy Saucedo, Director of Victim Services, Intervention
Contact Info: rsaucedo@int-cjs.org and 303-450-6000
Meeting day/time: Every third Thursday of the month from 12-1pm- DV Coalition
Chair/Contact Person: JoAnn Holden, Director of Victim Services, Weld County DA's Office
Contact Info: jholden@weldcogov.com, 970-400-4747
Meeting day/time: TBD
Comments: Primarily focused on training- Turning Point Mental Health Services
Chair/Contact Person: Greg Schmidli
Contact Info: greg@turningpointmentalhealth.com and 303-780-0170
Meeting day/time: Every second Monday of the month from 10am-noon via Zoom- Mesa County Domestic Violence Task Force
Chair/Contact Person: Jennifer Lucero
Contact Info: Jennifer.Lucero@mesacounty.us
Meeting day/time: Every third Wednesday of the month from 12-1pm
Success Story Blog
DV Trainings Spark Change
In 2018, Lisa Tullio with Ignite Change Counseling and Melissa Hall, Probation Officer with the 7th Judicial District found that the DVOMB Standards were not fully understood by the Judicial System. Based on a desire to get the word out and educate individuals, Lisa and Melissa created a training to review the standards and to identify main misconceptions regarding DV Treatment.
As a result of creating and presenting this training to judges, district attorneys, probation officers, public defenders, and victims advocates, the district adopted positive changes including sentencing orders prohibiting the use and consumption of alcohol and illegal substances and random drug testing for all domestic violence proven cases. Not only have these changes resulted in a near-complete reduction of unsupervised probation at the time of sentencing and probation sentences of at least 18 months were implemented to account for the treatment process, the trainings have increased collaboration and teamwork within the entire system.
Since Lisa and Melissa started offering the trainings in 2018, the Public Defender’s office, District Attorneys office and victims advocates have requested this training multiple times for all staff trainings and events throughout the district. Congratulations Ignite Change Counseling!
We look forward to sharing more stories like this. If you have a success story, please contact DVOMB program staff.