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ODVSOM: Domestic Violence Offender Management Board Networking

Domestic Violence Local Taskforces

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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

Photo by Visit Montrose

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

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Share Your Story

Did you implement a creative, collaborative, or even cost-saving strategy that is being successfully used in the field of domestic violence offender management?

Tell us how you and your colleagues overcame a challenge to providing a high quality domestic violence offender service. Perhaps you found a new venue to provide training in DV issues to the community or formed a local task force to solve a particularly "thorny" systemic issue. Whatever it was, if you are proud of your efforts, we want to hear about it!

Please e-mail your inspiring stories to DVOMB Staff and make sure to include "Implementation Successes" in the subject line. Your submission may be selected for publication on this website!