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Mississippi
Project Name
2006 Mississippi Education & Technical Assistance Project to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities
Partners
Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Division of Public Safety Planning (MDPSP) 
(http://www.dps.state.ms.us)
University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Nursing (UMMC SON)
(http://son.umc.edu)
The Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence (MCADV)
(http://www.mcadv.org)
The Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)
(http://www.mscasa.org)
The Arc of Mississippi (The Arc)
(http://www.arcms.org)
The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS)
(http://www.ids.usm.edu)
Overview
The 2006 Mississippi Education & Technical Assistance Project to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities project is comprised of six diverse state-wide organizations from the medical, domestic violence, sexual assault and disability fields. Using their combined expertise they seek to create a coordinated community response to addressing the needs of survivors with disabilities.
The Mississippi project represents a collaboration among The Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Division of Public Safety Planning (MDPSP), a state government organization charged with overseeing federal grants in criminal justice and highway safety; The Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence (MCADV), a statewide coalition that provides technical assistance to shelters and community and professional education to survivors; The Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA), a statewide coalition that fosters greater awareness on the nature, history and prevention of sexual assault through training and education; the Arc of Mississippi, which consists of a network of 15 chapters and provides comprehensive services to people with developmental disabilities and their families; The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies (IDS), which promotes independence, productivity, and community inclusion of individuals with disabilities; and the University of Mississippi Medical Center - School of Nursing (UMMCSON) is the state's only medical center university campus for medical, nursing, dental, and allied health care programs. In addition, it offers specialized clinic and services to patients including women with disabilities who are victims of violence.
The project partners have been working together in one capacity or another for the last 10 years and began to work together in 2004 for the specific purpose of addressing violence against women with disabilities when they were recipients of a previous grant of the Office of Violence Against Women. Through this award, they have educated nearly 100% of all SA and DV providers in Mississippi on the issue of violence against women with disabilities while also influencing state level policy.
Building on their past successes, the goal of their work with the 2006 grant is to increase efficient and appropriate services to women with disabilities who are victims of violence, improve policies and practices regarding accessibility and encourage cross-discipline collaboration. To meet these goals, the collaboration plans on working in two to three pilot sites across the state and develop partnerships between agencies that serve victims of violence and agencies serving persons with disabilities to achieve systems change.
Contact Information
University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Nursing
Debrynda Davey
601-984-6237 (v)
