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Washington
Project Name
disAbility Advocacy Project
Partners
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) 
(http://www.wscadv.org)
Abused Deaf Women Advocacy Services (ADWAS)
(http://www.adwas.org)
Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSAP)
(http://www.wcsap.org)
Disability Rights Washington (DRW)
(http://www.disabilityrightswa.org)
Overview
The Washington-based collaboration – formally named the disAbility Advocacy Project – is comprised of two state-level coalitions, a service provider for Deaf and Deaf/Blind survivors of violence, and the state’s protection and advocacy system. Their collaboration seeks to build partnerships between community-based domestic and sexual violence advocacy organizations, community-based disability advocacy organizations, and people with disabilities who experience domestic or sexual violence. Through these partnerships, the Washington collaboration hopes to improve access to services, reach out to other survivors with disabilities, and honor and respect the choices made by survivors.
The disAbility Advocacy Project represents a collaboration between the WSCADV, the WCSAP, ADWAS, and DRW. The Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence is a non-profit coalition of 65 domestic violence victim advocacy programs. Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services (ADWAS) is recognized as the leader in the provision of fully accessible services to Deaf and Deaf/Blind women. The Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSAP) supports local rape crisis programs throughout the state of Washington through training, education, and public policy advocacy. Finally, Disability Rights Washington (DRW) is the non-profit, state-designated protection and advocacy system in Washington.
The partners of the disAbility Advocacy Project have worked together on a statewide level for the past six years as recipients of 2002 and 2004 Office on Violence Against Women’s Grants to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities. Their efforts in previously funded years include the development of pilot projects to demonstrate the effectiveness of co-advocacy approaches. These pilot sites have conducted evaluations and focus groups, all of which are informing the collaboration’s current efforts.
While they intend to replicate their work statewide, the Washington collaboration plans to focus their current efforts in three communities across the state. Based on the knowledge they have gained during previous grant cycles, this collaboration has decided to focus their efforts on building co-advocacy between disability advocates and domestic violence/sexual assault providers while also helping providers develop effective outreach strategies that will reach people with disabilities.
Contact Information
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Leigh Hofheimer
206-389-2515 (v)
206-389-2900 (tty)
