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Milwaukee, WI

 

Project Name

Metro-Milwaukee DART Initiative: A Community Collaborative Effort Serving Survivors with Disabilities from Crisis to Healing (MMDI: ACCESS)

Project Partners

IndependenceFirst This link will open a new browser window.
(http://www.independencefirst.org)

Milwaukee County Disabilities Services Division This link will open a new browser window.
(http://www.milwaukeecounty.org/)

The City of Milwaukee Office on Violence Prevention This link will open a new browser window.
(http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/welcome401.htm)

Sojourner Family Peace Center This link will open a new browser window.
(http://www.familypeacecenter.org/)

Vision

The vision of MMDI:ACCESS is that Milwaukee area residents with disabilities who experience domestic and sexual violence and/or abuse will gain access to a network of interdisciplinary service providers who will assist them on their journey from crisis to healing in a timely and comprehensive manner that embodies choice, safety, and justice with the full support of the community.

Mission

The mission of MMDI:ACCESS is to build an interdisciplinary service network that offers Milwaukee area residents with disabilities, a seamless, comprehensive and timely response to their experience of domestic and sexual violence and/or abuse. This response will exemplify choice, safety, dignity and justice to empower survivors. MMDI:ACCESS will foster a culture of change within this service network and the collaborating agencies by equipping itself with the tools needed to strengthen its relationships, improve communication and break down barriers that exist for survivors with disabilities.

Contact Information

IndependenceFirst

Deb Langham
414-226-8371 (v/vp)
Email: dlangham@independencefirst.org

Related Links

  • Collaboration Charter
    The collaboration charter summarizes and memorializes the decisions the collaboration agreed upon including: a vision and a mission; shared values; decision making and conflict resolution protocols; policies on confidentiality; communications and work plans; and relevant definitions.
  • Needs Assessment Plan
    The needs assessment plan documents the collaboration’s approach to determining the strengths and gaps in their organizations. It includes their methodologies, recruitment strategies, and questions for each audience.
  • Needs Assessment Report
    The needs assessment report documents what the collaboration found when they interviewed or conducted focus groups with key audiences within their organizations.
  • Strategic Plan
    The strategic plan documents the collaboration’s plans for improving services for survivors with disabilities and Deaf survivors. It includes the collaboration’s justification for each initiative and the timelines for completion.
  • Safe, Accessible & Welcoming Environment Survey
    This survey helps agencies make their facilities, as well as their programs and services more responsive to the needs of survivors with disabilities.