3. SurviveAbility will strengthen and further develop the collaboration to support partner agencies to 
provide ÒbetterÓ services for women with disabilities who have experienced violence provide ÒbetterÓ services for women with disabilities who have experienced violence 
ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY/LEAD TIMELINE 
Step 1: Review, Modify, Reaffirm SurviveAbilityÕs vision, mission, goals, and 
Collaborative Charter to support the implementation of short-term initiatives 
OCT 
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A. Reconfigure 
governance and 
operating procedures to 
focus SurviveAbilityÕs 
efforts on the short-
term initiatives 
Modify meeting structure to 
support the change initiatives 
Workgroup as 
assigned X 
Clarify and document roles of 
direct service provider partner 
agencies and of DVC, DCF, 
and Community Consultants 
Project Director X 
Develop orientation process 
and materials for new members 
of SurviveAbility 
Workgroup as 
assigned X 
Submit orientation process and 
materials to OVW for 
review/approval 
Project Director 
X 
B. Establish 
mechanism for 
SurviveAbility agency 
representatives to 
increase engagement 
ÒdepthÓ within their 
home agencies 
Identify opportunities to engage 
broader representation of staff 
with internal agency tasks 
related to Strategic Plan 
Agency 
Representatives X 
Identify opportunities within 
agencies to share updates and 
Òbreaking newsÓ from 
SurviveAbility efforts 
Agency 
Representatives X 
Agency leadership will review 
initiative activities and tasks 
within their agency to allocate 
staff time, resources as needed 
Agency 
Representatives X X 


Identify opportunities within 
each step, activity area for 
initiatives to engage with 
broader staff representation 
Project Director 
X X X X X X X each step, activity area for 
initiatives to engage with 
broader staff representation 
Project Director 
X X X X X X X 

3. SurviveAbility will strengthen and further develop the collaboration to support partner agencies to provide 
ÒbetterÓ services for women with disabilities who have experienced violence 
SurviveAbility will strengthen and further develop the collaboration to support partner agencies to provide 
ÒbetterÓ services for women with disabilities who have experienced violence 
ACTION STEPS RESPONSIBILITY/LEAD TIMELINE 
Step 2: Define and modify the mechanisms of the collaboration to support 
on-going connections and success with longer-term initiatives 
OCT 
08 
NOV 
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DEC 
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JAN 
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FEB 
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MAR 
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APR 
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MAY 
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JUN 
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JUL 
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AUG 
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SEP 
09 
A. Develop structure to 
support on-going work 
Modify meeting structure to 
support the change initiatives 
Project Director X 
Develop orientation process 
and materials for new 
members of SurviveAbility 
Workgroup as 
assigned X 
Prepare to include the 
orientation process and 
materials in electronic 
database 
Project Director 
X 
B. Develop mechanism 
and process for 
proactive feedback loop 
Develop workgroup Full 
Collaborative X 
Define and operationalize the 
principle of ÒSafe 
Accountability 
Workgroup as 
assigned X 
Identify and develop needed 
interagency agreements 
Agency 
representatives X 
Identify and secure necessary 
resources to support on-going 
participation 
Agency 
representatives X X 
Submit materials to OVW for 
review/approval 
Project Director X 
Plan, schedule and conduct a 
Òtest runÓ for a feedback loop 
forum 
Workgroup as 
assigned X X 


Evaluate Òtest runÓ, document 
suggestions for improvement 
nÓ, document 
suggestions for improvement 
Project Director X 
C. Position 
SurviveAbility to 
accomplish long-term 
Review and refine information 
from Needs Assessment 
related to these initiatives 
Project Director 
X 
initiatives, specifically: 
Develop Co-Advocacy 
Model and Improve 
Response by police, 
medical community, 
and faith community 
Develop work plans and 
timelines for each initiative 
Full 
Collaborative X 
Submit work plans/timelines to 
OVW for review 
Project Director X 
Identify strategies for 
leveraging resources & 
seeking potential funding 
support for on-going efforts 
Full 
Collaborative X