What is LAP? The Lethality Assessment Program-Maryland Model (LAP), created by the MNADV, is an innovative, award-winning, nationally recognized practice to prevent intimate partner homicides and serious injuries. The LAP has also been identified as a “supported intervention” according to the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Continuum of Evidence Effectiveness, and as a “leading promising …
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The Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence (MNADV) in partnership with The Bridge invites you to an important training on Non-Fatal Strangulation. Subject matter experts will present on the most up-to-date information needed by advocates, law enforcement, medical professionals, prosecutors, and other stakeholders to respond to survivors who have experienced non-fatal strangulation. This interactive training centers …
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COMING FALL OF 2023!If you would like to bring LAP to your community, please complete and submit application and supporting documents. Application for new implementers will be open and review in the Fall of 2023. About the Lethality Assessment Program The Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence (MNADV) LAP 2.0 has been approved by OVW …
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Forseti was founded in 2017 (as Vidocq Studios) to respond to a multi-agency need in the City and County of San Francisco. By working in partnership with the Department on the Status of Women, Mayor London Breed's Office, SFPD, and the District Attorney's Office, we developed a Domestic Violence Lethality Assessment Tool. H.A.R.T.,™ the Honest …
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MNADV PRESENTS LAP SUBSCRIPTION MODEL 2.0! Are you currently implementing the Lethality Assessment Program? BENEFITS Training on the LAP curriculum and revised LAP Tool Recognition as a certified LAP Implementer Authorized use of LAP Tool Unlimited technical assistance NEW & IMPROVED Updated Training on the NEW Curriculum and revised LAP Tool Certification Process LAP Screening …
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Respond. Assess. Connect. Respond: The LAP is initiated when a trained and certified first responder arrives at the scene of a domestic violence call—or when a community professional believes a victim of abuse may be in danger—and assesses the victim’s situation. If the first responder believes the victim is in danger or if there is any …
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On October 1, 2020, nonfatal strangulation became a specific felony in the State of Maryland. Strangulation survivors are 750% more likely to become a victim of a homicide. A collaborative approach to investigation, prosecution, medical care, and victim services is vital to enforcing the new law and to providing support for survivors of strangulation. This …
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NOW AVAILABLE! Access Conference Video Recordings, PowerPoints and Resources! Download Digital Program Here! MNADV Statewide Domestic Violence Conference is a biennial event that provides advanced training and information about intimate partner violence. The conference is planned by local leaders who are dedicated to ending intimate partner violence. (Re)Imagine Justice Conference 2022! This year, we …
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Our Vision Is that one day Maryland will be a state where families and relationships thrive on mutual trust and respect and where there is no place for violence. Our Mission The Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence is the state domestic violence coalition that brings together victim service providers, allied professionals, and concerned individuals …
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