Akwesasne family violence program

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Community Educational Services 1 Domestic violence workshops. The program began in and has continued since that time.

The only service available at the beginning was the Women's Shelter Program; but it has expanded its services to include Transitional Second Stage Housing and a Partner Assault response Program. To educate women on domestic violence, how to build and sustain healthy relationships and lifestyles, and how to deal constructively with mental health issues. There are two cultural experts on staff; one full-time and one part-time.

They conduct three cultural sessions during the week, and use holistic traditions which include traditional cooking, ceremonies, and medicines. Participants are taken to different sites where they may take their own medicine s , access a seer or healer, or other knowledge holder with a particular expertise the client is seeking. Culture is in everything that the Akwesasne Family Wellness Program does. Storytelling is widely used to teach respect, honour and other life lessons in all programs.

Different stories are also relayed by videos, and other media. The program does prevention and awareness work in the community by holding conferences open to all, and by creating a large billboard with Mohawk police drawing awareness to violence in the community. Staff go into community schools and speak to children about violence in homes and inform the children what they can do i.

Brochures are given to police officers to offer to victims to encourage them to come to the shelter for help. First and second stage shelter programs are available to women. Batterers' programs are available for men. The affiliated Partner Assault Response program helps men and women who perpetrate violence against their partners in changing their behaviours into more positive and healthy life choices.

Once a person comes into and leaves the program for all the programs , a client satisfaction survey or Exit Survey is taken for that program. The findings concluded that the Akwesasne Family Wellness Program is seriously under-funded, that staff are paid well below that of other shelters and that there is significantly more reporting than required than provincial shelters. Success is measured by clients staying clean after a year; staying out of violent relationships; living successfully and independently; and going back to school and college.

Increase in education regarding these issues. Increased community and organizational support has been substantial. Individuals successfully completing the program have often become involved in the community in a meaningful way. Obtaining funding. The access to drugs and guns in the community is a challenge. Having the Canada-US border so close is a challenge too, as many women do not have formal identification.