Section 13823.4 Of Chapter 3. Criminal Justice Planning From California Penal Code >> Title 6. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3.
13823.4
. (a) The Legislature finds the problem of family violence
to be of serious and increasing magnitude. The Legislature also finds
that acts of family violence often result in other crimes and social
problems.
(b) There is in the Office of Emergency Services, a Family
Violence Prevention Program. This program shall provide financial and
technical assistance to local domestic and family violence centers
in implementing family violence prevention programs.
The goals and functions of the program shall include all of the
following:
(1) Promotion of community involvement through public education
geared specifically toward reaching and educating the friends and
neighbors of members of violent families.
(2) Development and dissemination of model protocols for the
training of criminal justice system personnel in domestic violence
intervention and prevention.
(3) Increasing citizen involvement in family violence prevention.
(4) Identification and testing of family violence prevention
models.
(5) Replication of successful models, as appropriate, through the
state.
(6) Identification and testing of domestic violence model
protocols and intervention systems in major service delivery
institutions.
(7) Development of informational materials and seminars to enable
emulation or adaptation of the models by other communities.
(8) Provision of domestic violence prevention education and skills
to students in schools.
(c) The Director of Emergency Services shall allocate funds to
local centers meeting the criteria for funding that shall be
established by the Office of Emergency Services in consultation with
practitioners and experts in the field of family violence prevention.
All centers receiving funds pursuant to this section shall have had
an ongoing recognized program, supported by either public or private
funds, dealing with an aspect of family violence, for at least two
years prior to the date specified for submission of applications for
funding pursuant to this section. All centers funded pursuant to this
section shall utilize volunteers to the greatest extent possible.
The centers may seek, receive, and make use of any funds which may
be available from all public and private sources to augment any
state funds received pursuant to this section. Sixty percent of the
state funds received pursuant to this section shall be used to
develop and implement model program protocols and materials. Forty
percent of the state funds received pursuant to this section shall be
allocated to programs to disseminate model program protocols and
materials. Dissemination shall include training for domestic violence
agencies in California. Each of the programs funded under this
section shall focus on no more than two targeted areas. These
targeted model areas shall be determined by the Office of Emergency
Services in consultation with practitioners and experts in the field
of domestic violence, using the domestic violence model priorities
survey of the California Alliance Against Domestic Violence.
Centers receiving funding shall provide matching funds of at least
10 percent of the funds received pursuant to this section.
(d) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop and disseminate
throughout the state information and materials concerning family
violence prevention, including, but not limited to, a procedures
manual on prevention models. The Office of Emergency Services shall
also establish a resource center for the collection, retention, and
distribution of educational materials related to family violence and
its prevention.