Su Voz Vale/Your Voice Counts participates in the Tri-County Battered Immigrant Women's Taskforce. The three counties involved are Pima, Cochise and Santa Cruz. The goal of the taskforce is to improve the access to culturally appropriate services for battered immigrant women, thereby ensuring their rights under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
The project's focus includes conducting a needs assessment of culturally relevant and accessible services, education and training for professionals in the criminal justice, medical and victims services systems on the rights provided under VAWA for this community, the development of a strategy to raise community awareness of this issue, and enhancement of victim advocacy throughout rural Pima County.
The Taskforce operates
through a federal grant in partnership with the Governor's The Governor's
Office for Children, Youth and Families which coordinates this project.
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