A coalition of more than 40 Hamilton County social service agencies plans to announce today a two-year project to reduce family violence.

        The Hamilton County Family Violence Prevention Project will feature a study by the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies to document the scope of local family violence and gaps that may exist in prevention efforts.

        From that study — to be completed in June — agencies plan to develop a community-wide family violence prevention plan by February 2003.

        The project is funded by the Anthem Foundation and led by the United Way of Greater Cincinnati and YWCA of Greater Cincinnati.

        The project is expected to influence the way many public and private agencies address issues such as domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse and abuse of people with disabilities. Some of the local problems linked to family violence have already been documented, sponsors say.

        • In Hamilton County, more than 4,900 cases of domestic violence were reported in 2001. Of those, about half made it to court.

        • In 2000, one in 12 Hamilton County children was involved with Hamilton County Children's Services, the agency charged with investigating reports of abuse or neglect. On any given day, caseworkers handled 3,100 cases involving 6,500 children.

        • In 2000, 1,216 reports of elder abuse, neglect or exploitation were made to the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services.

        Like many urban areas, Hamilton County has a host of agencies focusing separately on various facets of violence and often competing against one another for funding and clients. To improve the effectiveness of prevention efforts, sponsors of the Hamilton County violence project say agencies need to work more closely together to treat entire families — not just individuals — when violent situations emerge.

        For more information about the Hamilton County Family Violence Prevention Project, call Nancy Smith, project director, at the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati, (513) 361-2144.
       

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