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 White Plains, NY - Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse was recently awarded $10,000 from the Westchester County’s Women’s Research and Education Fund to continue its collaboration with the White Plains Police Department.
The WJCS Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse and White Plains Police Department jointly respond to women and children who are victims and/or witnesses to domestic violence.
“This funding allows the Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse and the White Plains Police Department to continue the momentum of an initial project that showed much promise,” says Liane Nelson, PhD, Director of the Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse. “The project aims to increase the capacity of police officers to work with mothers, children and families affected by domestic violence and to identify children who may be in need of intervention.”
"Recognizing that an effective domestic violence strategy goes beyond a law enforcement response, the White Plains Police Department partnered with WJCS to bring critical services to women and children who are victims and/or witnesses to violence in their homes," according to Commissioner Frank Straub. “Through this ongoing partnership, the Police Department and WCJS have taken significant steps toward breaking the cycle of violence as well as to connect victims to long and short-term services. The funding, recently awarded to WCJS will allow this partnership to continue, expand opportunities to provide critical intervention by specially trained police officers and WJCS clinicians."
According to Dr. Nelson, children who have witnessed domestic violence, particularly by one parent against another, frequently suffer from psychological and behavioral difficulties including trauma. These children often feel torn between two parents and have difficulty with trust, safety and separation. Early assessment and intervention offers children a critical chance to recover and heal from the damaging psychological effects of the domestic violence. The project also provides families with important information and resources.
An award winning program, the WJCS Treatment Center for Trauma (TCTA) provides long-term solutions to victims of violence and abuse by offering a comprehensive team and multi-service approach that has the capacity to identify and treat the inter-related aspects of violence and abuse and the resulting long-term pain and trauma of abuse experienced by women, children and families. For more information about this program or the WJCS Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse, contact Dr. Nelson at 949-7699 ext. 375.
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