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Coalition highlights prevention, child-focused work and housing supports for survivors
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Stephanie Theakston told the committee the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition expanded membership to include survivors, scaled prevention trainings and helped provide housing stability to 141 survivors over the past year; she flagged gaps in services for children, immigrants and LGBTQ survivors and urged employer engagement.
Stephanie Theakston, program coordinator for the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition, told the Social Services and Public Safety Committee that the coalition — established by local ordinance — coordinates Lexington’s response to domestic violence, sexual violence, dating violence and stalking and has expanded membership to include survivor representatives.
Theakston highlighted Green Dot, the coalition’s primary prevention program, saying the part-time Green Dot coordinator conducted 15 active-bystander trainings and that components of Green Dot have been incorporated into the Citizens…
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