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DeKalb Human Services cites federal grant and community partners for violence-intervention work
Summary
Presenters said Human Services does not provide therapy directly but uses partners for violence intervention and cited a federal grant (about $900,000) to assess community needs and expand intervention and prevention work.
When asked about resources for children and families who have experienced violence, Nicole St. Cyr (speaker 3) said Human Services does not provide clinical therapy directly but connects survivors to partner organizations. "We don't do it directly because we don't have therapy, but we are also doing a crime violence intervention program," she said.
St. Cyr noted a federal grant — which she described as "I believe it was 900,000" — funded an assessment of community needs and that the department works with roughly 600 partners to provide referrals. She named partner organizations including CRIS 180, Frontline and Saint Vincent de Paul as examples of organizations the department refers residents to for intervention, prevention and survivor services.
