Dr Joy Browne, WOR

TK Logan, PHD

William Hampton, MD

Psychiatry. Greenwich Hospital

Alice Rusk, MD

Neurology, Yale Group

TK Logan, PHD

Associate Professor, U of KY

Gregory L. Boris, DO

Chairman Emergency Services

Griffin Hospital

Joseph Connelly, MD

Chairman Family Practice

Stamford Hospital

Ellen Sutherland, MD

Pediatrics

Nicolette Andrews, MD

Internal Medicine

Sandra Lancaster, R.N. MPH Health Services  Coord.

Mary Badoyanis, Esq

Judicial Training

Suzanne Adam C.C.T

YWCA, Domestic Abuse

Kimberley Russo

Program Manager

Domestic Abuse Services

Fran Rock

Court Advocate

In collaboration with:

Re: Letter of Interest for Health Care Providers Training

We are submitting this Letter of Interest with the intent to receive support from your foundation. I am writing in request of a 2 year, $75,000 grant (a total of $150,000) in support of core operating expenses for . These funds will be used in support of the following advocacy and training program activities:

Advocacy:

"Ask a Question, Save a Life" is a campaign designed to change the social norms of the health care world including a comprehensive "tool kit" for detecting and treating domestic violence in the clinical setting. This will include posters, brochures and other tools that will help educate patients and aid physicians in implementing the PVS Abuse Assessment Response Course (See Page 2, #2) recommendations. It will also include training a core group of physician advocates as spokespersons for the campaign. The campaign will be launched in partnership with Fenton Communications which has acquired a thorough understanding of the issues and players in violence prevention and health care through their work with the Harvard School of Public Health and the American Medical Association. Funding will support the launch of the "Ask a Question, Save a Life" campaign in a targeted group of hospitals and clinics.

Training:

The PVS Abuse Assessment Response Course: Systems Approach to Partner Violence Across the Life Span is a new multi-disciplinary, multi-specialty course featuring valuable resources for physicians to identify, screen, and document domestic violence in the clinical setting. For permanent change to occur, medical institutions (including medical schools) must be convinced to implement systematic assessment and treatment of domestic violence. The Business Case for Domestic Violence Programs in Health Care Settings, a crucial part of the course, will help persuade executives in hospitals and clinics of the financial benefits of supporting a domestic violence program. 

Funding will support the distribution and technical support needed to successfully implement and evaluate the PVS Abuse Assessment Response Course in hospitals and clinics.

The PVS Abuse Assessment Response Course offers the most comprehensive modules specific to the medical school setting available to date. It has proven effective and received respect by medical providers. California alone has 1500 physicians using the course for teaching purpose.

Our goal would be to replicate this success with a team who has the experience and know how to penetrate the medical institutions. PVS is the only organization of its kind. No other organization engages physicians as successfully on the issue of domestic violence and prevention. PVS was established in 1993 by two emergency physicians, Drs. Patricia Salber and Ellen Taliaferro.

The goals for each of the above mentioned programs are directly in support of our mission to promote leadership and advocacy in the health care community. We do this:
1.by providing the training and tools necessary to improve the health care response to domestic violence within the clinical setting and,
2.by supporting physician advocates in their violence prevention work outside the clinical setting.

PVS has an experienced, full-time staff of four and a dedicated Board of Directors. The executive director has been with PVS for over 3 years and co-founder, Dr. Patricia Salber has acted as Board President for several consecutive years. The Board has successfully transitioned from a Founding Board to a Governing Board and 100% of the PVS Staff and Board donate to PVS annually. This year also marks the 10-year anniversary.

If you would like a full proposal outlining the goals, objectives, and more detailed evaluation plans and budget of our core programming, please feel free to contact us.

Thank you for this opportunity and your ongoing dedication to violence prevention. We look forward to hearing from you.