The Employment and Human Services Department contracts with Community Violence solutions (CVS) to provide crisis intervention and advocacy services to victims of sexual assault, rape, human trafficking, domestic violence, and stalking in Contra Costa County as part of Contra Costa County's Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence Initiative. Services include: providing a Sexual Assault Response Team, staffing the Rape Crisis Line 24/7, providing comprehensive, coordinated to commercially sexually exploited youth and families, providing leadership to the Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition, providing outreach, education, training, and systems change advocacy. Additionally, CVS provides a designated Case Manager and Survivor Outreach Worker to increase identification, outreach, and services to victims of commercial sexual exploitation and at-risk youth (19-614-8)
Fewer victims of sexual and commercial sexual exploitation and at-risk youth will be identified and/or receive intervention and/or advocacy services.
The Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence Initiative services provided under this contract supports all five of Contra Costa County's community outcomes: (1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; (2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; (3)"Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and (5)"Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families.”