Family of Woodstock receives domestic violence assistance grant

KINGSTON – The State Office
for the Prevention of Domestic Violence has announced a grant of up to
$75,000 to fund a domestic violence program through the Family of Woodstock
that will allow it to hire a graduate student or recent college graduate
to help enhance the services it provides.
The funding comes from the Ursula Forem Domestic Violent Program Employment Fellowship, which is designed to develop professionals to work in the domestic violence prevention and services field. Now it is fourth year, the fellowship is named in memory of an Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence employee killed in a car crash on her way home from work in 2001.
Family of Woodstock will use the grant to immerse its fellow into its family services programs, including the Washbourne House Domestic Violence shelter, non-residential domestic violence services, and Evolve, the organization’s offender accountability program.
“We feel that the broad scope of domestic violence services the agency offers, including comprehensive services for the survivor and groups for the perpetrators, will give the fellow a broad perspective on the work,” said Family Executive Director Michael Berg.