Addressing Court-Related Barriers to Survivors’ Economic Security (Consumer Training Toolkit #4: Part 2)

4/16/2019 by Nidi Abbasi, Jenna Smith, Wendy Hinton Vaughn, Katie VonDeLinde
On April 3, 2019, Nida Abbasi (Project Manager) and Jenna Smith (Project Coordinator) for the Gender & Family Justice Project of the Center for Court Innovation; Wendy Hinton Vaughn, Associate Professor Northern Illinois University College of Law; Supervising Attorney Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic; and Katie VonDeLinde, CSAJ Expert Advisor & Adjunct Faculty, Washington University Brown School of Social Work presented a webinar to introduce participants to a model that addressed court-related barriers to economic security. With imaginations sparked by the model jurisdiction, participants broke out into virtual groups to brainstorm strategies for needs assessment, partnership building, and systems change to address court-related barriers in their own communities.

learning objectives

1) Explore specialized domestic violence court responses.

2) Examine how economic issues can be addressed through specialized responses.

3) Strategize and develop action items for implementing system-based responses to economic barriers.