Public Policy

WVCADV plays a critical and leading role in analyzing and supporting the development of public policy that promotes victim safety and self-sufficiency.  Public policy affecting victims of domestic violence spans across a wide range of interconnected systems.  WVCADV promotes a coordinated approach to policy analysis and development through communication across various existing policy workgroups and statewide and local advocacy groups.

Such policy workgroups include:

Coalition for Safe Families

Domestic Violence / Child Victimization Study & Policy Workgroup

Disability / Later Life Task Force

Health Partnership

Mental Health Initiative