8) Information Technology System for record keeping, document preparation and conflict of interest checking.

There will be a need for packets to be prepared in alliance with other agencies and their provision for relief from domestic violence victimization.

V. NATURE of SERVICES to BE PROVIDED

The nature of services that will be provided by this initiative includes:

1) Legal Services assistance - all legal services related assistance in dealing with the situation of Domestic Violence in the home for any and all victims of domestic violence regardless of the individuals race, age, and based upon eligibility according to income and assets guidelines which are set by the agency providing federal funding for this initiative.

2) Referral to all agencies and shelters that have the capacity and resources to provide relief of any type of the victims of domestic violence;

3) Community Awareness programs - these programs will be announced four times a year and will involve community meetings with key community members and other interested parties in relating the nature of the services offered and the eligibility requirements in receiving these services. This is a 'key' factor in the success of this program as information must be made available to the public in order that they know that there is assistance available for domestic violence victims.

VI. IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Impact assessment will be conducted on a yearly basis and will involve statistical data relating to those in need of assistance as compared to those actually receiving assistance through this program which will make a strenuous requirement of record-keeping of not only those clients who are served through this initiative but as well will require the same level of...

This can be accomplished through a field experiment based upon those who were and those who were not able to access these services. Because the participants in the study who were not able to access these services must be gained through a voluntary nature, true randomization in this impact assessment for the control group will not be possible.
SUMMARY & CONCLUSION

This study has followed the procedures set out in Chapter Four and Chapter Eight of the textbook and has thus developed a Domestic Violence program Legal Services intervention to answer this need in the City of Decatur. The limitations in this program design include the fact that real-time data was not available for this study as well as the fact that since the curtailment of the Legal Services Corporation satellite office previously located in Decatur, Alabama, that they are quite unfortunately no true statistics upon which to base this design but instead a hodge-podge of data from various agencies in the City of Decatur has been utilized along with generalized State of Alabama statistics. This report was however prepared through collaboration with two previous employees of the Legal Services Corporation satellite office who are well informed as to the need of this type of services and intervention for this target population.

Public Administration

Domestic Violence Intervention Program and Legal Services Assistance

Identification of individuals in need of this intervention and program

Needs Identification

Needs Assessment of Population

Description of target population and service environment

Communication of Established Need