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This initiative, funded through Budget 2019, aims to provide victims, families and whānau affected by family violence with safe and consistent responses, where and when they need them.
The initiative will enhance regional capability across the country to respond to family violence and begin consistent implementation of a national response. it involves three elements which are being implemented by MSD as part of the wider Joint Venture work:
- supporting more integrated family violence crisis responses
- providing regional practice leaders to build practice standards and support professional development and training
- enabling specialist frontline service providers to participate in family violence risk assessment and triage processes.
NGOs and iwi will also be funded for their representation in family violence regional governance.
Extensive engagement has been carried out with non-government organisations on the participation of specialist frontline service providers in family violence risk assessment and triage processes.
Unfortunately the establishment of practice leaders has experienced set-backs, due to reprioritisation of resources in response to COVID-19.