Training & Technical Assistance
MCEDV offers training, consultation, and technical assistance to statewide and multi-regional entities seeking to improve their domestic abuse responses. We also support the work of our members, who provide these same services in their local communities.
From general education and awareness-building around the issue to highly specialized policy development and focused problem-solving, we work to foster a coordinated community response to domestic abuse—one that promotes both safety for victims and accountability for people who abuse.
MCEDV’s Training Institute serves a variety of statewide audiences, including:
- Medical professionals
- Employers
- Faith communities
- Child welfare agencies
- Law enforcement
- Mental & behavioral health professionals
- Domestic violence advocates
- Certified Domestic Violence Intervention Program facilitators
Examples of current offerings:
- Maine Criminal Justice Academy: Basic Law Enforcement Training Program
- Maine Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Child & Family Services: Foundations & Advanced curricula
- Maine Department of Transportation: Responding to Abuse in the Workplace for Supervisors & Managers
- Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner Program: Responding to Abuse in the Healthcare Setting
- AdCare Educational Institute of Maine: Comprehensive Training for Mental Health Professionals (meets 12-hour requirement for licensed providers)
These are just a few examples of our work. We provide topic-specific training on request as our capacity allows. For information about statewide or multi-regional options available through MCEDV, please email us at [email protected].
For information about options available on the community level, please contact your local Domestic Violence Resource Center.
Order Your Healthcare Connections Card
Health care providers are an essential link in the coordinated community response to domestic abuse. Identifying and responding to DV in health care settings can make a tremendous difference for patients’ physical health, mental health, safety, and quality of life.
Order your MCEDV Healthcare Connections Card here.
Please Note: While these cards are currently only available in English, we will be offering them in other languages soon. If you have specific requests, please email [email protected].
In tandem with the Healthcare Connections Card to support the Universal Education approach, the MCEDV CUES Handout (for providers), which includes a statewide map of all MCEDV member program resources available to patients and providers in Maine, is available for download here.