Improving Domestic Violence Responses in Rhode Island
Data Collection, Reporting, and Use
Recommendation 5 I Invest in data sharing infrastructure and develop guidelines
for information sharing among DV agencies and the Rhode Island Coalition to End
Homelessness's DV program to support existing efforts to share information.
Recommendation 6 I Increase data infrastructure and staffing resources for the
DV/Sexual Assault Training and Monitoring Unit to move to an electronic database.
✓ Include training for all law enforcement agencies on the electronic database, as well as
monitoring compliance annually.
Recommendation 7 | Create DV-specific metrics within the following agencies and
programs:
✓ Batterers Intervention Programming (BIP) (such as risk and need level, programming provided, and
outcomes)
✓ BH and SUD providers (such as DV identified at intake through screening)
✓ DCYF (such as DV identified at screening, DV identified in an ongoing investigation, DV service referrals)
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