S.C. Code Ann. § 43-1-260 – Community domestic violence coordinating councils; purpose; membership; revenue generation responsibility | Midpage
§ 43-1-260
S.C. Code Ann. § 43-1-260
Community domestic violence coordinating councils; purpose; membership; revenue generation responsibility
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(A) The Department of Social Services shall facilitate the development of community domestic violence coordinating councils in each county or multi-county area based upon public-private sector collaboration.
(B) The purpose of a domestic violence coordinating council is to:
(1) increase the awareness and understanding of domestic violence and its consequences;
(2) reduce the incidence of domestic violence in the county or area served;
(3) enhance and ensure the safety of battered women and their children.
(C) The duties and responsibilities of a domestic violence coordinating council include, but are not limited to:
(1) promoting effective strategies of intervention for identifying the existence of domestic violence and for intervention by public and private agencies;
(2) establishing interdisciplinary and interagency protocols for intervention with survivors of domestic violence;
(3) facilitating communication and cooperation among agencies and organizations that are responsible for addressing domestic violence;
(4) monitoring, evaluating, and improving the quality and effectiveness of domestic violence services and protections in the community;
(5) providing public education and prevention activities;
(6) providing professional training and continuing education activities.
(D) Membership on a domestic violence coordinating council may include, but is not limited to, representatives from magistrates court, family court, law enforcement, solicitor's office, probation and parole, batterer intervention programs or services, nonprofit battered women's program advocates, counseling services for children, legal services, victim assistance programs, the medical profession, substance abuse counseling programs, the clergy, survivors of domestic violence, and the education community.
(E) Each coordinating council is responsible for generating revenue for its operation and administration.