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The County’s Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention and two other speakers discuss emergency resources for those experiencing abuse at home during the COVID-19 crisis.
For more information, visit https://www.sccendviolence.org.
The City of Cupertino would like to express thanks to the County of Santa Clara for the use of their video materials during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
C
Good
morning
my
name
is
Carla
Collins
and
I
oversee
the
office
of
gender-based
violence,
prevention
for
the
County
of
Santa
Clara.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
morning.
I
want
to
start
with
a
quick
update
on
new
cases
in
Santa
Clara
County.
We
do
have
40
new
cases
and
unfortunately,
four
new
deaths
since
last
reported
bringing
us
to
a
total
of
18
1833,
positive
cases
in
Santa,
Clara
County
and
a
total
of
69
deaths.
You
can
get
more
information
on
on
all
of
this
on
our
Kovach
dashboard
at
our
website
at
SCC
org.
C
So
right
now
there
are
just
a
few
things
that
we
can
all
be
doing
to
flatten
the
curve
to
keep
our
community
safe
and
to
the
ultimately
lessen
the
number
of
deaths
from
kovat
19.
It's
important
that
absolutely
everyone
shelter
in
place
to
protect
yourself
to
protect
your
family
and,
ultimately
to
protect
our
community.
So
if
you
must
go
out,
please
practice
social
distancing
and
we
encourage
everyone
to
wear
face
coverings.
C
So
today
we're
talking
about
the
office
of
gender-based
violence
prevention,
and
we
were
just
established
very
recently
just
over
six
months
ago
in
September,
we're
part
of
the
county
executives,
division
of
equity
and
social
justice,
and
our
mission
is
to
disrupt
the
cycles
of
gender-based
violence
and
support
survivors
so
that
they
receive
the
services
that
they
need
so
that
they
can
heal
and
ultimately
to
thrive.
So
we
envision
a
community
that
is
free
from
all
forms
of
gender-based
violence,
including
sexual
assault,
human
trafficking
and
domestic
violence,
which
is
also
sometimes
called
intimate
partner.
Violence.
C
Now,
as
I
said,
our
only
real
strategy
is
to
in
addressing
kovat
19
right
now
is
to
show
in
place,
and
it's
absolutely
essential,
but
what
about
families
where
home
is
not
a
safe
place?
We
also
know
that
there
are
added
stresses
with
the
sheltering
in
place.
There
is
incredible
financial
burdens
that
families
are
facing
right
now.
All
of
this
impact
can
negatively
impact
survivors
and
actually
create
circumstances
where
safety
is
further
compromised.
C
We
have
tennis
crosby
the
CEO
of
the
YWCA
Silicon
Valley
and
Esther
Paulus
Diekman,
the
executive
director
of
next
door,
solutions
to
domestic
violence
and
they're
going
to
be
sharing
some
more
resources
with
all
of
us.
So
thank
you
both
for
joining
us
and
I'll
start
by
asking
Esther
a
question
so
Esther.
We
know
that
abuse
is
about
power
and
control
and
that
domestic
violence,
really
it
can
infect,
include
financial,
emotional
and
physical
abuse.
But
these
are
kind
of
crazy
times
right
now
that
we're
in
and
it
might
look
a
little
bit
different.
C
D
I'm
really
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
have
a
conversation
today
with
my
colleagues
here,
but
also
all
of
you
out
there.
What
we're
hearing
at
next
door
solutions
to
domestic
violence
is
calls
from
people
who
are
in
a
domestic
violence
situation,
we're
also
in
touch
with
our
clients
and
what
we're
hearing
is.
People
are
very
isolated
right
now,
when
our
clients
have
been
able
to
reach
us
in
the
past.
It's
usually
at
a
time
where
they
have
some
privacy.
D
During
the
day,
people
are
at
work,
but
right
now,
during
the
shelter-in-place
order,
the
victims
are
often
housed
with
the
perpetrators.
So
it's
very
difficult.
Sometimes
there
are
telephone
calls
their
computer
activity
texting.
All
those
things
are
being
monitored
by
the
abusing
partner,
so
they're
very
isolated,
it's
much
more
difficult
for
them
to
reach
out
and
I
think.
That's
part
of
the
reason
why
we
have
seen
a
decline
in
the
number
of
calls
to
our
crisis
lines,
all
five
agencies.
What
we're
hearing
from
survivors
is
a
lot
of
emotional
abuse.
D
People
are
sort
of
using
the
Cova
19:00
virus
as
an
excuse
to
say,
I
want
to
see
my
kids
more
I
really
need
to
see
them
or
my
restraining
order
doesn't
count
right
now
because
the
courts
are
closed.
So
we
want
to
be
really
clear
that
the
five
agencies
in
Santa
Clara
County,
that
can
help
with
domestic
violence
are
available
to
help
you
navigate.
If
you
have
questions,
if
you
need
help,
all
all
the
lines
are
pretty
much
available,
24
hours
a
day,
and
if
you
have
questions
we'd
be
happy
to
answer
those
thank.
C
You
and
so
now
that
we've
heard
a
little
bit
about
what
some
of
the
abuse
can
look
like.
Let's
talk
about
some
of
our
incredible
response,
this
questions
for
Tanis.
We
are
so
fortunate
to
have
five
amazing
domestic
violence
agencies
serving
residents
from
Gilroy,
the
Palo
Alto
and
every
single
city,
and
every
space
in
between
I
know
the
agencies
work
really
closely
together.
So
can
you
share
some
of
your
best
thinking,
best
practices
and
some
safety
tips
for
for
people
who
might
be
watching
right
now
who
are
facing
violence
in
the
home.
E
So
please
help
us
amplify
the
message
that
help
is
available
next,
if
you're
experiencing
violence,
or
maybe
your
concern
that
you
may
be
experiencing
violence
and
you'd
like
to
connect
with
someone,
we
encourage
you
to
reach
out
and
consider
creating
a
safety
plan
and
to
collaborate
and
partner
with
an
expert
when
you're
creating
that
safety
plan.
Unfortunately,
there's
five
domestic
violence
agencies
and
two
sexual
assault
agencies
who
want
to
be
that
partner.
E
When
you
collaborate
together
on
creating
that
safety
plan,
they
can
help
you
think,
through
your
options,
your
choices
to
stay
safe
during
this
pandemic
number
two
I
want
to
encourage
you
to
keep
and
sustain
that
network
of
support.
You
know
think
of
different
ways
and
new
ways
you
can
reconnect
and
keep
that
support
network
strong
and
then
thirdly,
really
want
to
amplify
what
Esther
said
there
is
help
we
are
available
24/7.
There
are
five
domestic
violence
agencies
here,
ready
to
serve.
The
YWCA
is
one
of
them.
E
Our
24-hour
support
line
is
one
eight
hundred
five,
seven,
two,
two
seven
eight.
We
are
here
24
hours
a
day
like
next
door,
like
the
other
agencies
who
are
here
to
support
you.
So
three
things
number
one
consider
a
safety
plan
number
two
continue
to
sustain
a
support
network
and
number
three
know
that
help
is
available
and
my
request,
everybody
watching
is
amplify.
That
message.
Thank.
C
You
tennis
so
Esther
April
is
both
sexual
assault
awareness
month.
It's
also
child
abuse
awareness
month,
and
we
know
that
many
of
the
clients
that
are
coming
to
devian
sees
are
also
reporting
that
they've
been
victims
of
sexual
assault.
We're
fortunate,
as
tennis
have
said,
that
we
have
our
rape
crisis
centers
that
are
also
DV
agencies
in
South
County,
that's
community
solutions
and
in
Central
and
North
County,
that's
the
YWCA,
and
we
also
know
that
there
can
be
a
co-occurrence
of
child
abuse
with
domestic
violence.
C
D
One
of
the
things
that
is
a
plus
about
contacting
any
of
the
domestic
violence
agencies
is
that
very
frequently
the
different
forms
of
violence,
whether
they're
sexual
assault,
whether
the
whether
there's
child
abuse
happening
in
the
family.
When
someone
is
suffering
from
domestic
violence
and
children
are
present
in
the
home,
it's
it
might
be
possible
that
those
things
are
also
happening.
Our
agencies
have
knowledge
of
where
to
connect
you
with
help
and
services,
if
it's
justice
and
reporting
and
you
need
to
navigate
the
criminal
justice
system,
we
can
absolutely
help
you
with
that.
D
If
that's
not
something
that
you're
ready
to
do,
but
you
just
want
to
know
how
to
stay
safe.
Our
agencies
are
available
to
help
you
with
that
too.
We
also
know
there's
resources
that
you
need.
They
go
beyond
the
domestic
violence.
A
lot
of
our
clients
are
reporting.
I
need
financial
assistance,
I
need
housing,
I
need
any
number
of
resources.
Sometimes
it's
very
basic,
especially
these
days,
food
clothing.
Those
are
all
things
that
a
domestic
violence
advocate
can
help
with
so
pick
up
the
phone
and
call
any
of
our
agencies
for
next
jords.
Four
zero.
D
C
You
thank
you
so
much
Esther,
so
Tanis
to
you,
we
know
like
koban,
19
DV
does
not
discriminate.
It
affects
people
of
all
ages
and
of
all
backgrounds.
Now,
I
think
that
the
county
was
incredibly
wise
to
support
the
domestic
violence
advocacy
consortium
when
we
funded
sort
of
an
initial
pilot
around
online
chatting
to
connect
people,
because
sometimes
there
are
people
who
had
would
much
rather
type
something
online
than
pick
up
a
phone
and
call
a
hotline.
C
E
And
really
to
amplify
what
Esther
said,
what
I
appreciate
is
that
there's
options
call
two
on
one
call:
a
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault
agency
directly
and
there's
also
a
chat
availability
so
go
to
safe
chat,
sv
org
that
safe
chat,
s/v,
dot,
org
and
there
it's
a
it's
a
web-based
application.
You
don't
have
to
download
a
fancy
up.
E
You
just
go
to
that
website
and
you
can
start
chatting
immediately
one-on-one
with
a
confidential
advocate
and
just
as
Esther
said,
our
services
are
100%
confidential
and
that's
just
the
same
with
safe
chat,
SV
org,
it's
available
every
day,
except
Wednesday
with
hours
that
are
posted
on
that
website
and
you
can
get
immediately
connected
with
a
confidential
advocate
and
begin
chatting
online.
So
it's
another
option.
That's
available!
It's
available
to
survivors,
it's
available
to
family
members
and
it's
available.
E
If
you
have
questions
and
you
wonder
if
you
are
experiencing
something
that
might
be
domestic
violence
or
sexual
assault,
that's
exactly
what
we're
here
to
support
you
and
we're
here.
There's
ways
to
reach
out:
it
can
be
online.
It
can
be
through
two
on
one.
It
can
be
directly
by
contacting
an
agency.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
people
know
that
there
are
options,
there
are
choices
and
that
there
is
help.
Thank.
C
You
so
much
a
really
important
part
of
all
of
this,
too,
is
that
all
of
these
services
are
free
to
the
community.
So
please
do
not
hesitate
to
reach
out
so
now
to
start
a
sort
of
wrap
up
a
bit
this.
These
are
really
difficult
times.
That's
especially
true
for
people
who
are
sheltering
in
place
with
an
and
are
in
abusive
relationships,
so
I'm
grateful
that
our
county
has
made
incredible
investments
in
our
community
organizations
and
that
you're
all
doing
the
important
work
work
so
that
survivors
can
heal.
C
We
live
in
a
community
where
all
of
our
partners
and
stakeholders
have
been
working
together
actually
for
decades
to
be
trauma,
informant
and
survivor
centered
so
that
everyone
can
can
be
safe.
So,
as
we
wrap
up
this
Facebook
live
segment.
I
want
to
give
each
of
you
the
opportunity
to
give
some
final
words
of
support
or
advice,
especially
for
those
who
were
living
in
violence
right
now,
and
so
that
people
can
get
the
help
that
they
need
Esther.
Would
you
like
to
start
I'd.
D
Like
to
say
just
the
people
that
are
out
there
living
in
a
domestic
violence
situation,
whether
you're
male/female,
a
member
of
the
LGBTQ
community,
is
we're
already
living
in
a
very
lonely
and
isolating
time
with
the
shelter
in
place
order
in
effect,
but
you're,
not
alone.
If
you
call
any
of
the
domestic
violence
agencies
in
Santa,
Clara
County
help
is
available
24
hours
a
day.
E
Some
final
thoughts
well
just
like
Ovid
19,
the
signs
of
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault
may
not
always
be
visible
and
for
many
survivors,
feelings
of
isolation
have
been
in
place
for
years,
and
it's
being
compounded
by
coab
in
nineteen,
so
really
just
know
that
there
is
help.
There
are
options
and
we
encourage
you
if
you
are
experiencing
and-
and
you
may
not
know
if
this
is
domestic
violence
or
sexual
assault.
We
are
here
to
help
you.
E
We
are
here
to
support
development
of
safety
plan,
24/7
contact
us,
and
if
you
would
like
to
help
us
spread
that
message,
we
need
you
to
do
so.
Can
we
count
on
you
to
get
this
message
out?
That
would
certainly
help
us
making
sure
that
anyone
who
has
questions
about
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault
or
human
trafficking
has
the
opportunity
to
connect.
So
please
help
us
amplify
the
message
that
help
is
here
that
services
are
available
and
that
together
we
can
make
sure
that
our
community
is
safer.
Thank.
C
You
so
much
tennis,
so
while
people
are
encouraged
to
stay
at
home
may
feel
isolated,
you
may
feel
isolated
from
your
friends
and
family,
even
in
the
isolation
of
sheltering
in
place.
Please
try
to
maintain
social
connections
online
or
over
the
phone,
and
if
it
is
safe
to
do
so,
try
to
stick
to
your
daily
routines
as
much
as
possible.
Please
also
reach
out
to
the
resources
that
we've
shared
with
you.
You
can
call
or
go
online
to
reach
any
of
our
agencies.
C
You
can
find
this
and
more
information
at
WWF,
CC
and
violence,
org
or
simply
call
2-1-1
and
get
the
details.
Remember,
as
ester
antennas
have
said,
you
are
not
alone
and
we
are
here
to
help
you
so
thank
you
so
much
Tanis.
Thank
you
so
much
Esther
and
thank
you
all
for
joining
us
today.
Please
stay
safe.