Current Military Projects

The BWJP Criminal and Civil Justice Office provides technical assistance for the OVW-funded Military/Civilian Coordinated Community Response Demonstration Project. This initiative will create guidelines for coordinating the response of civilian and military agencies to domestic violence cases involving military personnel.  These guidelines will enhance victim safety and autonomy, effectively hold perpetrators accountable for ending their violence, and provide safety and support to children exposed to violence in these families.  With local CCR Site Coordinators, the Criminal and Civil Office is developing models from the experiences of two jurisdictions in Kentucky and Florida, each located near a sizable military installation where significant numbers of these cases are handled annually and where issues relating to civilian/military coordination arise on a regular basis.  The assessment and findings phase of the project which will conclude in June 2006, will be summarized in A Guide to Developing a Military/Civilian Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence, which will be available on the Criminal and Civil Office's website by the end of 2006.