The following individuals and organizations provided resource materials and shared their expertise with the committee and staff members during a series of site visits conducted from January to May 1996 in the cities of Boston, Dallas, Miami, New York, and Seattle. We gratefully acknowledge their assistance.

Doreen Spence, Social Worker, Elder Abuse Assessment Team

Lisa Gary, Director, Safe Transitions

Beth Israel Hospital

Captain Robert Dunford, Boston Police Department

Patricia Cullen, Project Director

Michele Pouget-Drum, Project Director

Debra Robbin, Project Director

Kimberly Smith-Cofield, Executive Director

Casa Myrna Vazquez, Inc., Boston

Maggie Costa, Teacher

Sister Marie Morris, Counselor

Cathedral Grammar School, Boston

Betty Singer, Director

Child Protection Team, Children's Hospital, Boston

Carmen Del Rosario, Advocate

Debra Drumm, Advocate

Cyntia Lugo, Advocate

Tina Nappi, Advocate

Karen Patykewich, Advocate

Jennifer Robertson, Director

Graciela Valencia, Advocate

Project Awake, Children's Hospital, Boston

Betsy Groves, Director

Judy Hunt, Social Worker

Steven Parker, Pediatrician

Barry Zuckerman, Chief of Pediatrics

Child Witness to Violence Project, Boston

Joyce Collier, Therapist

Robb Johnson, Victim Advocate

Victim Recovery Program, Fenway Community Health Center, Boston

Suzin Bartley, Executive Director

The Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund, Boston

Beth Leventhal

Network for Battered Lesbians, Boston

Andy Klein, Chief Probation Officer

Quincy Court Model Domestic Violence Program, Quincy, MA

Curt Rogers

Support Services for Gay Male Victims of Violence, Cambridge

Commissioner Mike Cantrell

Tracy Enna

Commissioner's Court, Dallas

Cindy Dyer

The Honorable Marshall Gandy

Vicki Isaacks, Assistant District Attorney

Jeanette Lafontaine, Victim Advocate

Anita Kinne, Victim Witness Unit, Kids in Court

Frank Crowley Court House, Dallas

Claudia Byrnes, Executive Director

Betsy Myers

Fred Rich

Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

M.R. Price, Assistant Chief of Police

W.R. Rollins, Executive Assistant Chief of Police

Dorothy Scott, Youth and Family Crimes Bureau

Judith Stewart, Youth and Family Crimes Burea

Sergeant Ches Williams, Youth and Family Crimes Bureau

Dallas Police Department

Veletta Forsyth-Lill

Sherry Lundberg

Diane McGauley, Director

Sharon Obregon

The Family Place, Dallas

Jan Langbein

Genesis Shelter, Dallas

Virginia Patrizi

Legal Services of North Texas, Dallas

Joan Holland, Adult Protective Services

Joellen Goff, Lead Program Director

Diane Kellor, Child Protective Services

Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Dallas

David McGriff, Director

Connie McNellis, Supervisor

Advocate Program, Miami

The Honorable Linda Dakis

The Honorable Joseph Farina

The Honorable Amy Karan

The Honorable Lester Langer

The Honorable Mark King Leban

Dade County Domestic Violence Court, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami

Lauren Lazarus, Assistant Director

Ivon Mesa, Assistant Director

Domestic Violence Court Operations, Miami

Robert Morgan, Director

Mailman Center for Child Development, Miami

Joan Farr, Program Director

Family and Victim Services

Metro-Dade Department of Human Resources, Office of Human Development, Miami

Joyce Henry, Director

Inn Transition, North Miami

Tracy Schneider, Associate Executive Director

North Central Bronx Hospital, Bronx, NY

Rea Stein, Deputy Borough Director

Administration for Children's Services, Brooklyn, NY

Vanessa Amato, Director

Social Work Services, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

Rhonnie Jaus

Sex Crime and Special Victims Bureau, Kings County District Attorney's Office, Brooklyn, NY

Pat Henry, Mayor's Office of the Criminal Justice Coordinator, Brooklyn, NY

Carol Anderson, Domestic Violence/Rape Crisis Advocate, New York

Frances Gautieri, Director of Social Work

Margot Williams, Domestic Violence Coordinator

Bellevue Hospital Center, New York

Susan Xenarios

Crime Victims Treatment Center, New York

Cecile Noel

Health and Hospitals Corporation, New York

Susan Urban, Acting Assistant Deputy Commissioner,

HRA- Crisis Programs, New York

Barbara Blackman, Domestic Violence Unit

John Lawson, Domestic Violence Unit

Lewis Caniglia, Special Operations Officer

24th Precinct, New York Police Department

Susan Morley, Special Victims Liaison Unit

New York Police Department

Susan Wilt, Director of Epidemiology and Surveillance

New York City Department of Health

Stacey Donegan, Emergency Medicine Resident

Steven Lynn, Director, Department of Emergency Medicine

Suzanne Pavel, Clinical Specialist

Roberto Robinson, Administrative Manager

Jane Seskin

Roosevelt Hospital, New York

Judith Urrutia, Social Work Department

Gregg Husk, Director, Department of Emergency Medicine

Doriane Mercado, Clinical Coordinator

Fernando Miranda, Administrative Manager

Barbara O'Neill, Corporate Administrator, Department of Emergency Medicine

Ana Rodriguez, Domestic Violence Advocate

St. Luke's Hospital, New York

Frances Anastasi, Director, Domestic Violence Housing

Lucy Friedman, Executive Director

Maureen Geoglis, Deputy Director of Police Programs

Violet Hawkins, Director, Domestic Violence Division

Chris O'Sullivan, Senior Research Associate

Lisanne Rogers, Volunteer Attorney, Westside Office Legal Project

Lorraine Shimoler, Unit Coordinator, Domestic Violence Prevention Project

Ed Stubbing, Director, Police Programs

Kim Susser, Staff Attorney

Julie Domonkos, Legal Project Director, Westside Community Office

Janet Loflin Lee, Westside Community Office

Jane Barker, Director, Brooklyn Child Advocacy Center

Victim Services, Inc., New York

Tamara Brown, Emergency Assistance, Alternative Response System

Gail Dubin, Chief of Staff, Alternative Response System

Irene Eckfeldt, Social Worker/Case Manager, Alternative Response System

Cathy Peters, Regional Director, South King County

Barbara Phalen, Public Health Nurse/Case Manager, Alternative Response System

Alice Probert, Program Manager, Alternative Response System

Ann Shirk, Emergency Assistance, Alternative Response System

Amy Vince-Cruz, Public Health Nurse/Case Manager, Alternative Response System

Susan Williams, Social Worker Case Manager, Alternative Response System

Catholic Community Services, Kent, WA

Patrick Gogerty, Executive Director

Marlene Carter, Program Director, Patrick Grogerty Branch

Sharon Cryan, Case Manager, Patrick Grogerty Branch

Deloris Culcleasure, Program Supervisor, Patrick Grogerty Branch

Margaret Kennedy, Associate Director, Patrick Grogerty Branch

Beth Nordstrom, Case Manager, Patrick Grogerty Branch

Carol Opoku, Case Manager, Patrick Grogerty Branch

Stacey Walters, Case Manager, Patrick Grogerty Branch

Beth Larson, Case Manager, Eli Creekmore Branch

Nell Robinson, Case Manager, Eli Creekmore Branch

Debra Ronnholm, Program Director, Eli Creekmore Branch

Stephanie Szot, Case Manager, Eli Creekmore Branch

Childhaven, Seattle

Debbie Allen, Chief, Domestic Violence Unit

Nate Janes, Special Assault Unit

Mark Kampf, Special Assault Unit

Rose Mc Mann, Special Assault Unit

Michelle Mullendorf, Special Assault Unit

Seattle Police Department

Ken Patis, Supervisor

Child Protective Services, Washington State Department of Children and Families Services, Kent, WA

Patrick Noon

King County Juvenile Court, Seattle

April Gerlock, Coordinator

Domestic Violence Program, American Lake Division, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Tacoma, WA

Anne Ganley, Director

Batterer Treatment Program, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Medical Center, Seattle