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WASHINGTON STATE COALITION
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AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
WHEREAS, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV), Lower Valley
Crisis and Support Services (LVCSS), New Hope Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence
Services of Grant County (New Hope), Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP),
Northwest Justice Project (NJP), SAGE Domestic and Sexual Violence Crisis Center (SAGE),
The Support Center/El Centro de Apoyo, and YWCA of Walla Walla have come together to
collaborate and to make an application on the Crossing Borders Project for an Office on
Violence Against Women (OVW) Rural FY2017 grant; and
WHEREAS, the partners listed below have agreed to enter into a collaborative agreement in
which WSCADV will be the lead agency and named applicant and other agencies will be
partners in this application; and
WHEREAS, the partners herein desire to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding setting
forth the services to be provided by the collaborative; and
WHEREAS, the application prepared and approved by the collaborative through its partners is to
be submitted to the Office on Violence Against Women on or before May 1, 2019, 2019;
I. Description of Partner Agencies, History of Collaborative Relationships, and
Development of Application
A. Applicant and Partner Agencies
The Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence is a nonprofit organization of 68
domestic violence programs, 33 of them are dual SA/DV. The majority of its membership are
rural, and approximately % are Tribal, Urban Indian, or culturally -specific. WSCADV has a staff
of 23 and offices in Seattle and Olympia. WSCADV promotes survivor -driven, culturally -
relevant direct services for survivors of abuse, along with visionary leadership for the field in
Washington, research, policy advocacy, and change in public opinion and structural inequality.
The WSCADV People of Color and Native People's Leadership Academy, and New Directors
academy have graduated many of the advocates and directors participating in this proposal.
The Crossing Borders Rural project works in concert with two other WSCADV strategic
initiatives: Domestic Violence Housing First and the Enlace reproductive health collaboration
with healthcare providers serving Latino families. All three projects promote bilingual/bicultural
advocacy, mobile advocacy, and flexibility in serving survivors of sexual and domestic violence
in rural Eastern Washington.
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WSCADV successes include: preserving commitments to immigrants, Tribes, and LGBTQ
survivors in the 2014 Violence Against Women Act; passage of one of the first municipal
ordinances on paid sick/safe leave and other state laws to protect the employment rights of
survivors of sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence; and the Domestic Violence Housing
First demonstration and research initiative, supported in part by a $2 million research grant from
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Lower Valley Crisis and Support Services, in Sunnyside, WA, has served the lower Yakima
Valley since 1978. LVCSS provides a 24-hour crisis line, crisis intervention, legal/medical
advocacy, shelter, support groups, education, and support towards healing. The
bilingualibicultural staff, including the Executive director, has expanded advocacy strategies to
include mobile advocacy and Latina -centered advocacy. They have also deepened their
relationships the Latina community-based organizations, like Radio KDNA, KNUW Television,
Sunnyside Work Source, among others that continue to work with LVCSS.
New Hope Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of Grant County has a main
office in Moses Lake, and three rural satellite offices in Othello (Adams County), Mattawa, and
Quincy (both in Grant County), which serves more than 20 communities in a 4,606 square mile
area. New Hope provides bilingual/bicultural advocacy on a weekly basis to almost half of their
clients, who are Latina immigrants. Seasonal farmwork creates great changes in population; for
example, the town of Mattawa is 91 % Hispanic and grows from 3,000 off-season to 9,000
residents in the summer/fall.
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project founded in 1984, is the only organization providing free
and reduced -cost comprehensive immigration legal services to low-income individuals in
Washington State. It serves more than 10,000 people each year from four offices throughout the
state, including one in Wenatchee (Chelan County) and one in Granger (Yakima County), which
serves immigrants in rural parts of Washington state. NWIRP has provided services specifically
focused on immigrant survivors of domestic violence since shortly after the 1994 passage of
VAWA, and has since provided services to thousands of survivors of domestic and sexual
violence. The agency works collaboratively with sexual assault, domestic violence, and human
trafficking survivor advocates. National and regional recognitions include the Moving Mountains
Award from the WA State Department of Commerce, Office of Crime Victims Advocacy; the
Daniel Levy Award from the National Immigration Project, National Lawyers Guild; and the
City of Seattle Human Rights Award.
Northwest Justice Project, Washington's publicly funded legal services organization, provides
critical civil legal assistance and representation to thousands of low-income people in cases
affecting basic human needs such as family safety and security, housing preservation, protection
of income, access to health care, education and other basic needs. NJP's mission is to secure
justice through high quality legal advocacy that promotes the long-term well-being of low-
income individuals, families, and communities, combatting injustice in all its forms. NJP's
Farmworker Unit serves seasonal and migrant farm workers by providing legal representation,
focusing on farmworker sexual assault and harassment cases, discrimination, retaliation,
pesticide safety, wage theft, and advocacy related to the H -2A temporary visa program for
farmworkers, as well as doing outreach and community education. NJP's Farmworker Unit
operates out of offices in Wenatchee and Yakima and serves the proposal's geographic region.
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SAGE Domestic and Sexual Violence Crisis Center has a mission to end family violence,
sexual assault and crimes through advocacy, education, and empowerment. SAGE, while located
in Wenatchee, serves rural areas in Chelan and Douglas counties (including Malaga, Rock
Island, Mansfield, Orondo, Bridgeport, Waterville, and Monitor), and rural locations where
bilingual/bicultural advocates maintain a regular driving route to reach and provide services to
agricultural workers at fruit packing sheds and ranchos, and through their community networks.
Advocates speak Spanish, dress casually, and take a low-key approach to meet people where
they are at, and often work outside regular office hours to meet farmworkers at their work or
places where they get together. Over the past 30 years, SAGE has added a shelter, outreach to
rural communities, 24/7 crisis lines, general crimes victim services, and a child advocacy center.
The Support Center/EI Centro de Apoyo, founded in 1978 in Omak, WA, provides advocacy,
shelter, support groups, medical advocacy, transportation, education, and immigration support
for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and general crimes. It serves Okanogan
County, including part of the Colville Confederated Tribes reservation. The agency serves more
than 13 communities in 5,281 square miles. Many Latino agricultural workers have settled and
work year-round in the local fruit orchards and packing sheds. Partly as a result of its
participation in Crossing Borders, this very small agency created an Immigration Services
division and added a Spanish version to the organization's name.
The YWCA of Walla Walla has a mission to eliminate racism and empower women. The
YWCA serves two counties, with a main office in the town of Walla Walla. Approximately 40%
of its SA/DV clients are Latinas, many of whom are immigrants. In 1997, the YWCA realized
that while the Latino population was increasing markedly, the client base did not reflect this
increase. In 2004, the YWCA began expanding services to Latinas, including farmworker
women, and building bridges into their communities. Due to the ever increasing number of
Latina migrant farmworker clients that the YWCA serves, the YWCA dedicated permanent
bilingual/bicultural advocates. The YWCA has also developed the Mariposas girls leadership
program at the USDA Farm Labor Homes; gained a seat for a community member on the Labor
Homes board; improved childcare eligibility at Migrant Headstart; helped law enforcement build
rapport with the Latino community; started Spanish support groups; and started a community fair
that farmworker residents now lead in order to address the increasing need of the community.
B. History of Relationship
Since 2000, WSCADV and the member programs included in this Memorandum of
Understanding have worked together to identify the needs, opportunities and culturally
appropriate strategies to serve and engage immigrant and refugee survivors and communities. In
2008, WSCADV expanded its Crossing Borders project from training advocates on individual
advocacy to a whole systems change approach, building and participating in a peer learning
community, and deepening community networks. This shift has successfully rooted Latina
advocacy and mobile advocacy approaches into the Crossing Borders partner programs, and
created momentum and critical mass to normalize these practices.
All partners in this MOU have participated in Crossing Borders activities, such as La Charla,
Plkticas Institute, New Directors and Management Institutes, and annual conference workshops.
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LVCSS and New Hope were selected in a competitive process to serve as demonstration sites for
the DV Housing First initiative, as well as participate in the Enlace project coordinated by the
Washington State Department of Health. Crossing Borders partners have also served on fatality
review panels for the WSCADV Washington State Domestic Violence Fatality Review to address
the disproportionately high rate of DV homicide against Latinas.
NJP and NWIRP work in close collaboration to provide legal aid to low-income residents of
Washington State. Both organizations are known for their outstanding reputations in the legal
services community, and they have earned the utmost respect of the partners for their
commitment to survivors. NJP provides legal assistance to rural immigrant sexual assault and
domestic violence survivors in collaboration with New Hope, NWIRP, SAGE, and The Support
Center, under an OVW Legal Assistance for Victims grant. This partnership primarily provides
representation related to survivors' needs in family law and protective orders. NJP's Farmworker
Unit has informally collaborated with advocates from LVCSS and YWCA of Walla Walla in
advocacy trainings and client services.
NJP and NWIRP periodically provide training and technical assistance on legal issues impacting
farmworkers and survivors to WSCADV, WCSAP, and victim -service providers. NWIRP
focuses on providing trainings and technical assistance on immigration law matters to partners
under the rural grant, as well as community education about protections for survivors in the
broader community. NWIRP also works with YWCA of Walla Walla under an OVW Improving
Criminal Justice Responses grant.
Under a previous state OVW Arrest grant, WSCADV provided technical assistance on services
for immigrant survivors for LVCSS, NVv W, and the YWCA of Walla Walla.
C. Development of Application
In 2009, WSCADV partnered with SAGE, New Hope, The Support Center, and the YWCA of
Walla Walla to develop the original Rural Crossing Borders project proposal. Successes include:
incorporation of Praxis Advocacy Learning Center concepts; shifting from shelter -centered
advocacy to mobile advocacy to reach more rural areas; and developing Latina -centered
advocacy practices. In 2011, the partnership continued under an FY2011 OVW Rural grant that
added 10 more in-state providers and grassroots organizations from around the state, plus
WCSAP and two national T.A. providers. Successes include: wider adoption of Latina -centered
advocacy practices; adoption of the promotora model; development of lideres (leaders)
curriculum; addressing sexual assault in the fields; and systems advocacy with agricultural
employers. In 2014, WSCADV invited six domestic violence and sexual violence programs and
WCSAP to continue as partners, and added NWIRP and LVCSS, in order to deepen and achieve
regional momentum in Central and Eastern Washington where there was more than a 10%
presence of Latino population. Successes include: increased access to legal representation for
sexual assault and domestic violence immigrant survivors due to the collaboration between
NWIRP and victim service providers, increased outreach to sexual assault and domestic violence
survivors in rural areas by advocate and promotora collaboration, and deepening and expanding
advocacy for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors through direct advocacy (not
previously supported by OVW Rural grants).
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For the FYI proposal, WSCADV gathered input from bilingual/bicultural advocates through
the project's monthly La Charla conference calls in Spanish, and from directors through
individual phone calls, as well as through the past three years of onsite T.A. visits and ongoing
conversation with WCSAP, NWIRP, and NJP which operate statewide. WSCADV convened
individual planning calls to develop the vision, goals, objectives, activities, and budget. This
MOU has been amended to reflect that WCSAP is unable to continue the project due to some
unrelated organizational changes.
Each partner has reviewed and approved the proposal including the budget and this
Memorandum of Understanding. Beyond the life of any grant, all parties share a trace
commitment to fairthering the human rights, safety, and choices of rural Latina immigrant
survivors tinder the fill extent of the law. All parties agree that we are invested in working
together in ways that benefit rural immigrant communities, beyond the life span of any fuunding
opportunities.
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II. Roles and Responsibilities
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed by and between the partners as follows:
1) The Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence will:
a. Provide the services of Gabriela Alor and Ankita Patel, Program Coordinators;
Judy Chen, Director of Strategic Initiatives; Becca Campbell, Administrative
Assistant; and Jeri Sweet, Accountant. Gabriela will: coordinate, manage, and execute
the vision of the proposed project, as outlined in grant narrative, timeline, and budget.
This includes project leadership, coordination of the collaboration, convening the peer
learning community, communications, contract management, data collection and grant
reporting to OVW, ensuring deliverables are being met, and tracking the progress on
successes, identifying barriers in the implementation of the project. Ankita will provide
programmatic and strategic support of deepening the learning community, training and
technical assistance, and partnering with legal service providers (NWIRP and NJP) to
ensure that immigrant survivors' needs are being met. Judy will supervise and provide
project guidance. Becca and Jeri will provide administrative support and financial
accounting, respectively. (Note: these mirror the Project Narrative, Goals 1-4)
b. Contract for services and provide reimbursement for travel and approved project
expenses with the partner agencies. (Goals 1-4)
c. Provide training, technical assistance, and support to programs in advocacy services via
Platicas training institutes, follow up conference calls, onsite T.A. visits, email, and
phone. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
d. Provide technical assistance in reporting and billing. (Goals 1-4)
2) Lower Valley Crisis and Support Services will:
a. Provide the services of Norma Jean Rios and Jovita Ayala, SA/DV Advocates, to
provide mobile, Latina -centered sexual assault and domestic violence advocacy, as well
as grassroots community engagement, in the rural Census tracts of lower Yakima County.
(Note: these mirror the Project Narrative, Goals 1, 3, 4)
b. Provide the services (in-kind) of Leticia Garcia, Executive Director, to incorporate
mobile, Latina -centered advocacy services to sexual assault and domestic violence
survivors in program design. (Goals 3)
c. Participate in Crossing Borders activities, including Phiiticas Institutes, onsite T.A. visits
with advocates and management, and T.A. conference calls hosted by WSCADV under
this grant. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
d. Provide invoices, supporting documentation, and report data to be in grant compliance on
a timely basis. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
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3) New Hope will:
a. Provide the services of Debbie Carlos and Becky Garcia, Legal and Community
Advocates, to provide mobile, Latina -centered advocacy to survivors of sexual assault
and domestic violence, as well as grassroots community engagement, in Grant and
Adams Counties. (Note: these mirror the Project Narrative, Goals 1, 3, 4)
b. Provide the (in kind) services of Suzi Fode, Interim Director, to incorporate mobile,
Latina -centered advocacy services to sexual assault and domestic violence survivors in
program design. (Goal 3)
Participate in Crossing Borders activities, including Platicas Institutes, onsite T.A. visits
with advocates and management, and T.A. conference calls hosted by WSCADV under
this grant. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
d. Provide invoices, supporting documentation, and report data to be in grant compliance on
a timely basis. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
4) Northwest Immigrant Rights Project will:
a. Provide the services of Laura Contreras, Directing Attorney; Vanessa Montoya, and
Jessica Rehms, Staff Attorneys, for immigration legal assistance to immigrant survivors
of sexual assault and domestic violence in the rural counties of Adams, Grant, and
Okanogan; and the rural Census tracts of the counties of Chelan, Douglas, Walla Walla,
and Yakima. (Note: this mirrors the Project Narrative, Goal 2)
b. Provide technical assistance to victim service sexual assault and domestic violence
advocates on immigration options for survivors. (Goal 2)
c. Participate in Crossing Borders activities, including Platicas Institutes, onsite TA visits,
and follow up T.A. conference calls hosted by WSCADV under this grant. (Goal 2)
d. Provide invoices, supporting documentation, and report data to be in grant compliance on
a timely basis. (Goal 2)
5) Northwest Justice Project will:
a. Provide the services of Blanca Rodriguez, Supervising Attorney, Alyson Dimmitt
Guam, and Maria D. Velazquez, Staff Attorneys for the Farmworker Unit for technical
assistance, content development and training advocates on working with farmworkers
who experience sexual violence and coercion in the workplace. (Note: these mirror the
Project Narrative, Goals 1, 4)
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b. Participate in Crossing Borders activities, including Pliiticas Institutes and follow up T.A.
conference calls hosted by WSCADV under this grant. (Goals 1, 4)
c. Provide invoices, supporting documentation, and report data to be in grant compliance on
a timely basis. (Goals 1, 4)
6) SAGE will:
a. Provide the services of Gricelda Ohrazda, Bilingual/Bicultural Immigration Services
Coordinator, to provide mobile, Latina -centered advocacy to survivors of sexual assault
and domestic violence, as well as grassroots community engagement, in rural Census
tracts of Chelan and Douglas Counties. (Note: these mirror the Project Narrative, Goals 1,
3,4)
a. Provide the services (in kind) of Jessica Johnson, Executive Director, to incorporate
mobile, Latina -centered advocacy services to sexual assault and domestic violence
survivors in program design. (Goal 3)
b. Participate in Crossing Borders activities, including Pliaticas Institutes, onsite T.A. visits
with advocates and management, and T.A. conference calls hosted by WSCADV under
this grant. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
c. Provide invoices, supporting documentation, and report data to be in grant compliance on
a timely basis. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
7) The Support Center/El Centro de Apoyo will:
a. Provide the services of Helen Davis, Director of Immigration Services, to provide
mobile, Latina -centered advocacy to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, as
well as grassroots community engagement, in Okanogan County. (Note: these mirror the
Project Narrative, Goals 1, 3, 4)
b. Provide the services (in kind) of Margo Amelong, Executive Director, to incorporate
mobile, Latina -centered advocacy services to sexual assault and domestic violence
survivors in program design. (Goal 3)
Participate in Crossing Borders activities, including Platicas Institutes, onsite T.A. visits
with advocates and management, and T.A. conference calls hosted by WSCADV under
this grant. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
d. Provide invoices, supporting documentation, and report data to be in grant compliance on
a timely basis. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
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8) YWCA of Walla Walla will:
a. Provide the services of Ercilia "Celia" Guardado, Community Relationships and
Outreach Coordinator, and Lorena Ault, Bilingual/Bicultural SA/DV Advocate, to
provide mobile, Latina -centered advocacy to survivors of sexual assault and domestic
violence, as well as grassroots community engagement, in Walla Walla County. (Note:
these mirror the Project Narrative, Goals 1, 3, 4)
b. Provide the services (in kind) of Anne -Marie Zell Schwerin, Executive Director, to
incorporate mobile, Latina -centered advocacy services to sexual assault and domestic
violence survivors in program design. (Goal 3)
c. Participate in Crossing Borders activities, including Platicas Institutes, onsite T.A. visits
with advocates and management, and T.A. conference calls hosted by WSCADV under
this grant. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
d. Provide invoices, supporting documentation, and report data to be in grant compliance on
a timely basis. (Goals 1, 3, 4)
9) WSCADV will provide and coordinate consultants to: support partners in providing mobile,
Latina -centered advocacy on sexual assault and domestic violence for rural immigrant
communities and farmworkers; and provide on-site T.A. and training on strengthening
advocacy during Platicas Institute.
10) WSCADV and NWIRP will collaborate to: provide training content on immigration options
for advocates.
11) WSCADV and NJP will collaborate to: provide training and technical assistance on
resources and rights available for farmworker survivors of workplace sexual assault.
12) WSCADV will support and collaborate with LVCSS, New Hope, SAGE, The Support
Center, and YWCA of Walla Walla to: provide support, resources, training, and a peer
learning community for direct services to immigrant survivors in rural areas.
13) NWIRP will partner with LVCSS, New Hope, SAGE, The Support Center, and YWCA
of Walla Walla to: provide training and T.A. to advocates, and legal assistance to survivors
of sexual assault and domestic violence from the partner agencies.
III. Timeline
The roles and responsibilities described above are contingent on WSCADV receiving funds
requested for the project described in the OVW Rural FYI grant application. Responsibilities
under this Memorandum of Understanding would coincide with the grant period, anticipated to
be October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2020.
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IV. Commitment to Partnership
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The collaboration service area includes rural counties or rural Census tracts of the
following counties: Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan, Walla Walla and
Yakima.
2. The partners agree to collaborate and provide services to victims of domestic and sexual
violence pursuant to the program narrative of the grant application attached to this
agreement.
Compensation for partners' contribution to this project will be provided as outlined in the
attached OVW budget detail worksheet.
4. We, the undersigned have read and agree with this MOU.
Date:
Judy Chen, Interim Executive Director, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
By: Date:
Jessica Johnson, Executive Director, SAGE Domestic and Sexual Violence Crisis Center
By: Date:
Leticia Garcia, Executive Director, Lower Valley Crisis and Support Services
By: Date: 4lu111
Tom Taylor_ Commisioner— District 3, Grant County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of
New Hope
By: Date:_
Jorge L. Baron, Executive Director, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
By: Date:
Cesar E. Torres, Executive Director, Northwest Justice Project
By: Date:
Margo Amelong, Executive Director, The Support Center/El Centro de Apoyo
By: —Date: _
Anne -Marie Zell Schwerin, Executive Director, YWCA of Walla Walla
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