Our Mission

The mission of NDCAWS/CASAND is to provide leadership and support in the identification, intervention, and prevention of domestic and sexual violence.

Goals

• Prepare the organization NDCAWS/CASAND for changing needs in society.
• Strengthen the NDCAWS/CASAND coalition, strengthen support for local programs and agencies that provide direct service, and energize program leaders through systematic professional development.
• Raise state-wide and region-wide awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault by promoting the NDCAWS/CASAND statement of values to the community and region.
• Advocate, sponsor and create appropriate legislation.
• Identify and address gaps in service.
• Improve the stability of member programs and for NDCAWS/CASAND through the development of financial opportunity.
• NDCAWS/CASAND will be a source of information and training, across the state and region, on issues of domestic violence and sexual assault.
• Improve the communication between NDCAWS/CASAND and member programs through the development of communication guidelines.
• Raise statewide visibility of the Council on Abused Women’s Services/Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
• Monitor and evaluate the status of goals in the five year strategic plan.

Our Ambition and Vision

• educating stakeholders, by unifying programs and leadership, and creating public policy
• challenging ideas and attitudes that perpetuate violence
• promoting safety, peace, and respect for all people
• building a legacy of healthy communicates with an emphasis on people
• uniting stakeholders in purposeful action by promoting the recognition of domestic violence and sexual assault as an important societal priority
• demonstrating that all people have a stake in the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault

What You Can Do

• Call your local domestic violence or sexual assault program to learn about their volunteer needs
• Raise awareness in your own profession, organization, family and friendship circles
• Educate yourself
• Donate time, money, other resources, special skills
• Become involved in political/social action which promotes victim rights and offender accountability
• Be there for a friend who may be a victim or perpetrator; learn how to intervene or refer effectively to helping networks
• Be a vocal proponent of services for victims in your community.
• Teach respect and non-violence to the young people in your life – especially by being a good role model of those values.