ICCR’s mission is to work alongside rural communities to improve their collaborative, systemic response to domestic violence.
The Institute was created as a program of the Conference on Crimes Against Women in 2018. CCAW provides a national platform to disseminate the highest level of training, information, and strategies to professionals who are responders and advocates to victims of the many and varied forms of crimes against women.
The Institute works with and in the 191 rural counties in Texas – about 75% of the state – to identify what is needed in each community to create a sustainable Coordinated Community Response (CCR) to domestic violence.
At no cost to the communities, ICCR works with law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and advocates in up to four rural counties each year to review local domestic violence cases, listen to survivors’ experiences, learn from experts, and collaboratively implement changes to begin building the scaffolding of a sustainable CCR. This intensive support empowers the community to develop a unique, flexible CCR model that serves domestic violence survivors long after their year with the Institute.
Together with the larger Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW) team, the Institute partners with the nation’s leading experts to provide virtual, year-round training on domestic violence dynamics and collaborative solutions that center the unique needs of rural communities. Through free monthly webinars and on-demand trainings and a low-cost annual virtual conference, ICCR is able to reach under-resourced, under-funded practitioners who otherwise would have little to no access to CCAW’s cutting-edge training.
ICCR is supported by the expertise and thought leadership of the Conference on Crimes Against Women and Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support, along with expansive national and statewide partnerships.
Trainings focused on domestic violence dynamics and collaborative leadership skills provide specific, practical tools that can be immediately implemented in participants’ communities.
There is no “one size fits all” approach to CCR work. ICCR gives communities the tools to take a deep dive into their own unique systems and develop a customized CCR that works best for them.
“ICCR made me dig a little deeper, connecting the dots with different agencies.”
Advocate
“ICCR assessment tools [BPA] have helped in the tracking of areas of what our agency is lacking.”
Advocate
“We're working more closely with the prosecutors and victim's assistants than we ever have before.”
Law Enforcement
“[Our] community is much more aware [of domestic violence]… it’s not just someone else’s problem.”
Advocate
“… the feedback from the couple of crime victims in attendance of the community trainings was crucial for the ongoing development of our agency.”
Law Enforcement
“Word is getting out about improvement of how [family violence] cases are handled.”
Law Enforcement
“The training was out of this world.”
Prosecutor
“[They taught] us a lot about how to bring other departments in the community together... we’ve spotted our kinks and what we’re doing wrong... and we’ve already met tons of people so far that can help us.”
Law Enforcement
