Infrastructure: Strengthen
and Sustain Your CCRT
Barbara Paradiso
Training and Technical Assistance Institute I
February , 2016
FY 2015 Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking on Campus Program
Our Work for this TTI
1. Establish foundational understanding
of coordinated campus response teams
(CCRT)
2. Strengthen CCRT infrastructure and
capacity to carry out Campus Program
work
Our Work for Today
Session Goal – Strengthen CCRT Infrastructure and Capacity for
Expansion: to define and prioritize operationalization and
institutionalization of OVW funded project components.
Objectives:
• Grantees will be able to more clearly define the purpose and
work of their CCRT by identifying shared values.
• Grantees will be able to clearly articulate the relationship
between CCRT and program implementation.
• Grantees will be able to define structure and function as
appropriate for their campus.
Topics to Cover
I. Welcome and Introductions
II. Session Goal and Objectives
III. Setting the Cornerstones (Continued)
I. Working Together Across Differences
(Process)
II. Shared Values (Process)
III. Structure (Implementation)
IV.Closure
Working Together Across Differences
QUICK TALK!
In campus-affiliated groups:
1) Generate a list of terms and acronyms used in
association with your SA, DDV, and Stalking work.
2) Identify words that refer to the same person/thing,
(e.g. survivor = complainant = victim).
3) Discuss the meaning & connotations of each term,
especially those that have multiple connotations.
4) Identify any barriers to working together that may
arise from the use of language.
Basic Agreements
• Not just your average business meeting
• Setting the stage for potentially
emotionally charged and/or contentious
discussions
• Be Brave!
• Create agreements - Practice!
Shared Values
Why shared values:
• Nature of any coalition is that disparate group of people
who join for a common purpose (Bernice Reagan – Sweet
Honey in the Rock – “the hardest work.”
• Defines what that slice of the pie is that is common
ground
• Clarifies who you are as a group and what you stand for
• Helps with decision making
• Guides conduct; a moral compass
Exercise
Form two small groups within your team:
1) Brainstorm values you hold as a group (Campus CCRT).
2) Answer the questions provided. (Need ideas? – use the
Sample Values list).
3) Identify 3-6 values your small group can agree to.
4) Join with your other team members and share your lists.
Select your top shared values (no more than 6).
5) Create a draft values statement for your CCRT by writing
up a brief description of what each value means (See
sample values statements for guidance).
Structure
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QUICK TALK!
Count off to 20
Pick a card from those laid out around
the room that illustrates your perfect
CCRT.
Find your group (e.g. all 1’s or all 12’s).
Share why you picked the card you did.
Discuss similarities, differences, themes.
A Framework for Implementation
• Infrastructure
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Organizational Model
Size
Meetings
Roles and Responsibilities
• Functionality
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Decision making
Communications; Dissemination of information
Accountability
• Formalizing Relationships
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MOU’s
Addressing Confidentiality
Response Protocols
Exercise
Together as your TTI Team:
1) Define/draft a CCRT Structure
appropriate for your campus
2) Respond to the three (3) structure
areas discussed above (Infrastructure;
Functionality; Formalizing
relationships).
3) Full group – share challenges and
surprises.
Bringing it Home
Over the next several months, as a full CCRT:
1. Identify an ideal membership for your CCRT and
make progress toward convening it
2. Determine a mission statement
3. Affirm a set of basic agreements
4. Created a Values Statement; or, at minimum,
define your shared values
5. Establish an initial organizational structure that
facilitates effective completion of work
Some Things to Keep in Mind
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Be realistic,
Be resourceful,
Be creative,
Be patient
Program development and execution is
dynamic (always moving and shifting),
sometimes messy, continuous, and not
necessarily linear.
Closure
• Questions?
• Thank You!
Contact:
[email protected]