Newsletter: January 2003: New at the Alliance
Kathleen Kapila Leaves the Alliance
This fall Kathleen left the Alliance after her two year tenure as Research Coordinator. Kathleen joined the Alliance in January 2000, and has worked on a number of research projects since then. Her contributions at the Alliance include the Police Interaction Project report, and preliminary information gathering for a new measure of the prevalence of sexual violence in New York City. Kathleen’s work at the Alliance reached well beyond the breadth of her research, contributing to all aspects of the agency’s development and, perhaps most considerable for those of us who worked with her, creating a caring and affable environment in our office. We wish Kathleen success and happiness in all her future endeavors.
Alliance Honors Sergeant Clare Romano
Detective Clare Romano, retired, was honored at a breakfast in September for her efforts to help sexual violence survivors. The Alliance was pleased to co-sponsor this breakfast with the hospital-based rape crisis programs for Clare. The cozy, well-attended breakfast included present and past members of the NYPD Special Victims Liaison Unit, rape crisis programs, Alliance staff, an Assistant DA and Clare’s mother. It was an opportunity to socialize and have fun.
As a long-time member of the NYPD Special Victims Liaison Unit, Clare was responsible for reaching out to service providers, educating the public about sexual violence, training Special Victims Detectives and staffing the NYPD’s 24 hour rape crisis report line. Clare was a stalwart attendee of the Hospital Committee where she got to know about the different rape crisis programs and acted as a liaison with the police department. In her quiet and determined way, she worked on bridging an understanding between rape crisis programs and the NYPD. She will be missed upon her retirement and we wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors.
Rape Crisis Training Institute
The RCTI is proud to announce that for the first time, trainings will be open to all interested professionals. In past years, this Department of Health (DOH) funded series was exclusively for DOH-funded rape crisis programs. We are happy to provide the opportunity for clinical, developmental, and educational trainings to a greater audience for a minimal fee of $50. DOH funded programs may still attend the workshops at no cost. This year, we will offer workshops on cognitive treatment for PTSD patients with anxiety disorders; effective intervention into school systems; and a workshop for rape crisis advocates (see Alliance Events, this page).
This November, the Alliance hired Amy Nystrom as our new Training Coordinator. We’re excited to have her aboard for this year’s series. Ms. Nystrom may be reached at 212.523.5598 or at anystrom@nycagainstrape.org. The RCTI is a collaborative project of the Alliance and the NY State Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
Data collection project update
The Alliance, in collaboration with the NY State Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NYSCASA) and the NY State Department of Health (DOH), is implementing a program to distribute software to DOH-funded rape crisis programs throughout the state. The purpose of this software is to standardize and facilitate data collection and reporting. The software, known as “SYSTA”, was initially implemented for the Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk, and has been significantly modified and upgraded to meet DOH requirements. Mount Sinai Hospital’s Sexual Assault/Violence Intervention program has begun using the software as a pilot site. Over the next eight months, The Alliance and NYSCASA will hold trainings and support installation of the software in 76 DOH-funded rape crisis programs statewide.
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