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Ms. Sylvia Frolik City of Ramsey Page Two 5 Intervention Program advocate will provide transportation services if needed, i.e. to shelter, medical facilities, court hearings. Intervention Program advocate will attend criminal court hearings and assist victims through the criminal court process, as well as, mssist the prosecuting attorney in case preparation. Intervention Program advocate will provide follow-up support services to victim. The Intervention Program will provide initial and continued training to all police officers on domestic abuse. In 1992, Alexandra House provided emergency shelter and support services to 699 women and their families. Forty-five percent (45%) were from Anoka County. That was a sixty-one percent (61%) increase from 1991. Community advocacy services that include school presentations, assistance with filing Orders for Protection, transportation, hospital advocacy services, Intervention Program services and support groups were provided to over 6,500 persons. Eighty-seven percent (8?8) were families from Anoka County. A total of 822 women and their children/youth were from the City of Ramsey. Our current facility is extremely inadequate for the amount of services that we provide. The bedrooms are too small to adequately house families. In addition, on-going maintenance costs are high due to inadequate mechanical systems and insufficient durable finishes and appliances. There is no separation between the community advocacy, residential and administrative spaces. This situation makes it difficult to provide adequate services and it violates the privacy of women and children/youth seeking assistance. Community program staff are located in a satellite office that costs Alexandra House $12,000 per year to operate. I look forward to providing Intervention services to the City of Ramsey and to our partnership in building a new facility for battered women and their children/youth.'- I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I