Intimate partner violence compounded with substance use can be a complex and difficult struggle to work through with survivors and batterers alike. The power and control dynamics of those relationships can be masked often by or depicted as a result of the disease of addiction, which creates a rather convoluted and perplexing circumstantial environment to work within. This is particularly difficult in communities that initially have limited resources. For this reason, a comprehensive approach and strategy through the Intimate Partner and Substance Use Initiative (IPSUI) will need to be mobilized with the support of existing resources and organizations that will prove to be beneficial in collaboration and networking, although treatment or population
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The purpose of the organizations is to hold batterers accountable for their behavior and aid them is recognizing the equitable relationship dynamic is healthier to function within. On the local level in Volusia County there are three options; ACE-DVIP, Free Spirit Evangelistic Outreach Ministries, and New Horizons. The fundamental basis of their batterer treatments is essential in understanding organizational collaboration and support. Free Spirit Evangelistic Outreach Ministries and New Horizons are faith based organizations, which use religion and spiritual teachings in order to convey the development of equal relationships. Much of the religious organizations in Volusia County have a vest interest and connect to community members, which could make the initiative reach that much further. In religious missionary work, there is a sense and need to help those locally, and it is that valuable connection that will create a close support if the initiative mission. The ACE-DVIP as an evidence-based organization is rooted in academia and has no religious influences, which is beneficial for those that are not driven by organized religion. The non-tainted approach gives a factual look into intervention and the research that lends itself to comprehensive treatment. The contributing factors and available resources in the batterer organizations are incredibly beneficial in longevity of
The purpose of the organizations is to hold batterers accountable for their behavior and aid them is recognizing the equitable relationship dynamic is healthier to function within. On the local level in Volusia County there are three options; ACE-DVIP, Free Spirit Evangelistic Outreach Ministries, and New Horizons. The fundamental basis of their batterer treatments is essential in understanding organizational collaboration and support. Free Spirit Evangelistic Outreach Ministries and New Horizons are faith based organizations, which use religion and spiritual teachings in order to convey the development of equal relationships. Much of the religious organizations in Volusia County have a vest interest and connect to community members, which could make the initiative reach that much further. In religious missionary work, there is a sense and need to help those locally, and it is that valuable connection that will create a close support if the initiative mission. The ACE-DVIP as an evidence-based organization is rooted in academia and has no religious influences, which is beneficial for those that are not driven by organized religion. The non-tainted approach gives a factual look into intervention and the research that lends itself to comprehensive treatment. The contributing factors and available resources in the batterer organizations are incredibly beneficial in longevity of