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CSA Guidelines for Our Region
CSA Guidelines for Our Region
An excerpt from Darryl Doland's letter, the full letter is linked below:
"For the past several months, we have been in the process of developing a set of CSA/SA guidelines. An incredible amount of energy and heart has been poured into this project by a group of professional friends, which we are very thankful for. The further we went along, the more we sensed we were engaged in an unending struggle. If the guidelines are written strictly, they lack flexibility for individual cases; if the guidelines are written loosely, they have ‘holes’ in them. Our efforts to dissolve this tension have been unsuccessful. In the end, we chose to adopt a set of simple guidelines which were written for neighboring states and have been adapted to fit our region. I’m sending that document with this email. Even though this outcome is different than any of us had envisioned, I feel the journey that brought us here has been profitable and will continue to provide important insight in the difficult decisions that are still ahead of us."
Guidelines Team
Guidelines Team
UPDATE 6/18/2024
An excerpt from the Guidelines Team's letter, the full letter is linked below:
"...Even though these guidelines were not ultimately accepted or implemented, we believe that we can each take on the responsibility to make many of these things common practice and to keep each other accountable. We encourage you to read these guidelines as an educational tool, keep them as a reference guide, and most importantly use these concepts to help guide these difficult natural choices and conversations with people. We encourage the friends and the ministry to use this document to make safe choices. We implore everyone to please be mindful of the children and vulnerable among us and to do all we can to protect them. We can all show love by raising our voices in support of survivors and by all being active to hold offenders accountable for their actions...."
The guidelines team is made up of the following people:
Sydnee Erickson, PhD in Clinical Psychology, works as a forensic evaluator doing psychological evaluations for the criminal courts of Washington.
Becky Hamon, Victim Advocate with 20 years experience
Scott Porter, Ministry Liaison
Phyllis Standahl, Retired School Psychologist Ed.S NCSP
Kevin Wright, Project Management & Human Resources
Letter from the Guidelines Team
WaNidAk Proposed Professional Guidelines
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Timestamps for Audio Recording of Proposed Professional Guidelines
Proposed Professional Guidelines Summary
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Complete Audio - Proposed Professional Guidelines
WaNIdAk Proposed Guidelines.mp3Summary Audio of Proposed Professional Guidelines
Guidelines Summary.mp3Safety Team
Safety Team
UPDATE 6/19/2024:
As per Darryl Doland's letter, the scope of the Safety Team will likely be changing going forward. We will post an update as we know more.
UPDATE 4/29/2024
Letter from the Safety Team
Thank you for your patience while the safety team is being formed.
We have been engaged in training, spending countless hours of conversation discussing our role, and transitioning responsibilities regarding Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) and Sexual Assault (SA) onto the safety team. We are awaiting the release of our regional guidelines, which will provide details about the scope of our work and outline steps that will be taken when abuse is reported. Safety in the fellowship is our top priority.
The goal of the safety team is to respond to CSA and SA situations in an appropriate, consistent, and timely way for the safety of all. First and foremost, we want victim-survivors to have access to the support and resources they need to help them in their healing journey. We will also be focused on education and safeguards to prevent future abuse.
Whenever there is a disclosure of abuse, please report first to the appropriate legal authorities and then reach out to the safety team. We encourage you to contact the team with any safety concerns, red flag behaviors, or questions. The safety team can be reached via email at wanidaksafety@gmail.com. Each member can also be reached individually via the phone numbers listed below. You may contact them through whichever method is most comfortable for you.
Victim-survivors can also choose to report anonymously through an advocate, who will reach out to the safety team with a report while maintaining victim confidentiality. This may be a trusted friend or family member, or a professional advocate experienced in providing this kind of support. Listed below is contact information for a professional advocate who has generously volunteered to help in our region.
Professional Victim Advocate
Rebecca Hamon
907-469-0344
Besafekingsalmon@gmail.com
Safety Team
Mary Boettcher 208-659-7784
Rich Boettcher 208-755-9315
Jerry Cormick 206-498-9904
Jennifer Dovey 206-423-8000
Julie Fry 501-746-0233
Michael Fry 509-961-5096
Andrea Murray 208-917-7560
Matt Olliffe 206-890-9942
Aura Sanderson 509-860-5589
Mark Stock (AK) 307-399-1711
Brenda Swenson 509-727-2919
Lisa Thompson 501-335-2065
Kathy Thornton 360-789-0418
Evan Prussack will act as a liaison with the safety team for communication and ministry related purposes. Feel free to contact him at evanprussack@gmail.com 360-829-7402.
With care,
The Safety Team
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