The Official Record of Violence: Strategies for Case File Review

A key activity detailed in the Domestic Violence Best Practice Assessment Guides is policy and case file review. Case files are a central organizing feature of any agency's intervention in people's lives: forms, reports, records, etc. become the permanent record of the actual lived experience. As such, review of case files is a crucial component of any assessment of an agency's response to violence against women. However, locating text, securing agreements, addressing confidentiality issues, can sometimes pose obstacles for communities interested in engaging in the Best Practice Assessment process. This webinar will cover strategies that communities have employed and tools available for paving the path to successful case file access and review.