Restorative Family Programming

​Restorative Family Programming (RFP) provides services to those impacted by domestic violence. We offer weekly mens groups to teach accountability and skills for improving family relationships. Our programs are staffed by a diverse team trained in the dynamics of domestic violence. All weekly groups are co-facilitated, with special attention to providing diversity in leadership. A specific victim liaison is available for acquainting victims/survivors and partners with the program, and to provide updates throughout a participant’s time in our program. Read on to learn more about RFP programs.
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• Batterer Intervention Program (BIP)
• Parenting Program
• Victim Liaison Information

PROGRAM CONTACTS
Stacey Popejoy, Co-Director
BIP Coordinator
stacey@offendervictimministries.org

Jessica Griffith, Co-Director
Parenting Coordinator
jessica@offendervictimministries.org

Justin Soriano, BIP Co-Facilitator
justin@offendervictimministries.org

I came in believing that I wasn’t abusive and it was just a bad situation. With the support of the other men in group and the staff, I realized that I have been abusive and caused my partner fear. I now have the tools and beliefs that help me be a safer and better partner. 
​BIP Participant

WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? 

Domestic violence, also called battering, is a pattern of behavior that includes physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse used to maintain power and control over an intimate partner such as a spouse, girlfriend//boyfriend, or former partner. It includes both legal and illegal behavior. Some signs of domestic violence include

• Physical violence
• Sexual violence
• Coercion and threats
• Emotional abuse
• Isolation and Economic Abuse
• Minimizing, denying, & blaming
• Using Children

BATTERER INTERVENTION PROGRAM

​The Batterer Intervention Program (BIP) is certified through the Office of the Kansas Attorney General. All referrals are screened for appropriateness using the Kansas Domestic Violence Offender Assessment tool. Those considered appropriate complete a minimum of 24 group sessions. Our program is staffed by a diverse team trained in the dynamics of domestic violence. All weekly groups are co-facilitated, with special attention to providing diversity in leadership. A specific victim liaison is available for acquainting victims/survivors and partners with the program, and to provide updates throughout a participant’s time in our program.
 
Primary program goals include

• Increasing the safety of victims and families
• Encouraging participants to name and evaluate the impact of their behavior
• Developing non-controlling and nonviolent skills for relating in intimate relationships

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For a complete description of batterer intervention services in Kansas, including the standards guiding OVM’s Batterer Intervention Program, visit www.ag.ks.gov/victim-services/bip.

PARENTING PROGRAM

We want to empower parents through evidence-based programs that promote skills and knowledge for healthy, effective parenting. We believe that our communities are safer, trauma is reduced, and futures are more prosperous when parenting skills are strengthened and parents are supported.  In today’s world, parents are overwhelmed and under supported. Parents face many stressors, obligations, judgement, and criticism. OVM’s parenting program means to push back against those negative elements in our society to stand with parents while rooted in compassion, resiliency, and positive change.  OVM’s parenting program seeks to build support, awareness, and a synergistic community of resilient families. Communities that value, include, and find worth in all families create safer generations to come.
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OVM will be offering parenting classes starting January 2019. 

VICTIM LIAISON INFORMATION

Coming soon