Minnesota Rural Collaboration Regional Trainings

Minnesota Rural Project for Women and Child Safety

Project Contact Information | Regional Information | Demonstration Sites

Statewide Project Coordinator
Sandy Davidson
angekerri@aol.com
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women (MCBW), St. Paul, MN
www.mcbw.org

Tribal Reservation Communities
[Bois Forte, Grant Portage, Leech Lake, Milles Lacs, Prairie Island, Red Lake, Upper & Lower Sioux Bands, White Earth]
Community Specialists
Jan Maloney
Maloney@rconnect.com
Liz Richards
liz@bwlap.com
Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project (BWLAP), Minneapolis, MN
www.bwlap.org

Northeast Region
[Aitkin, Bois Forte Res., Cook, Grant Portage Res., Lake, Mille Lacs Co., Milles Lacs Res., Pine, Northern St. Louis, Milles Lacs Res.]
Community Specialist
Beth Olson
turtoh@aol.com

Southeast Region
[Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Rice, Steele, Winona, and Prairie Island Res.]
Community Specialist
Kathy Hesch
khesch@hbci.com

Southwest Region
[Kandiyohi, Lincoln/Lyon, McCleod, Nobles, Redwood, Yellow Medicine, Upper & Lower Sioux]
Community Specialist
Dori Eder
dori@visi.com

Northwest Region
[Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Mahnomne, Penningston, Leech Lake, Red Lake, & White Earth]
Community Specialist
Janelle Hunt
hunsect@paulbunyan.net

Curriculum/Technical Assistance Coordinator
Annelies Hagemeister
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
School of Social Work, University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
Ahagemei@che.umn.edu

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Demonstration Sites

Hands of Hope Resource Center$
Exists to provide services to those affected by sexual assault, domestic violence, and/or child abuse. We do this through advocacy, education, and system change.
Serves: Morrison and Todd Counties
Little Falls, MN
320-632-5457
http://www.handsofhope.net/index.html

The Refuge Network$
Chisago County
Cambridge, MN
651-689-3532
refuge@isd.net

Rural Women's Advocates, Inc.
Carlton County
Carlton, MN
218-348-9165

Listening Ear Crisis Center
Douglas County
Alexandria, MN
320-763-6638

Region IV Council on Domestic Violence
Otter Tail County
Fergus Falls, MN
218-739-3486

$=Received continuation funding awarded in 2002.

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This is a cooperative project between: VAWO, the Violence Against Women Office, in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice; Minnesota Center for Crime Victim Services in the Minnesota Department of Public Safety; Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women; Minnesota Department of Human Services; Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning; and MINCAVA - the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse at the University of Minnesota.