VAdata is an electronic web-based data collection system
for Virginia Domestic Violence Programs and Sexual Assault
Crisis Centers (the only one of its kind in the nation). VAdata
provides information related to the victims served by those
agencies, the services provided and the reported experiences
of those victims.
The Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance
(formerly Virginians Against Domestic Violence and Virginians
Aligned Against Sexual Assault) initiated the Project in 1996.
The Action Alliance recognized the connections between the
crimes of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking and
sought to develop a data collection system that would enable
some analysis of those links.
The Action Alliance developed a unique partnership with state
agencies to oversee the development of VAdata. Those state
agencies included: the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice
Services, Virginia Department of Social Services, and Virginia
Department of Health, all agencies who provide substantial
funding to Domestic Violence Programs and Sexual Assault Crisis
Centers.
VAdata was implemented for statewide use on October 1, 1999.
The forms for data collection by Domestic Violence Programs
and Sexual Assault Crisis Centers address different types of
services received by victims of sexual and domestic violence
and include:
- Hotline
- Brief Advocacy Contact
- Shelter
- Adult Advocacy
- Child Advocacy
- Legal Advocacy
- Public Awareness
- Education/Training
- Community Coordination/Technical Assistance
- Link to all
forms
- VAdata
Funding for the development and maintenance
of VAdata has been provided by: Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services,
Virginia Department of Social Services, Virginia Department
of Health, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act,
Virginians Aligned Against Sexual Assault and Virginians Against
Domestic Violence.
