Domestic Violence Action Team

Domestic Violence Action Team (DVAT) is a working advocacy group with the responsibility to ensure • a coordinated and consistent response to domestic violence, • a commitment to focus on the best interests of victims, those impacted and the community with regards to domestic violence, • a forum to achieve safety, health and well- being for victims of domestic violence by identifying gaps in services and making recommendations and action plans to address the issues, • identify perpetrators and those at risk of family violence and address underlying causes of family violence; and, • the following of the DVAT Manual, its mission and guiding principles. DVAT is made up of the following agencies: • Alberta Health Services • Alberta Justice Crown Prosecutors Office • Lethbridge Family Services, Counselling Services • Lethbridge Regional Police Service • Lethbridge Regional Police Victim/Witness Services • Native Counseling Services of Lethbridge • Probation • RCMP • RCMP Lethbridge Corridor Victim Services • Southwest Alberta Child and Family Services: Human Services • YWCA Lethbridge and District