I will support a men s program that relieves the pressure on the women s shelter. In conversation with Karen Blas of the Calgary Women s Emergency Shelter, June 1998. Men s support systems is overlooked in our community. Jane Holliday of the Office for the Prevention of Family Violence, Alberta Family and Social Services. FOM is a project of Men's Health Week Awareness Foundation, a registered charitable organization, which in turn enables private and corporate tax deductible contributions.
Individuals assisting other persons are in effect helping themselves.
Volunteers will be utilized as much as possible to maintain low overhead. Confirmation of funding will initialize the business plan as directed by the Board Rent office space and procure office equipment and supplies, media releases Full time and part time staff reports to the office, Release promotional material and distribute posters and pamphlets, post program interviews for the primary program evaluation analysis and success profile assembled, ongoing programs, program evaluation, community polling, networking and feedback from other family violence prevention agencies to develop new family violence strategies based on new data. The results are to be tabulated in order to evaluate the benefits, feedback and personal accomplishments and published in a comprehensive annual report and research article. The Family of Men Support Society works to reduce family violence through community education and the introduction of a formal peer support system for men. Our goal is to provide immediate and adequate options for men who find themselves at risk of either hurting their partner or being hurt themselves by their partner, by offering services to men the opportunity to remove themselves from a potentially explosive domestic situation with dignity - thereby impeding the cycle of violence from continuing into the next generation.