Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/17
Outputs
Target Audience:Staff of the Army Family Advocacy Program including Victim Advocates, Family Advocacy Program Managers, and other Family Advocacy Program staff. Changes/Problems:The original intent was to write the tutorial incorporating any changes that were part of the revision of the AR 608-18. More than a year after the start of this one year project revisions to the AR 608-18 were still not complete. The tutorial was completed and released based on the existing regulation. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The Victim Advocacy Program Manual is the orientation manual for newly hired Victim Advocates and is intended to be a refresher training for experienced Victim Advocates and other Army Family Advocacy Program staff. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The manual is available on the ACS staff web site (acsstaff.com) where it is posted at the "Download Center," under the "FAP" category. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
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Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The project start-up meeting was held on 20 September 2015 and included a review of the scope of work, a quarter-based timeline of the proposed work completion, and a review of the end product. At that time, the graphics designer was in the preliminary stage of designing the draft cover and template layout for the storyboard (tutorial screens). This was eventually presented to the HQ POC for discussion and approval in December 2015. By the end of 2015, several of the sections had been drafted based on the materials review and policy guidance as well as a rapid literature review. 'Draft' storyboards were completed for several sections and a request had been made to the HQ POC to begin preliminary section reviews. Close coordination continued with the POC regarding template approval, cover modifications, and establishing a timeline for the review process. By the end of the first quarter of 2016, three sections had been reviewed by the POC, four other sections were ready for review, and two additional sections were drafted. At that time, it was emphasized that although the revised AR-608-18 was almost ready to be published, incorporating revisions would require an additional step taking extra time during the review process. Although preliminary review, editing, and approval were complete through the first nine sections of the tutorial, the new regulation was still not published by the end of the second quarter of 2016 and none of the tutorial was in its final format. In the third quarter of 2016, the final quarter of the original performance period, a no cost extension was awarded for the period 1 September 2016 through 31 August 2017. By August 2016, the tutorial was complete except for final edits based on the revised AR-608-18. In September 2016, the POC confirmed with the HQ ACS POC that oversees the information/trainings stored on the ACS staff web site (acsstaff.com) that the tutorial when completed would be posted at the "Download Center," under the "FAP" category. In October of 2016, the POC made a request to the ACIM POC to obtain a copy of the revised AR 608-18 in order for Cornell to prepare any final content revisions and format the tutorial. The goal was to incorporate the regulation changes by early November in order to complete the tutorial by late-December. At that time, the tutorial would only be stored on the acsstaff.org "Download Center" but would not be viewable to the field until the FAP POC authorizes the release, which would take place when the new regulation was published. In November of 2016, it was learned that it was unlikely the draft of the revised regulation would be released in its current format. It was decided not to attempt to incorporate the new regulation into the tutorial, but to complete the tutorial based on the current, unrevised AR 608-18 and to release it to the field for staff use. In January 2017, a meeting was coordinated through the FAP POC and ACS staff POCs to ensure they understood the functionality of the tutorial, so they could store it on the ACS staff web site. Later, the website version was reviewed and the project was considered complete.
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Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The U.S. Army IMCOM G9, Army Community Service, Family Advocacy Program (FAP) domestic abuse victim advocates, and other FAP providers (e.g., FAPMs) are the primary target audiences. Changes/Problems:The HQ FAP POC reported that the revised Army FAP regulation (AR 608-18) would not be released as anticipated in order for us to incorporate additional updates to the tutorial. Thus, the goal will be to complete the tutorial without further delay. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Army policy and accountability guidance requires that FAP providers are prepared for their important role in abuse prevention. This can be accomplished in part when providers utilize this self-guided training regarding FAP's important domestic abuse prevention and intervention role. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The tutorial will be made available on the Army ACS program web site, where all other FAP trainings are stored, and can be used by FAP personnel at local installations when new victim advocates and Family Advocacy Program Managers or their staff are being oriented to the program. It can also be used as a periodic refresher course by experienced staff. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Final content reviews and approvals are underway in order to prepare the tutorial for formatting/editing and publication. When these are complete the product will be submitted to the Army Victim Advocacy Program point of contact who arrange for publication.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
A literature review was completed and all the main modules were written excluding any references to the current regulations. New regulation were supposed to be published late 2015 or early 2016 and we plan to complete the final DAVAP tutorial product when the regulations were published. As this still has not happen we will make all references to the existing regulation and will finalize for publishing.
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