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[Brett Sokolow <>]

Hi LB,

 

As I noted to you in our last conversation, ATIXA can likely support that letter, if given enough time to circulate to our Advisory Board. 

 

Regards, 

Brett A. Sokolow

Brett A. Sokolow, Esq.
Attorney-at-Law

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From: lbklein <>
Date: Friday, August 12, 2016 at 3:56 PM
To: Brett Sokolow <>, "" <>
Subject: Re: Please post on List serve

 

Hi all,

 

I wanted to let you all know that the Campus Advocates and Prevention Professionals Assocation (CAPPA) shares many of the concerns listed below on both the letter and implementation of this guidance. There needs to be clear and responsible guidance that will allow us to protect the precious few confidential spaces that survivors have while ensuring that we can track larger trends through aggregate information. This guidance also illuminates a broader challenge with survivor safety and information sharing, given that many institutions (as several of you have mentioned) are overdisclosing. 

 

CAPPA is currently writing an open letter to the Department of Education on behalf of our members that we will release publicly next week.  If you are interested in partnering with us or getting connected with other survivor advocate colleagues who are concerned about this issue, you can email our leadership council at . We need the voices of those who are doing the work of confidential support in the conversation about guidance that affects us and those we serve. 

 

My best, 

LB

 

LB Klein, MSW, MPA | she, her, hers

PhD Student, School of Social Work

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

 

Lead Trainer & Curriculum Development Specialist 

Prevention Innovations Research Center

University of New Hampshire

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From: Brett Sokolow <>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:18:29 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Please post on List serve

 

This isn’t actually a new requirement, it’s just been recently clarified. Campus health services personnel, victim advocates and directors of counseling are all considered CSAs (for better or worse). To address your ethics concerns, I would suggest seeking an advisory opinion from your licensing agency as to whether statistical release of confidential information is in fact a violation of your professional ethics or terms of licensure. If it is, you’ll have that opinion as grounds to revisit the question of your status with your institution, but my assumption is that you will find that release of de-identified data is permissible without violating your professional ethics or jeopardizing your licensure. In fact, such release is authorized by statute in North Carolina for many reasons already. 

 

Regards, 

Brett A. Sokolow

Brett A. Sokolow, Esq.
Attorney-at-Law

President & CEO, The NCHERM Group LLC

Founder & Board Chair, The National Behavioral Intervention Team Association

Executive Director, The Association of Title IX Administrators 

Publisher, Student Affairs eNews 

 

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Berwyn, PA 19312

Tel. (610) 993-0229 
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From: "Kirkland, Connie J." <>
Date: Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 10:25 AM
To: Jill Perry <>, "" <>
Subject: RE: Please post on List serve

 

Jill,

 

According to the new Clery Handbook, 4-3 and 4-4, Health Center Directors are included, but remember that Clery only asks for reports and only for demographics, not names and Clery does not require an investigation.  There are really only two categories for Clery – those who are CSAs (mandatory reporters) and those who are confidential.  I’m not sure what voluntary reporters means… maybe confidential?  Confidential units on a college/university need to be decided by top administrators. But even then, as here at NOVA, our confidential sexual assault advocates are required to and do submit demographic information to our Clery Compliance Office for inclusion in the yearly report.  It is important for those who read Clery data to see a real picture of numbers, not just those cases reported to police. Real numbers help with funding, help with recognition that crimes are occurring, and shows how some students/employees report to confidential groups when they do not choose to report to police. I hope that is helpful.

 

Connie

 

Connie J. Kirkland, MA, NCC, CTS

Director, NOVACares

Manager, Sexual Assault Services

Northern Virginia Community College

7630 Little River Turnpike, Suite 300

Annandale, VA 22003

703.323.2136 office

571.422.5339 cell

www.nvcc.edu/novacares

 

 

 

From: Jill Perry [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 4:24 PM
To:
Subject: Please post on List serve

 

I have just been informed by our Campus Police chief that, as Director of Health Services, I am a mandated reporter under the new Clery guidelines. I provide direct nursing care to students and I supervise both medical and counseling staff. Reporting, even anonymously, is in conflict with my professional ethics and state licensing board. We serve a small population, approximately 1200 students, so a “timely warning” would undermine the confidentiality of our services. Can someone offer guidance on this matter? Prior to this, Health and Wellness staff members were classified as voluntary reporters only, not mandated.

 

Jill O. Perry, RN, MSN ’09 (She/Her/Hers)

Director

Health and Wellness Services

704-337-2387 | office

704-337-2333 | fax

 

 

 

 

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