Transitioning Times

We are proud to participate in the Lethality Assessment Program locally, and were happy to share information with The Daily Item .   Here is the text of the article: July 20, 2014 Program boosts aid to domestic-abuse victims By Marcia Moore The Daily Item The Daily Item Sun Jul 20, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT A program designed to get domestic abuse victims into a shelter to reduce their chances of being assaulted again or becoming a homicide victim is being picked up by Central Susquehanna Valley police departments. Paul Yost, chief of the Buffalo Valley Regional Police, serving Lewisburg and East Buffalo Township in Union County, adopted the Lethality Assessment Program, or LAP, as policy two months ago after his department’s 19 full- and part-time officers received training on how to measure the safety risk faced by victims of domestic abuse. Other police departments, including Mifflinburg, Selinsgrove and Shamokin Dam, are considering a similar policy. “I think ...

Thank you to John Deppen , who took the opportunity to address Military Sexual Trauma in his column in The Daily Item this Sunday.  His column typically covers Civil War, history, reenactment information, and other Veterans' causes.  Our sincerest gratitude goes to John Deppen, who took the opportunity to cover an unpopular topic.  If you cannot read the above, please see the text of the column below. Sexual trauma is hidden danger for today's servicewomen Your daughter is a soldier in the United States Army.  You know that, as a volunteer in the military, she may be in danger, especially in a time of war.  After all, 140 American service-women have died as a result of enemy action in Iraq and Afghanistan.  What you may not know is that the more likely danger to your daughter comes not from enemy action, but from a more indifious and cruel enemy, an enemy that has a name--Military Sexual Trauma. Military Sexual Trauma is...