The Domestic Violence Service Coordination Committee (formerly Domestic Assault Review Team or DART), founded in 1999, is a community coordinating committee. Its primary purpose is to facilitate a coordinated, seamless, and effective approach to preventing and responding to domestic violence within the community of Waterloo Region. It has approximately 20 member agencies.
DVSCC is part of a broader community strategy for ending gender-based violence in Waterloo Region. Its focus includes:
DVSCC membership is limited to those individuals and agencies charged with directly responding to the issue of domestic violence.
In recent years, consultation with the community and leaders in the gender-based violence sector has led to a new collaborative model to end gender-based violence in Waterloo Region.
DVSCC is proud to be a part of this model. Learn more about the strategy to end gender-based violence in Waterloo Region by checking out the graphic to the bottom and clicking the button to the right.
