Advocate urges state collection of nonidentifying data on protective orders and commitment filings to support funding requests
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A speaker from Foundation to Freedom asked the committee to require or make available nonidentifying data from judges and clerks about protective orders and related filings to support grant and funding applications for recovery and domestic-violence services.
A public commenter representing Foundation to Freedom asked senators for help obtaining nonidentifying datasets about injunctions for protection and other protective or commitment orders that advocates need to pursue funding.
The commenter said advocates have had difficulty obtaining data from clerks and judges about how many protection orders are filed and processed in some counties, which impedes nonprofit efforts to demonstrate need when applying for recovery and domestic-violence shelter funding. "We do not need any identifying anything identifying. What we're asking is for data so that we can submit for funding," the commenter said.
She cited difficulties in Volusia County and urged the committee to consider how to support data access for nonprofits that provide front-line services. Senators did not take action on the request at the hearing.