BATTERERS INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Goals of PMG’s Batterer Intervention Programs Include the Following:
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To hold Batterers accountable, and teach skills to facilitate behavior change,
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Promote “Zero tolerance” of violent behavior,
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Adequately assess victim safety and offer assistance where needed,
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Coordinate services with victim services agencies and other providers.
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Following a Domestic Violence Evaluation, if individuals are recommended treatment, they are placed into the 29-week Batterers Intervention Program (BIP) described below.

Outpatient Group Treatment
Program Length: 29 weekly sessions
This program utilizes a psycho-educational approach, and is designed to address attitudes, beliefs, and power and control tactics that form the basis of intimate partner violence and abuse.
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The first session is a one-time in-person orientation followed by 28 virtual sessions through Zoom that occur once per week.
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Clients will attend classes the same day and time each week after the orientation session.
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Each class is an hour and a half (90 minutes) each.
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Clients are given the opportunity to choose which class works best with their schedule at the in-person orientation session.