CCADV Press Releases

The Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV) has received a significant donation of safety and personal health supplies from AT&T to assist the organization as it continues to carry out its mission during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV), which works to transform social, and political attitudes through advocacy, policy development, public awareness, and education, today announced the appointment of its newest member of the Board of Directors, Jennifer Little-Greer.

Connecticut saw a notable increase in intimate partner homicides in 2018 when compared to the previous three years (18 in 2018 vs. 10 in 2017, 12 in 2016 and 9 in 2015). Since 2000, 278 individuals, 86% of whom were women, have lost their lives at the hands of their intimate partner.

Today the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic (CCADV) announces that Karen Jarmoc, its Chief Executive Officer, will be leaving the organization after nearly ten years of leadership. Jarmoc will leave CCADV in mid-December to take on the position of Assistant Vice President Sustainability Leader at The Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut. At The Hartford, Jarmoc will be a part of leading sustainability matters in such areas as environmental stewardship, diversity and inclusion, social responsibility, corporate ethics and governance practices.

Citing a drop in family violence dual arrest rates of between 7-11%, Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV) today released its latest report highlighting the positive impact of Connecticut’s new dominant aggressor family violence arrest law. The law, which guides law enforcement responding to a family violence call to arrest only the person who poses the most serious ongoing threat, has been in effect since January 1, 2019. From 2014 through 2018, a full five years before the dominant aggressor law went into effect, Connecticut’s statewide dual arrest rate stood between 17% and 26% according the CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the CT Judicial Branch. By the end of 2019, after one full year of the new law being in place, the state’s dual arrest rate stood between 10% and 16% according to those same agencies – a marked improvement.