Q&A
CUNY's plans for establishing a victim advocate program
2:35:54
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The discussion concludes with questions about CUNY's plans to establish a victim advocate program as recommended in the Lippman report. Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez outlines CUNY's current considerations and challenges in implementing such a program.
- CUNY is exploring whether to establish a separate victim advocate entity or integrate these services into existing campus structures.
- Implementation of a victim advocate program would likely require additional resources.
- The Center For Inclusive Excellence will be responsible for providing centralized guidance and training for victim advocate services across CUNY campuses.
- There's an acknowledgment that the current system may not be providing all students with the support they need, as highlighted in the Lippman report.
Felix Matos Rodriguez
2:35:54
So, again, we're we're looking into whether that, is something that is gonna be a separate entity or can be done through the existing parts of of the campuses.
2:36:04
It'll probably require additional resources too, so it's one some of the things that we're exploring.
Eric Dinowitz
2:36:08
But I would assume that guidance and training would be centrally done by CUNY, not by each individual campus.
Felix Matos Rodriguez
2:36:16
Guidance and training
Eric Dinowitz
2:36:17
For victim advocate services.
2:36:19
Well, really for everything.
2:36:20
That's one of the other underlying elements of the report that
Felix Matos Rodriguez
2:36:23
That's what that's part of the work that the Center For Inclusive Excellence will be doing.
2:36:27
Yes.
Eric Dinowitz
2:36:28
K.
2:36:28
Thank you.
2:36:29
I'm gonna turn it back over to council member Vernicoff.
