GETMAD (Girls Engaged in Making a Difference), a Westlake High School (WHS) service organization, will hold its First Annual “A Day to Shine: Prom Fashions from Morning to Night” benefit spring fashion extravaganza on March 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Austin Country Club located at 4408 Long Champ Drive.

Ms. Jaslene Gonzalez, the 2007 America’s Top Model Winner, will serve as the event’s guest speaker and joining Ms. Gonzalez as emcee will be Ms. Kristin Armstrong.
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On February 27, the Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) Support to Service Providers (SSP) team facilitated the first Criminal Justice System Response Training (CJSRT) of 2008. The CJSR Training was held in partnership with the Family Crisis Center in Bastrop.

CJSRTs are designed to facilitate collaboration among community systems, such as law enforcement, prosecution, the courts, domestic violence service providers and other human service providers. CJSR Training has as one of its major goals to enhance local coordination and bring about a more consistent response to domestic violence.

Funded through the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor’s Office, eight CJSRTs will be offered in 2008. Ms. Molly Woodard and Ms. Amy Byrd, with the TCFV/SSP team, will travel across the state to facilitate and coordinate the training in cooperation with eight domestic violence programs. Nine different modules are available, three of which are provided at each training. The host service provider is given the opportunity to select the three modules they believe are most beneficial to their respective communities.
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