In 2018, the Maryland Governor's Family Violence Council and Office of Crime Control and Prevention created a guide to help parents, youth, educators and community leaders identify and address the challenges of Teen Dating Violence. The Healthy Teen Dating: A Guide for Educators and Youth Serving Professionals provides links to numerous resources and services focused on ending this epidemic.
The MHCADV provides leadership within the health care community to promote a proactive and effective response to intimate partner violence (IPV) through screening, identification, education, intervention and treatment of IPV victims. Coalition members provide resource materials, training, and seminars on domestic violence-related topics, and technical assistance to health care agencies looking to improve their policies, screening and intervention. Find out more at MHCADV.