You are part of the Solution: Connecting Survivors of Murder-Suicide with Critically Needed Resources and Support In 2021, Georgia saw a 72% increase in fatalities related to intimate partner murder-suicide. Each of these deaths leaves behind numerous survivors in need of support. Join us for a brief introduction to the Georgia Murder-Suicide Response Network which was recently developed to address the unmet needs of this underserved population. You will learn how you can partner with the Georgia Commission on Family Violence to connect survivors to a swell of therapeutic and supportive services for survivors of family violence-related murder-suicide incidents in our state. Speaker: Kylee Elliott, Supporting Survivors of Murder-Suicide Project Coordinator, Georgia Commission on Family Violence Kylee Elliott is the Supporting Survivors of Murder-Suicide Project Coordinator for the Georgia Commission on Family Violence. In that capacity, she both individually supports survivors that have lost loved ones to murder-suicide by walking alongside them as they navigate the myriad of legal, emotional, and social challenges present after such a tragedy. She develops, promotes, and guides community-driven programs that enhance and build local services for survivors of murder-suicide across the state of Georgia, and she created and leads the Georgia Murder-Suicide Response Network which consists of a statewide network of licensed mental health clinicians trained in providing grief support to survivors of violent loss using the Restorative Retelling model of clinical support. Prior to her current role, Kylee worked for nearly a decade at a community-based domestic violence and sexual assault center directing and managing their legal advocacy program. During her tenure, the Cobb County Temporary Protection Order office was recognized by many in the legal community as one of the busiest and most progressive TPO advocacy departments in the state of Georgia. Kylee has served on the Family Violence Intervention Program (FVIP) Rules Committee for the State of Georgia and has been qualified as an expert witness in family violence. She is the current chair of the Georgia TPO Forum, is a member of the National Homicide Roundtable and the Georgia Suicide Stakeholder Task Force. Kylee is the former chair of both the Cobb County Domestic Violence Task Force and the Fatality Review Committee. Further, Kylee regularly provides training and technical support both nationally and locally on issues related to family violence, murder-suicide response, safety planning, and stalking victimization. Kylee is a Certified Professional Trainer on Stalking Victimization by SPARC. Kylee received bachelor’s degrees in both Criminal Justice and English from the University of Georgia and prior to becoming a victim advocate she worked in the legal field as a paralegal and also had an extensive career in the non-profit organization field as a fundraising, development, and operations director.
You are part of the Solution: Connecting Survivors of Murder-Suicide with Critically Needed Resources and Support
In 2021, Georgia saw a 72% increase in fatalities related to intimate partner murder-suicide. Each of these deaths leaves behind numerous survivors in need of support. Join us for a brief introduction to the Georgia Murder-Suicide Response Network which was recently developed to address the unmet needs of this underserved population. You will learn how you can partner with the Georgia Commission on Family Violence to connect survivors to a swell of therapeutic and supportive services for survivors of family violence-related murder-suicide incidents in our state.
Speaker: Kylee Elliott, Supporting Survivors of Murder-Suicide Project Coordinator, Georgia Commission on Family Violence
Kylee Elliott is the Supporting Survivors of Murder-Suicide Project Coordinator for the Georgia Commission on Family Violence. In that capacity, she both individually supports survivors that have lost loved ones to murder-suicide by walking alongside them as they navigate the myriad of legal, emotional, and social challenges present after such a tragedy. She develops, promotes, and guides community-driven programs that enhance and build local services for survivors of murder-suicide across the state of Georgia, and she created and leads the Georgia Murder-Suicide Response Network which consists of a statewide network of licensed mental health clinicians trained in providing grief support to survivors of violent loss using the Restorative Retelling model of clinical support.
Prior to her current role, Kylee worked for nearly a decade at a community-based domestic violence and sexual assault center directing and managing their legal advocacy program. During her tenure, the Cobb County Temporary Protection Order office was recognized by many in the legal community as one of the busiest and most progressive TPO advocacy departments in the state of Georgia.
Kylee has served on the Family Violence Intervention Program (FVIP) Rules Committee for the State of Georgia and has been qualified as an expert witness in family violence. She is the current chair of the Georgia TPO Forum, is a member of the National Homicide Roundtable and the Georgia Suicide Stakeholder Task Force. Kylee is the former chair of both the Cobb County Domestic Violence Task Force and the Fatality Review Committee.
Further, Kylee regularly provides training and technical support both nationally and locally on issues related to family violence, murder-suicide response, safety planning, and stalking victimization. Kylee is a Certified Professional Trainer on Stalking Victimization by SPARC.
Kylee received bachelor’s degrees in both Criminal Justice and English from the University of Georgia and prior to becoming a victim advocate she worked in the legal field as a paralegal and also had an extensive career in the non-profit organization field as a fundraising, development, and operations director.