Training and Resources

Domestic Abuse Intervention Project

The Duluth Experience

The City of Duluth has received international recognition for its pioneering efforts to alter public policy to protect victims of domestic abuse and offer rehabilitation opportunities for offenders.

In 1981, nine city, county and private agencies organized under the umbrella of the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP) to adopt policies and procedures coordinating their intervention in domestic assault cases. These policies focused on protecting victims from continued acts of violence by combining support service for victims with legal sanctions, rehabilitation programs and, when necessary, incarceration of an assailant. The Duluth project has been widely recognized as a model in confronting domestic assault.