Ariél Zangla reports in The Daily Freeman that Ulster County announced the launch April 10 The National Network for Safe Communities’ Intimate Partner Violence Intervention program, the first of its kind in New York state. The program will attempt to reduce domestic violence, working with offenders to reduce harmful acts, and offering support for victims. At the announcement, Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright used 11 cardboard silhouettes to illustrate the number of local women killed by their partners recently. “Once we’ve identified a person who we think is going to commit domestic violence again, we have personal contact with them,” Carnright said. “In addition to the personal contact we have with the offender or potential offender, we have a parallel process where we engage the victims. We do what we’ve been doing for a while. We try to educate the victims, make sure they understand about services that are available to them.” New York State is chipping in $285,000 to fund the program. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.