VAWnet Event Calendar

Join the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) and ReloShare for a webinar highlighting The Grove, ReloShare’s innovative tool designed to help survivors access safe shelter swiftly and efficiently. The Grove allows housing programs to see and share bed availability in real time, bringing providers together to coordinate placements quickly, without requiring the personal information of survivors.

NCAT is a seven-week live training program designed for campus advocates and community-based advocates serving college populations, offering a unique opportunity for professional growth. Facilitated by national campus experts, the training covers a wide range of topics such as ethics and boundaries, confidentiality, privacy and privilege, language justice, federal laws, restorative justice, forensic exams, and more.

LGBTQ+ survivors of IPV are more likely to seek help from a psychotherapist than they are from domestic violence agencies. However, most psychotherapy graduate programs lack training in how to serve LGBTQ+ people experiencing violence. This three-part workshop will offer providers tools to screen for IPV and create culturally competent safety plans with clients. Participants will gain an understanding of the unique social, cultural, and institutional barriers LGBTQ+ survivors face.

Training on IoT (Internet of Things) and safety planning is paramount in today’s hyperconnected era. IoT and safety planning are two crucial areas that service providers must understand to be prepared to guide victims and survivors in implementing the required strategies to ensure their safety while at home.

Primary prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence can often feel overwhelming and full of frameworks, acronyms, and technical terms. But at its core, prevention is about creating conditions where violence is less likely to happen and where safety, connection, and wellbeing can thrive.

Survivors with severe mental health disabilities who have experienced traumatic events, including domestic and/or sexual violence, face unique stressors and challenges. This presentation will provide an overview of the primary severe mental health conditions and the associated symptoms and challenges.  The association between trauma, stress, and severe mental illness will be explored, along with common challenges to assessment and care, such as symptom overlap and diagnostic overshadowing.