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December 2011
The Forward Wisconsin Initiative: A Shared Vision For Preventing Interpersonal Violence
Publisher(s):In 2009, representatives from the Wisconsin Departments of Health Services, and Children and Families, the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Governor's Council on Domestic Abuse, the Wisconsin Children's Trust Fund, the Child Abuse Prevention Fund of Children's Hospital and Health System, and Children's Service Society of Wisconsin joined in a collaboration called "The Forward Wisconsin Initiative: Preventing Interpersonal Violence" to enhance efforts to change social norms and community tolerance for violence.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
December 2011
Best Practice Toolkit for Working with Domestic Violence Survivors with Criminal Histories
Publisher(s):An important capacity-building goal of the Open Doors Project is to enhance the community collaboration between DV/SA advocates, community service providers and those working in the criminal justice and corrections systems. The goal of these collaborations is to facilitate a shared objective of keeping women safe and out of jails and prisons.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
November 2011
Asset Building Programs for Domestic Violence Survivors
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper discusses asset building programs, including some of the benefits of asset ownership and the importance of such programs for domestic violence survivors. The lack of literature on asset building and domestic violence issues is highlighted, implying a need for further research.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
September 2011
Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: What Domestic Violence Advocates Need to Know
Publisher(s):National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC)
This webinar explores questions such as: What is Healthy Marriage and Relationship (MRE) Education anyway? How have MRE programs worked with domestic violence coalitions and community-based domestic violence programs? What tools have been developed that might be helpful to our DV prevention efforts? Where are the opportunities for collaborative healthy relationship work going forward?
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
July 2011
Emerging Responses to Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document reviews the new research, policies, and programs focused on children who have witnessed adult domestic violence. It argues that the diversity of children’s experiences requires equally diverse responses from those who serve them.
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- General Material
July 2011
Collaboration Multiplier
Publisher(s):Collaboration Multiplier is an interactive framework and tool for analyzing collaborative efforts across fields.
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- General Material
June 2011
Military Justice: Oversight and Better Collaboration Needed for Sexual Assault Investigations and Adjudications
Publisher(s):This report to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives outlines needed structural changes to the process of investigating and carrying out legal proceedings for sexual assault cases.
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- General Material
June 2011
Partners in Social Change Newsletter: Engaging Men
Publisher(s):This issue of "Partners in Social Change" examines what it looks like to engage men in sexual violence prevention. Much of the work we do focuses on how communities can prevent sexual violence; therefore this issue seeks to examine men as a community that has the potential to help create social change.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
May 2011
How can I work within my faith community to end domestic violence?
Publisher(s): Communities of faith play a unique and vital role in the response to and elimination of domestic violence as they carry the responsibility to protect and nurture the spiritual well being of the community as a whole and its individual members. NRCDV's May 2011 TA Question of the Month offers suggestions for working with faith communities.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
April 2011
Domestic Violence and the Military Services: Analyzing Acts of Violence
Publisher(s):This presentation suggests an approach to analyzing acts of violence committed by service members to determine the most appropriate intervention while also ensuring the safety and well being of family members.
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- General Material
April 2011
Forging New Collaborations: A Guide for Rape Crisis, Domestic Violence, and Disability Organizations
Publisher(s):Vera Institute of Justice’s Center on Victimization and Safety has created a roadmap for bringing together agencies at the intersection of violence and disability so that they can create a new and effective approach to safety, healing, and accessibility to services for their clients.
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- General Material
March 2011
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing on Justice for All: Ending Elder Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation
Publisher(s):This document contains facts about how elder abuse impacts Latin@ communities and the importance of addressing these complex issues in a comprehensive way in order to reduce barriers and build upon community strengths.