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August 2012
Know and Tell Why Fact Sheet
Publisher(s):This fact sheet explains the importance of service providers knowing why they are required to ask specific questions, and explaining to survivors what information the agency is trying to find out with the questions. This is particularly important when working with trans individuals.
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June 2012
Model Rights and Responsibilities for Shelter Residents
Publisher(s):This document provides general guidelines to keep in mind when crafting shelter rules, including a model set of rules structured in the form of rights and responsibilities.
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May 2012
Who are Transgender People? Transgender Basics for Victim Service Providers
Publisher(s):This factsheet provides a brief overview of basic information about transgender identities, including terms and definitions, for victim service providers.
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May 2012
Safety in Court
Publisher(s): This webpage includes tips to help survivors be safer getting to the courthouse, once inside the courthouse, and leaving the courthouse. Example tips include: bring a friend or family member to the courthouse, identify safe places to sit near courthouse security, and have a police or sheriff escort the survivor to transportation after the proceeding.
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March 2012
Understanding the Nature and Dynamics of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This manual provides an overview of the complex issue of domestic violence, and offers strategies for advocacy and empowerment.
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March 2012
Embracing Prevention as Social Change: How to Build Organizational Capacity for Prevention
Publisher(s):When an agency fully embraces primary prevention, the work becomes part of the organizational culture, existing in all departments, volunteers, board members, and administrators. This guidebook defines organizational capacity for primary prevention as an agency's ability to support and implement domestic and sexual violence prevention efforts.
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January 2012
Youth Services Policy Development Tool
Publisher(s):This tool outlines the key elements in building comprehensive, coherent, and youth survivor-centered organizational policies, including which policies a project team should have, why those policies are important, and how to develop those policies effectively. Within each section of the tool are examples of policy language selected from current Youth Services grantees who have developed and implemented successful programs or sample language.
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January 2012
Creating Trauma-Informed Services Tipsheet Series
Publisher(s):These tipsheets provide practical advice on creating trauma-informed services at domestic violence programs and working with survivors who are experiencing trauma symptoms and/or mental health conditions.
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January 2012
Sexual Violence in Disasters: Interactive Online Series
Publisher(s):This three-part series of interactive online courses discuss the connections among sexual violence and disasters and offer recommendations for creating a pre-disaster plan for sexual violence prevention and response.
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January 2012
Creating Accessible, Culturally Relevant, Domestic Violence and Trauma Informed Agencies: A Self Reflection Tool
Publisher(s):Accessing Safety and Recovery Initiative (ASRI), National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (NCDVTMH)
This tool uses questions and discussion prompts to guide agencies through a self-reflective process, beginning with imagining how accessible, culturally relevant, and trauma-informed (ACDVTI) work might be carried out in their organization, and then thinking through the first steps and additional resources that will be needed for creating change.
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January 2012
Victims with Brain Injuries in Domestic Violence Support Groups
Publisher(s):This handout offers helpful tips for assisting a domestic violence victim who has a traumatic brain injury within a support group setting.
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January 2012
Tips for Supporting Children and Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence: What You Might See and What You Can Do
Publisher(s):This tip sheet gives describes common behaviors among infants, young children, school-age children, and adolescents exposed to domestic violence and provides concrete recommendations about ways advocates can help.