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April 2010
Prosecuting Elder Abuse Cases
Publisher(s):This article describes the challenges in prosecuting for elder abuse, laws that specifically protect elders, and offers suggestion for improving the handling of elder abuse cases. A collaborative and multidisciplinary approach is emphasized.
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March 2010
Low-income Immigrant Women and Wealth Building Fact Sheet
Publisher(s):This fact sheet provides statistics about immigrants in the United States, the relationship between race, gender and wealth, and a number of ways that immigrants build assets. The paper concludes with recommendations for federal policies.
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March 2010
Why It Matters: Rethinking Victim Assistance for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Victims of Hate Violence and Intimate Partner Violence
Publisher(s):This report, the product of a 2009 survey of victim assistance providers and LGBTQ anti-violence programs throughout the United States, describes widespread gaps in victim services for LGBTQ victims of crime and recommends steps to improve both the services and their accessibility.
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March 2010
VESSA: The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act - Keeping Your Job and Keeping Safe, A Guide to Employment Law Protections for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. (CLC), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Sections include how to apply, what to do if an employer is not following VESSA, and rights to UI. Sample letters and documents are provided.
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March 2010
Not Enough: What TANF Offers Family Violence Victims
Publisher(s):Report on findings from a survey of 600 domestic violence, legal aid, and anti-poverty agency staff where 14% said that the TANF family violence responses work well in their states, and 43% said fewer than half of victims were able to access benefits.
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March 2010
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Fact Sheet
Publisher(s):This fact sheet defines commercial sexual exploitation of children. It also discusses how children become victims, barriers victims face, statistics, and indicators for exploitation. Contact information for both the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the National Human Trafficking Resource Center are included at the bottom of the page.
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March 2010
Building Survivor Wealth: A Matched Savings & Individual Development Account “How to Guide”
Publisher(s):This guide provides comprehensive information about IDAs, funding sources, examples of existing programs, and the nuts and bolts of starting an IDA program for domestic violence survivors, including the roles of state coalitions and local programs.
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February 2010
State Law Guide: Teen Dating Abuse Education and School Policies
Publisher(s):This guide presents state laws and pending legislation requiring school districts to adopt policies to address teen dating violence.
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February 2010
Reproductive Health of Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Examining Unintended Pregnancy, Contraception, Sexual History and Behavior, and Non-Voluntary Sexual Intercourse
Publisher(s):This report presents baseline information on pregnancies, births, sexual history and behavior, contraceptive use, non-voluntary sex, and unintended pregnancy among urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women nationwide.
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February 2010
The Facts on Adolescent Pregnancy, Reproductive Risk and Exposure to Dating and Family Violence
Publisher(s):Violence limits young women's ability to manage their reproductive health and exposes them to sexually transmitted diseases. This fact sheet outlines ways that violence affects reproductive health and impacts risky sexual behaviors.
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February 2010
Shattered Lives: Homicides, Domestic Violence and Asian Families
Publisher(s):This report analyzes 160 cases of domestic violence related homicides in Asian families based on newspaper clippings and information from advocates for a six-year period (from 2000 to 2005).
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February 2010
Understanding Life with a Brain Injury: The crossroads of Traumatic Brain Injury and Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This PowerPoint presentation offers information related to the prevalence of TBI and discuses the intersections between TBI and DV. Additionally, it provides specific tips including a screening tool, for DV advocates working with survivors with TBI.