Narrative Art and Incarcerated Abused Women
This article describes an alternative arts program for abused women in prison which could be adapted to fit any service setting.
Material Listing
The Power to Change: How to Set up and Run Support Groups for Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence
An extensive manual for those who are interested in starting a domestic violence support group, with recommendations about facilitation, group development and management, policies, and program models.
Battered women's shelters: Reflections
This publication offers reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of shelters as a model for helping women abused by their intimate partners.
Domestic Violence Counts 2011: A 24-hour census of domestic violence services
On September 15, 2011, 89 percent of identified domestic violence programs in the United States participated in the 2011 National Census of Domestic Violence Services. The results were published in the this report.
Sheltering Animals & Families Together: Start-Up Manual
This manual provides simple, how-to methods for starting SAF-T at a domestic violence shelter. SAF-T is available to encourage every domestic violence shelter throughout the United States and other countries to keep people and their pets safe.
A Systematic Review of Trauma-Focused Interventions for Domestic Violence Survivors
This literature review provides an analysis of nine trauma-based treatments specifically designed or modified for survivors of domestic violence, along with caveats and recommendations for research and practice going forward.
Get the Facts: The Facts on Domestic, Dating and Sexual Violence
This page provides statistics on the prevalence of domestic violence in the United States, including several factsheets about topics like health care costs, immigrant women, the military, and the workplace and domestic violence.
Tax Credits and Domestic Violence Survivors
This fact sheet describes challenges for domestic violence survivors when it comes to tax preparation and reviews available resources that may be a helpful support, such as free tax filing assistance and refundable tax credits.
References: Trauma-Informed Domestic Violence Services
This list provides bibliographic references for the 2-part VAWnet Special Collection series, Trauma-Informed Domestic Violence Services.
Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse
Seeking Safety is an empirically studied, integrative treatment approach developed to help people attain safety from trauma/PTSD and substance abuse. This website provides implementation tools, sample topics, research summaries, articles, and assessment tools related to the program.