Create an account to save and access your bookmarked materials anytime, anywhere.
An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
This executive summary shares key findings from the 2010 NISVS report, which provides detailed information on the magnitude and characteristics of these forms of violence for the nation and for individual states.
This letter highlights NISVS findings emphasizing that sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence are widespread and a major public health problem in the United States.
NISVS is an ongoing, nationally representative random digit dial telephone survey that collects information about experiences of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence among non-institutionalized English and/or Spanish-speaking women and men aged 18 or older in the United States. NISVS provides detailed information on the magnitude and characteristics of these forms of violence for the nation and for individual states.
The federal Office of Community Services offers a directory of more than 200 organizations across the nation that run AFI supported IDA programs. Programs are organized by states.
This site includes information on IDA programs for people with disabilities. Resources include eligibility considerations, impact of IDAs on SSI and SSDI, information for AFI grantees serving people with disabilities, principles of universal design, etiquette considerations, and much more.
This fact sheet specifically addresses the impact of IDAs on SSI and SSDI.
This brief document presents an overview of the challenges and considerations when creating an IDA program with Native American communities.
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.
This study examines saving rates, withdrawals, and purchases made among 125 women who participated in the IDA program in St. Louis, MO.
This brief fact sheet describes IDA programs, eligibility requirements, and how AFI grantees can work with domestic violence programs to offer IDAs to survivors.
