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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.

This second installment of the Action for Social Change manual intends to generate critical thinking and enhance dialogue regarding community organizing and partnerships, communications and engaging the media.

This document highlights action steps that local organizations can take to access resources under the Recovery Act, and also provides advocacy tips, particularly as it relates to housing and public benefits issues.

This resource describes available public benefits included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including SSI, unemployment, tax credits, COBRA continuation coverage, medical assistance, housing, food assistance, and education benefits.

This groundbreaking study provides important insights into the role that shelters play in survivors' efforts to escape violence and abuse. Results capture the voices and experiences of over 3,400 shelter residents in 215 programs across eight states.

This paper raises key issues, questions, and dilemmas regarding advocacy with battered women who stay in their relationships. It discusses limitations of safety strategies for leaving, and frames issues central to the expansion of advocacy beyond leaving.

This poster describes characteristics of healthy relationships: fairness, trust, respect, support, honesty, responsibility, communication, shared freedom, equality, and non-violence. Includes message: "Hands are for holding."

Domestic violence in LGBT communities is about abuse of power, manipulation, exploitation, oppression and barriers to service, compounded by lived experiences of homophobia and heterosexism. This document, part of a collection designed for domestic violence program advocates, activists working in LGBT communities and those wishing to become allies, lists websites of U.S. advocacy organizations for LGBT victims/survivors and communities at large.

Domestic violence in LGBT communities is about abuse of power, manipulation, exploitation, oppression and barriers to service, compounded by lived experiences of homophobia and heterosexism. This document, part of a collection designed for domestic violence program advocates, activists working in LGBT communities and those wishing to become allies, lists some of the available U.S.-made video resources on LGBT domestic violence.

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Domestic violence in LGBT communities is about abuse of power, manipulation, exploitation, oppression and barriers to service. It is believed to be as prevalent and lethal as in heterosexual relationships, however, there is little available research, many barriers to disclosure and a lack of services and supports. This document, part of a collection designed for domestic violence program advocates, activists working in LGBT communities and those wishing to become allies, lists some of the available literature on LGBT domestic violence and services in the U.S.