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Beginning in the fall of 2016, the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic embarked in a a multi-year process of re-centering Indiana’s prevention strategies and program services in survivor-defined needs in order to examine what types of programs and services were most valued, what needs were unmet, and how communities could reduce violence by increasing safety and supports for all. This document discusses the findings from this project and offers guidance for moving forward.

Getting ready for Domestic Violence Awareness Month can be overwhelming. The Domestic Violence Awareness Project’s DVAM Readiness Checklist will ensure you stay organized, focused and on task by reminding you to take care of those tasks that have priority and providing you with ideas and resources that will ensure that your event is a success.

On this 90-minute webinar, preventionists and change-makers in Alaska, Rhode Island, and North Carolina share their successes, surprises, pivots, and points of learning along their journeys, offering strategies and tools for those who wish to engage in this work or adapt similar projects for their own communities.

This Technical Assistance (TA) Bundle includes TA Questions (TAQs) featuring creative programming ideas that advocates can adapt or replicate in their agencies to support survivor empowerment and healing. These TAQS are intended to inspire advocates to think outside the box and to build bridges and forge new alliances with non-traditional partners.

Domestic violence is linked to many other forms of violence and other health outcomes through shared risk and protective factors. This 2-part webinar series from the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence outlines key research on risk and protective factors and explores ways that local programs can use this research to information DV prevention strategies.

The overall lack of diversity in the nonprofit sector is a well-known issue. This report from KOYA Leadership Partners aims to provide an overview of the current state of diversity on boards and offer actionable steps that boards can take, starting today, to increase diversity and inclusion.

While this guide was written for organizations in sustainability and environmental fields, the practices and tools provided in this document are relevant to nonprofits and are intended to support organizations in their evolving practices to achieve increased equity, diversity, and inclusion in their offices by addressing historical discrepancies in recruitment, hiring and retention efforts.

In many organizations, the current predominant human resource approach is narrowly focused and leaves a missed opportunity for HR professionals to help dismantle the systemic racial barriers that exist in organizations. This document from RoadMap explores how organizations can reclaim the broader understanding and practice of human resources to center gender and racial equity in order to support the success and accountability of our organizations’ number one asset: the people.

This toolkit from Equal Justice USA outlines the information that nonprofits need to understand VOCA funding, eligibility, and whether their organization is ready to apply for and sustain a VOCA grant. The toolkit will be useful for any organization seeking its first VOCA grant, but it is specifically geared toward organizations serving communities of color and other underserved communities.

In this publication, Chicago Beyond explores how researchers can work to level the playing field and reckon with unintended bias. Chicago Beyond created this guidebook to help shift the power dynamic and the way community organizations, researchers, and funders uncover knowledge together.