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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
Adapted from the Power and Control Wheel by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (Duluth, MN), this graphic depicts common tactics used by abusers to exert power and control over their partners in the aftermath of a disaster.
This packet provides a variety of sample policies and procedures that programs can adapt to help address disaster preparedness.
This handout provides information to help families deal with relocation stress after a disaster.
This document highlights gender equality and risk reduction principles for guiding disaster response.
The EFFAK is a flexible tool designed to help individuals and families at all income levels collect and secure the documentation they would need to get on the road to recovery without unnecessary delays, should disaster strike.
In the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the U.S. Department of Justice has asked the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to staff a hotline to take reports of missing children, missing adults, and found children. If you are searching for someone who is missing or are caring for a child who is separated from his or her family, please call the Katrina/Rita Missing Persons Hotline at 1-888-544-5475.
Natural disasters such as tornados, or man-made tragedies such as bombings, can leave children feeling frightened, confused, and insecure. Whether a child has personally experienced trauma or has merely seen the event on television or heard it discussed by adults, it is important for parents and teachers to be informed and ready to help if reactions to stress begin to occur. This guide is for parents, caregivers, and teachers.
Included are links to additional resources such as a series of public services announcements (PSAs) on mental health resources by community (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) provided by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). Each downloadable audio file is voiced by Surgeon General Regina Benjamin and runs :30 seconds (transcripts are also available).
This paper highlights a number of emergency preparedness issues as they relate to violent crime and trauma and offers key recommendations to begin addressing gaps in victim services provision.
Additional Material includes:
Background Sheets
The job of parenting can become even more stressful after a natural disaster. These one-pagers provide information on healthy coping strategies to help parents regain a sense of control. Available in English and Spanish.
Violence or natural disasters can cause trauma in young people. This booklet provides steps parents can take to help children cope with trauma after violence and disasters.
This document provides answers to frequently asked questions as well as State and Federal links geared towards parents. Information also available in Spanish.
This one-pager provides several tips for adults coping with stress after a disaster. Available in English and Spanish.
Recovering after a natural disaster can be difficult and relationships can be strained. This one-pager provides several tips to help ease stress and maintain healthy relationships with those around you. Also available in Spanish.
This page offers some tips for families and communities concerned about coming in contact with dirty water, oil, or sludge after a hurricane or tropical storm.
This two-page talking points document is intended to help guide oil spill response and recovery work.
This page offers general tips to prepare before a disaster and guidance on what to do in case of a disaster to help keep new and expecting parents and their children safe and healthy.
"The possibility of public health emergencies arising in the United States concerns many people in the wake of recent hurricanes, tsunamis, acts of terrorism, and the threat of pandemic influenza. Though some people feel it is impossible to be prepared for unexpected events, the truth is that taking preparedness actions helps people deal with disasters of all sorts much more effectively when they do occur." This webpage provides step-by-step guidance to the general public on how to take preparedness actions.
This document provides guidelines for making shelters safe for transgender evacuees.
Disaster planning is not often a priority in battered women's shelters or transition homes, where your work focuses on daily survival issues. But your shelter is the only home women in crisis have, and it will be directly or indirectly impacted should a major disaster hit your neighborhood.
This report documents hate-motivated violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in 2009 in the United States as reported to member organizations of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP). It includes statistics, trends, narratives and responses and recommendations for change.
The guidebook assists campus administrators in assessment, development, and delivery of consistent and appropriate plans and protocols to prepare for the possibility that sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and stalking will occur among students, faculty, and staff on their campuses.
"The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults: 1) behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; 2) tobacco use; 3) alcohol and other drug use; 4) sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; 5) unhealthy dietary behaviors; and 6) physical inactivity. In addition, YRBSS monitors the prevalence of obesity and asthma. YRBSS includes a national school-based Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) conducted by CDC and state and local school- based YRBSs conducted by state and local education and health agencies. This report summarizes results from the 2009 national survey, 42 state surveys, and 20 local surveys conducted among students in grades 9-12."
The article summarizes the 12 things they discovered, and the 4 opportunities that everyone can take advantage of enliven and grow services that meet the needs of survivors with disabilities.
