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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
This report chronicles the community mobilization and co-advocacy efforts between domestic violence and disability advocates through the development of two pilot site projects (one rural and one urban) in Washington State. Alternative formats are available upon request.
The goal of this protocol is to support domestic violence agencies to increase their safety planning services to people with disabilities and advance self-determination by offering safety planning that is cognizant of environmental and social barriers.
This powerful critique of the battered women's movement comes from a disabilities advocacy perspective. The article challenges advocates to put aside guilt in favor of pursuing understanding and action about serving survivors of domestic violence with disabilities.
"This issue of the A-Files, asks us, as domestic violence advocates, to completely rethink the way we advocate for survivors of domestic violence who have a disability. And, as a result of that process, to rethink advocacy for all survivors of domestic violence."
This checklist will help domestic violence programs identify ways to increase access to services for survivors with a disability.
"Domestic violence may profoundly impact the ability of a family to protect and nurture their children. It may also pose a threat to social workers and other professionals working with the family. Because of these concerns, it is critical that Children's Administration social workers have access to current information and resources about domestic violence, and that our social workers partner with private agencies to better serve families experiencing domestic violence...
The Moving Ahead Through Financial Management curriculum offers a range of information from basic money and financial management principles to advanced financial planning. It is divided into five separate modules.
In 2008, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center partnered with the Victims Rights Law Center, National Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project, Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault, University of New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania Community Legal Services to develop and conduct a national survey on housing and sexual violence. This report provides a summary of key survey findings.
The HUD Public Housing Occupancy Guidebook is a reference tool for public housing staff. There is not a specific chapter about sexual violence, but it does include information about nondiscrimination and civil rights.
This report presents a summary of recommendations from the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
This manual provides legal information and steps to build prevention and response strategies to housing related hate activities.
The toolkit is designed to provide advocates with an overview of VAWA's housing provisions and includes administrative guidance, recent legal developments, and sample advocacy materials.
This guidance document focuses on the integration of violence against women resources into the existing Sexual and Reproductive Health framework. It introduces key principles, discusses evidence from the literature and provides a foundation for integrating gender based violence and sexual and reproductive health services.
This report presents baseline information on pregnancies, births, sexual history and behavior, contraceptive use, non-voluntary sex, and unintended pregnancy among urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women nationwide.
This fact sheet provides an overview of current poverty and housing statistics, as well as additional factors contributing to homelessness. A list of resources for further study is also provided.
This issue brief reviews research regarding the involvement of unaccompanied, homeless youth in various types of sexual exploitation including survival sex and recruitment into the commercial sex industry and will recommend a series of programmatic responses to meet their needs.
This bibliography includes selected journal articles from year 2000 onward and focuses specifically on domestic violence against older women.
This webpage offers information about the different types of abuses that may be occurring in residential care facilities and offers guidance for reporting abuse.
These four (4) booklets, produced in collaboration with the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life, provide information to caregivers who may have questions about elder abuse, neglect or exploitation. A power and control wheel for abuse of people with developmental disabilities by a caregiver is included.
The purpose of this workbook is to protect elders from abuse in their communities. This workbook proposes that each community develop a process to address the particular elder protection needs within that community.
Findings of this nationally representative study showed that more than one in ten respondents experienced some type of abuse or potential neglect in the past year.
This study focused on detection, investigation, and resolution of elder abuse and neglect complaints in what are known as residential care facilities (RCFs).
To raise awareness and provide guidance to professionals, this article addresses sexual assault in later life and specifically focuses on victimization of elders that occurs in the context of intimate partner violence, incest, and care facilities.
This report brings together experts and organizations that work to combat the problem of elder abuse. Through their voices, we learn about the many dimensions of and complexities surrounding elder abuse, how it affects women in a disproportionate manner, and we seek to find effective solutions.
