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This one-pager lists important elements useful to domestic violence survivors/victims when safety planning.

This resource offers concrete information to Deaf survivors who are experiencing domestic violence in terms of safety planning. It highlights details to take into consideration when using e-mail or TTY from a safety perspective.

This fact sheets offer information about Deaf and hard of hearing individuals and the Deaf culture in general, providing the reader with tips for how to best interact with Deaf individuals.

This brochure is intended to assist domestic violence victims who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing increase their knowledge of what types of services are available to them and the importance of their confidentiality when receiving services.

This resource is intended to help the staff of domestic violence programs better understand the needs of Deaf/HOH victim/survivors and provide services in ways that appropriately meet those needs.

This workbook offers introductory information about language, culture, and respectful interactions between hearing and Deaf, helping the user feel comfortable, confident, creative, and competent to provide respectful assistance to Deaf individuals.

This is largely caused by myths and misconceptions, putting blame on the survivor, instead of the perpetrator. This article provides examples of domestic violence in the Deaf community in addition to examples of abusing hearing privilege.

This website is designed to assist health care organizations throughout the U.S. in providing high quality, culturally competent services to multi-ethnic populations.

This web page offers a list of resources related to Deaf women and women with disabilities in a variety of topics: literature, art, advocacy, history of the deaf culture, etc. All resources include descriptions and compete sources.

Developed based on interviews with Deaf survivors of domestic violence, this power and control wheel highlights some of the dynamics of abuse when the abuser is a hearing individual.

This webpage answers basic questions related to how Recovery Act funds will be distributed in Indian Country, how tribes can get ready to apply for and receive these funds, and how to get more information about stimulus resources, including webinars specifically addressing tribal-specific stimulus questions.

NCAI has developed a comprehensive website identifying Recovery Act funding available for transportation, housing and community development, public safety, health, education and Social Services, and economic and workforce development, and providing guidance to tribal communities about accessing these resources.

Provides a state-specific chart listing various resources on state websites regarding the allocation of Recovery Act funds.

This webpage provides a brief summary of actions that states are proposing or taking to provide oversight and transparency of Recovery Act Funds. Also included are state websites that will provide information on implementation and spending of such funds.

States have their own recovery web pages that help explain how they are spending Recovery Act funds. This map developed by the federal Recovery Act effort provides links to the different websites.

Women’s median earnings are lower than men’s in nearly all occupations, whether they work in occupations predominantly done by women, occupations predominantly done by men, or occupations with a more even mix of men and women.

The Recovery Act allocates funds to increase the benefit amount for those receiving unemployment compensation, provide benefit extensions for those who have already exhausted their state UI benefits, and provide up to $7 billion in federal financial incentives for states to "modernize" their Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws, including providing coverage for unemployed workers who are escaping domestic violence.

More Money for Unemployed Workers

Some federal help for unemployed workers is automatic under the Recovery Act and has already begun taking effect:

Acronym & Abbreviation Key:

This is a list of organizational, legislative, and trade-related acronyms and terms contained in the annotated entries of this special collection.

This report offers information on challenges, prevention, and treatment of IPV in immigrant and refugee communities. It includes recommendations and summaries for future work and funding efforts.

This short fact sheet talks about how sexual abuse of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) inmates constitutes one of the most rampant and ignored human rights violations in the U.S. today.