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This article offers insight into how we might tailor sexual violence prevention programs to specifically address issues of re-victimization.

The fact sheet lists questions that educators can use with students when conducting a media literacy activity such as analyzing magazine advertisements.

It is intended as a companion document to the narrated CD-ROM presentation, although the information in the publication is useful as a stand-alone.

The toolkit includes the following:

Excerpt: "This Guide is about supervised visitation programs. It was written specifically for mothers who are afraid of their children's father or were abused by him. Every supervised visitation program is different. You have a right to ask questions and to understand how the staff will supervise visits with your children."

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The items on this fact sheet provide evidence of the large health and economic burden of violence in the US as reported in:

Corso PS, Mercy JA, Simon TR, Finkelstein EA, & Miller TR. Medical Costs and Productivity Losses Due to Interpersonal Violence and Self- Directed Violence. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2007: 32(6): 474-482.

This brief document outlines how to develop a student organization focused on men's role in ending rape and changing the rape culture on campus. Includes structure, timeline, publicity, collaborations, and programs.

With the approaching holiday season, questions may arise about how to appropriately respond to the food-related needs of survivors in shelter and how to manage excess food donations. This brief document offers guidance from the NRCDV Technical Assistance Team.

This brief document offers guidance from the NRCDV Technical Assistance Team on considerations for domestic violence survivors when registering to vote.

This report highlights data that documents how well local domestic violence programs are addressing the needs of those reaching out to them for assistance. This substantial data collection effort involved 90 urban, rural and suburban community-based domestic violence programs and nearly 1,500 domestic violence survivors surveyed in 2010 about their experiences seeking and receiving non-residential domestic violence services.

This guide is part of a shared goal between NRCDV, state coalitions, and individual programs to find a better way to welcome women and other domestic violence victims -- many of whom had every aspect of life controlled by their partners -- into shelter where they could experience autonomy despite the constraints of a communal living environment. The concept and conflict of having rules in shelter has been repeatedly recycled and re-silenced throughout the movement to end violence against women.

With the holiday season approaching, questions arise about the connection between domestic violence and distinctive holidays. This brief document offers guidance from the NRCDV Technical Assistance Team. This document provides an analysis of the available data on the volume of request for domestic violence services during the holidays, and offers recommendations for advocates on how to help survivors during this time of year.

This Guide showcases the nine demonstration projects funded by the FVPSA Program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through Stamp Out Family Violence Act of 2001, focusing on their goals, collaborative partnerships, experiences, challenges, and successes. These Demonstration of Enhanced Services to Children and Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence sites expanded the fieldÕs understanding of the varied ways in which children, youth and families experiencing domestic violence can be identified and provided essential services and supports.

This guide provides a basic overview of the issues that face survivors who desire to speak publicly about their experiences with intimate partner violence. It provides guidance for the survivor speaker to maximize their physical and emotional safety and ensure the overall success of the speaking engagement. This guide is designed to explore the journey of sharing their story with the public. See also From the Front of the Room: An Advocate's Guide to Help Prepare Survivors for Public Speaking.

This report highlights findings from interviews conducted with healthy marriage programs and domestic violence partners about their experience with developing and implementing their domestic violence protocols.

Domestic Violence and Healthy Marriage advocates often appear to contradict each other when they report statistics on the levels and nature of intimate partner conflict. This research brief helps clarify some of the misunderstandings, errors and apparent contradictions which derive from treating domestic violence as a single phenomenon.

This paper summarizes discussions held at an invitational conference designed to bring together key scholars and practitioners from the healthy marriage and domestic violence fields to address a complex issue-different types of intimate partner violence and their implications for practice.

This paper clarifies the distinctions between bullying and harassment and the priorities and responsibilities of school districts, explores the unintended consequences of ignoring the gendered dimensions of bullying and harassment in K-12 schools, and suggests helpful strategies for advocates collaborating with school personnel and students.

These sites provide information and access to databases that will aid the individual in funding education beyond high school. Grants,scholarships, loans, and work-study programs are described in detail.

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.