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While nurses must be able to respond skillfully to victims of all types of violence, responding to victims of family violence requires sensitivity rooted in understanding how it differs from other types of violence. The content of this curriculum, which grew out of the 1999 American Association of Colleges of Nursing competencies, was developed in response to those findings to provide Minnesota nursing faculty essential curricular information to develop student competence in preventing, assessing, and responding to family violence across the lifespan.

Domestic and sexual violence, problematic substance use and mental ill-health are three issues which often co-exist. And when they do, things can become complicated. This online toolkit is designed to 'uncomplicate' matters by raising awareness about how the three issues intersect and offer effective ways to engage with individuals and families who are affected by these issues.

Both the toolkit and e-learning provide information on:

Complicated Matters: Domestic and sexual violence, problematic substance use and mental ill-health by Against Violence & Abuse (AVA) (2013)

Domestic and sexual violence, problematic substance use and mental ill-health are three issues which often co-exist. And when they do, things can become complicated. This course is designed to uncomplicate matters by raising awareness about how the three issues intersect and offer effective ways to engage with individuals and families who are affected by these issues.

This training manual provides information to TANF eligibility workers on how to access TANF for qualified alien immigrant survivors.

This radio program talks about domestic violence experienced by immigrant women who come to the country after getting married to American men through international match making businesses.

This video shows how one program in Washington State is developing community relationships and expanding services to address the unique needs of survivors who are facing homelessness and housing instability.

This PPT presentation offers a simple way to introduce the implications of sexting for teens in dating relationships to a general audience. While it describes legal provisions in Vermont, the content can be adapted for use elsewhere.

This toolkit was developed by the Federal Interagency Working Group for Children of Incarcerated Parents. The group collaborated with partners across the federal government, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This toolkit was designed for Child Welfare Agencies, Federal Prisons, and Residential Reentry Centers. The toolkit includes:

This curriculum provides training, tools, and resources to help home visitation staff address the complex and sometimes uncomfortable issue of domestic violence. When it comes to promoting health and safety outcomes for women and children impacted by domestic violence, there is a methodology to effective assessment, primary prevention, and anticipatory guidance messaging during home visits. These tools have been designed to facilitate safety planning and supported referrals to domestic violence programs.

Some practices in the mental health system may foster unhelpful attitudes or misunderstandings about domestic violence and sexual assault. This presentation provides an overview of the nature of domestic and sexual violence and a general description of community-based advocacy services for survivors. Practitioners will learn about ways to support survivor safety in their practice and the role of safety planning in wellness and recovery plans.

This webinar provides an opportunity to learn how to respond to and advocate for clients experiencing domestic violence. Covering some of the emotional, legal, and financial implications of DV, participants will learn strategies to better help survivors of abuse.

This document is intended as a guide for mental health providers on screening and assessment for domestic violence among clients seen in their practice settings. Questions can be easily incorporated into existing intake forms and assessment procedures. See also Responding to Domestic Violence: Sample Forms for Mental Health Providers.

Designed for domestic violence advocates, this toolkit offers information about nuisance ordinances, evictions, VAWA housing protections, and fair housing laws. It provides sample letters for survivors, advocacy tips, resources, referrals, and detailed information about how to assist victims to assert their housing rights.

This toolkit contains resources to support tribal equity of two spirit and LGBT people. Topics covered include marriage, domestic partnerships and civil unions, children, employment, housing, education, health and end of life care, and hate and bias related crimes. Tribal Equity Toolkit 2.0 includes updates and more resources.

This webinar reviews core components of intimate partner violence and safety planning; provides information on transgender-specific abuse tactics and planning strategies; offers many transgender-specific examples and potential solutions; and provides a tool for working with clients who seek to reduce harm or leave an abusive relationship.

This webinar is designed to assist service providers in better serving transgender survivors of sexual assault and other forms of violence. Topics covered in the webinar include a discussion of the diversity under the transgender umbrella, social, medical, legal and other options for transgender people, conversation about components of a transgender person's life that may or may not be relevant to service providers and resources to support transgender crime victims and the professionals who serve them.

This webinar describes the findings of the NISVS study and discusses implications for developing, implementing and evaluating sexual violence and intimate partner violence prevention efforts in LGBT communities.

This set 3 of training videos specific to elder abuse response address 1) community corrections professionals, 2) judges and court personnel, and 3) law enforcement. Other video packages available here include “In Their Own Words” and “Financial Abuse Specialist Team Video.”

This online action kit includes videos, flyers, guides, graphics, and other promotional items to raise awareness and strengthen your stand against elder abuse.

This eLearning series series directs Christian pastors to read articles and engage with other eLearners on the topics of recognizing people in need and calling on themes from Biblical texts to respond to victims of abuse.

This is an abbreviated version of the video about teen dating violence in the Jewish community that is part of Jewish Women International's "When Push Comes to Shove...It's No Longer Love" program.

This is an abbreviated version of a 16-minute documentary with first hand accounts from domestic violence survivors and commentary from rabbis and a social worker experienced in treating victims and survivors of abuse.

All three sermons extend the message beyond naming the abuse of women to a discussion of what are we doing about it in our own faith communities.