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Both survivors and advocates have shared that language access is a barrier to health and behavioral health access. This tipsheet describes how language justice can support survivor access to services and provides resources for capacity-building for domestic violence and behavioral health organizations.

A guide for domestic violence and mental health service providers, advocates, and organizations to improve services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) individuals, build partnerships and referral networks with LGBTQIA2S+ culturally-specific organizations, and eliminate bias based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

This toolkit is intended to be a starting point for promoting LGBTQ survivors’ access to shelter spaces, and agency-wide training and technical assistance is a critical next step.

Black deaf survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence often have to navigate a web of barriers to accessing healing services. This webinar features speakers from DAWN, a Deaf community-based organization, on their unique approach to meeting the needs of Black deaf survivors.

This self-assessment tool serves as a way for domestic violence service providers to evaluate their organizational capacity, policies, and practices to identify areas to improve access to LGBTQ survivors.

A child-friendly glossary that explains common child welfare terms to help children better understand the child welfare system and related processes.

This webinar featured a panel of experts who explored the unique barriers that people with disabilities have to navigate when seeking healing and the strategies that advocates employ to proactively remove those barriers. Specifically, they explored the civil-legal needs of survivors with disabilities, the needs of survivors who acquire a disability through domestic violence, and the unique needs of Deaf survivors.

This two-part webinar series examined key policies that victim service and disability organizations should have in place to account for unique circumstances in the lives of survivors with disabilities, including personal care attendants, service animals and guardianship.

Many domestic violence and homeless shelters are seeing rapid increases in the number of elders seeking shelter. This webinar discusses ways of responding to the needs of Indigenous elders who are experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness and what can be done.

A resource that helps neurodivergent individuals and therapists recognize signs of abusive relationships while addressing the unique barriers autistic people and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities may face when seeking support.

A panel discussion that explores the unique experiences of male survivors of human trafficking and strategies for providing inclusive, survivor-centered services.

This research brief synthesizes the latest available information and research relating to the mistreatment of adults with disabilities (AWD). This brief addresses the intersection of AWD and elder mistreatment.