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June 2023
Supporting LGBTQIA2S+ Survivors: Domestic Violence, Substance Use, and Mental Health Services
Publisher(s):National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (NCDVTMH), National LGBTQ Institute on IPV
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.
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- NRCDV Publications
May 2023
Learning from Lived Experiences: Policy Solutions from Culturally Specific Communities to Increase Survivor Access to and Retention of Safe Housing
Publisher(s): For over 50 years, survivors’ voices and realities have shaped responses to domestic and sexual violence. From emergency shelter to sheltering solutions beyond imminent threats of harm, housing has always been a critical part of conversations connected to survivor safety and well-being.
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- General Material
April 2023
Exploring the Cultural Contexts of Consent in AANHPI Communities
Publisher(s): This report explores how consent and boundaries are understood and practiced in AANHPI contexts, highlights how gender expectations and the need to respect certain individuals make it hard to establish boundaries, and presents recommendations for advocates and educators.
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- General Material
April 2023
Toolkit for Increasing Shelter Access to LGBTQ Survivors of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s): 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.
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- General Material
January 2023
Supporting LGBTQ+ Stalking Victims: A Guide for Victim Advocates
Publisher(s): This guide is for victim advocates working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals who may be experiencing stalking. It provides basic information about the dynamics of stalking and safety planning, co-occurring crimes, specific tactics used against LGBTQ+ individuals, safety planning strategies that support LGBTQ+ stalking victims, and issues to be aware of when supporting LGBTQ+ victims.
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- General Material
October 2022
"Our Communities Hold the Solutions": The Importance of Full-Spectrum Doulas to Reproductive Health and Justice
Publisher(s): Doulas provide invaluable support to pregnant and birthing people - but doula support is available across a wide variety of experiences, including abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth. The people who provide this essential care are commonly called full-spectrum doulas.
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- Training Tools
September 2022
Faith-Based Partnerships: Engaging Spiritual Leaders in Responding to AAPI Survivors
Publisher(s): From spiritual abuse to being a key tenant of survivors’ healing journey, faith plays a critical role in many survivors’ experiences with violence. This webinar gathered four of API-GBV’s partners from a multi-year faith-based advocacy project that reached several Chinese/Taiwanese Christian churches and seminaries, Sikh gurdwaras, and Korean Christian congregations in California.
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- NRCDV Publications
August 2022
Needs Assessment Report: Promising Practices and Interventions to Address the Housing Needs of Domestic Violence Survivors
Publisher(s):The intersection between domestic violence, housing instability, and homelessness continues to be a pressing issue for the field. To this end, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence conducted a two-part needs assessment project to assess survivors' current and emerging housing needs, particularly in Black and Brown communities, and to document innovative community-based solutions.
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- NRCDV Publications
May 2022
How can victim advocates and housing service providers respond to the needs of Native human trafficking survivors?
Publisher(s): Native women have been on the receiving end of many injustices. These injustices include homelessness and various forms of physical and sexual violence. Native women experience high rates of homelessness. The May 2022 Technical Assistance Question of the Month (TAQ) explains that advocates must understand the historical context of Native women's experiences in order to truly support them.
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January 2022
Healing Indigenous Lives Native Youth Town Halls
Publisher(s):United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
This report highlights juvenile justice and public safety concerns and recommendations from Tribal youth ages 14–24.
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- General Material
December 2021
Family-Centered Toolkit for Domestic Violence Programs
Publisher(s): Historically, the domestic violence (DV) field has separated services for adults and services for children and youth, rather than taking an integrated approach that centers the relationships between adult survivors and their children. The Family-Centered Toolkit helps programs envision and implement an integrated approach that supports parent-child relationships and families with a range of culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and developmentally sensitive services.
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- General Material
November 2021
Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication
Publisher(s): To build a healthier America for all, we must confront the systems and policies that have resulted in the generational injustice that has given rise to health inequities. CDC’s Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication emphasize the importance of addressing all people inclusively and respectfully.