Domestic Violence Content Topic Results

"The primary goal of this model protocol is to help advocates better meet the safety needs of all battered women by providing them with the tools to address service needs and options for battered women and children impacted by their own or another's substance use, misuse or addiction. Our challenge as advocates is to provide as safe an environment as possible for all who use our services or work at our programs Ideally, this protocol and model policy will serve as a first step toward identifying options for both battered women impacted by substance use and their advocates."

This article offers tips, strategies, and resources for talking with your child about dating, forming friendships, and treating one another with respect.

This paper provides information and strategies for applying for U visa application waivers.

This fact sheet describes changes to the VAWA Act and lays out new provisions in the Act.

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.

Teaching scenarios used in this self-paced online course are designed for use in groups and classes of all kinds.

This discussion explores your organization’s mission and how it is supported by the work you do.

This document provides information and relevant resources for the early detection of TBI among domestic violence survivors. It also offers an analysis of the intersection between brain injury and domestic violence as well as other relevant information.

Dating abuse is a big problem, affecting youth in every community across the nation. This page from Love Is Respect outlines key statistics.

Abstract: "Women who have experienced intimate partner violence are consistently found to have poor sexual and reproductive health when compared to non-abused women, but the mechanisms through which such associations occur are inadequately defined (Coker, 2007). Through face-to-face, semi-structured in-depth interviews, we gathered full reproductive histories of 71 women aged 18-49 with a history of IPV recruited from a family planning clinic, an abortion clinic and a domestic violence shelter in the United States.

This brochure includes key terms and definitions, highlights the prevalence of violence against Native LGBTQ/Two-Spirit individuals, and offers tips for supporting Native LGBTQ/Two-Spirit survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

NIWAP's Interactive Public Benefits Maps break down the types of public benefits available to immigrant survivors and immigrant children, based the victim’s or the child’s immigration status, the type of immigration case the victim may have filed, and the state in which the immigrant resides.