Domestic Violence Content Topic Results

The legal system is an important tool in your safety planning, whether you’re straight or LGBTQ. This short handout provides safety tips for LGBTQ youth for seeking legal assistance and protection.

This page describes the history, purpose, concepts, and activities related to the CDC's DELTA Program, funding state domestic violence coalitions to build IPV prevention capacity within their organization, state, and local communities.

"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 fact sheet provides frequently asked questions and answers about TBI and DV as well as screening tips.

This statewide study in Rhode Island of domestic violence in older women and the response of state authorities found a relatively larger proportion of intimate partner abuse than previously found in adult protective service surveys.

This site provides a listing of legal assistance resources in each state, accessed by selecting a state from the drop-down menu under “Do You Need to Find Legal Help?” or clicking on the state on the map. Listings include information on legal aid for low-income people and specialized help for those who qualify. Information is also available in Spanish.

This tool can be used by healthcare providers to screen patients who may be experiencing or have experienced trauma.

Whether visible to outside observers or not, social risks are real and significant to the individual battered woman.

This model policy outlines guidelines for workplace responses to victims/survivors of violence and perpetrators of violence.

This guide reviews actions groups and individuals are taking in their communities to engage men and boys in ending violence against women and girls. It encourages readers to move beyond this point and imagine what can be.

Facebook's community standards prohibit any behavior that puts people in danger, whether someone is organizing or advocating real-world violence or bullying other people. The Abuse Resources section of the Facebook Help Center has information and resources for people experiencing or witnessing online harassment, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, or trafficking.