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The results displayed below have been grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections - containing our most highly valued resources - then by individual related materials. Refine your search by category, types, author and/or publisher using the options provided. Sort by date published, date added, or alphabetically. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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July 2025

What Turns You On: Consent

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This webinar is a part of the What Turn You On Series by Center For Healthy Sex, exploring the importance of consent, communication, boundaries, and self-awareness in fostering healthy, safe, and fulfilling sexual relationships.
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July 2025

Working With Survivors in Jail: A Manual for Community-Based Advocates

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This manual provides information and strategies to help community-based advocates provide effective and holistic support to incarcerated victims of battering.
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July 2025

Using the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to Increase Safe Housing for Older Adults

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This slide deck and accompanying chapter summary from the National Center on Law & Elder Rights addresses elder abuse and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) protections for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking (collectively "VAWA crimes") applying to or living in federally-subsidized housing.
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  • NRCDV Publications
  • Training Tools
June 2025

WEBINAR: A Shock to the System: Strategies for Victim Service Providers to Effectively Respond to Disasters

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This interactive webinar, featuring The Cloudburst Group, addresses disaster planning and response for organizations who serve individuals and families impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking.
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  • NRCDV Publications
June 2025

Collaboration Works to Prevent Domestic Violence: It is the journey and the destination

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This graphic illustration makes a case to funders and policy makers to invest in collaboration as a strategy to prevent intimate partner violence.
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June 2025

Operational Considerations: Organizational Guidelines for Screening for IPV/HT - IPV/HT Series

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This session explains how community health centers can develop organizational systems for identifying and responding to intimate partner violence (IPV) and human trafficking (HT), emphasizing trauma-informed care, staff training, screening, safety, and community partnerships.
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June 2025

Service Accessibility: Service Providers’ Perspectives on Barriers Faced by Immigrant Women of Color Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

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This study aims to examine the perspectives of service providers from both formal or domestic violence designated agencies and informal or non-DV designated agencies on barriers to service accessibility for IWOC.
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  • NRCDV Publications
June 2025

Supporting Black Maternal Vitality & Resiliency at the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), COVID-19, and Historical Trauma: Key Findings and Strategies

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This report captures the key findings, critical areas for improvement, and promising practices to promote Black maternal vitality and narrow gaps in services for Black pregnant and birthing survivors across the United States. 
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  • NRCDV Publications
June 2025

Language Access and Interpretation in Domestic Violence Contexts: Perspectives from Survivors and Interpreters

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This qualitative study explores the experiences and needs of both survivors of domestic violence who utilize interpretation services and the interpreters who support them.
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May 2025

What Turns You On: Unhealthy vs. Healthy Sex

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This webinar is a part of the “What Turns You On Series” by Center For Healthy Sex, examining the differences between healthy and unhealthy sexual behaviors, emphasizing the roles of shame, trauma, intimacy, authenticity, and emotional connection in shaping sexual experiences.
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May 2025

Sharing Bad News with Survivors of Domestic Violence

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This tipsheet offers trauma-informed strategies for navigating difficult conversations. Grounded in the ACRTI (Accessible, Culturally Responsive, Trauma-Informed) framework, it emphasizes building trust, ensuring safety, and preparing environments and relationships long before bad news must be shared. 
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April 2025

Safe Leave Documentation & Confidentiality Rules

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This document builds upon the working group’s previously released product, The Need for Paid Safe Leave & Model Legislative Language, which provided model legislative language regarding paid safe leave. It includes recommendations for when workers can be required to provide documentation for safe leave claims, and, where required, what types of documentation options should be allowed.