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January 2001
Gauging Progress A Guidebook For Community Sexual Assault Programs and Community Development Initiatives
In an easy-to-read format with examples and exercises, this guidebook is intended to lay the groundwork for thinking about how to gauge progress, with an emphasis on how to conceptualize evaluation of a community development initiative.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
December 2000
Recommendations for Training TANF and Child Support Enforcement Staff about Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This paper provides an overview of legal and policy context for domestic violence training, presents suggestions for effective teaching, and defines the concept of a "basic response to domestic violence."
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
December 2000
Supporting Battered Women's Economic Development: One Community's Effort
Publisher(s):This document discusses a process used in St. Louis, Missouri to support battered women's economic development. It explores ways that women's safety and well-being can be enhanced by access to income, financial resources, and opportunities to save money.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
November 2000
Building A Network Of Advocates Committed To Improving Battered Women's Economic Security
Publisher(s):Features articles about the FVO advocacy efforts of the KS Coalition; the anti-poverty public policy initiatives underway at the AZ Coalition; and an economic literacy curriculum for adult women called Personal Economic Planning.
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- General Material
November 2000
Cultural Issues Affecting Domestic Violence Service Utilization in Ethnic and Hard to Reach Populations
This comprehensive report describes different cultural issues that may affect how different populations can and do use domestic violence services.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
October 2000
Welfare, Poverty, and Abused Women: New Research and its Implications
Publisher(s):This summary of studies on domestic violence and TANF recipients explores their physical and mental health and work experience. It focuses on interference from their partners, barriers to work, the Family Violence Option, and the Child Support Exemption.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
October 2000
The Battered Women's Movement - Transforming Our Vision To Meet Women's Needs: Reflections on Wisconsin's Experience
Publisher(s):Describes the process of Wisconsin domestic violence advocates to assess how well their programs and procedures were meeting the needs of battered women and their children. A Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence project publication.
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- General Material
July 2000
Disability Rights Movement Virtual Exhibition
Publisher(s): This virtual exhibit from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History explores key milestones in the disability rights movement.
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- General Material
July 2000
Safety and Sobriety: Best Practices in Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse
Publisher(s):Domestic Violence/Substance Abuse Interdisciplinary Task Force, Illinois Department of Human Services
This manual outlines procedures that human service professionals can follow when they are facing clients living with both domestic violence and substance abuse, and provides guidance for forging collaborations between agencies.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
June 2000
Expanding Solutions for Domestic Violence and Poverty: What Battered Women with Abused Children Need from Their Advocates
Publisher(s):This paper uses examples from the child welfare system to raise questions about the limitations of current DV advocacy strategies for low-income women. The paper challenges the U.S. traditional battered women's movement to expand its solutions.
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- General Material
April 2000
Are You or is Anyone You Know a Battered Woman? / Para Mujeres ¿Es Tu Vida Complicada?
Publisher(s):This two-sided five-panel brochure presents information in Spanish (en Español) on one side and in English on the other, and was developed for use in local domestic violence programs and other organizations that provide services to victims of abuse.
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- General Material
April 2000
Public Opinion and the Criminal Justice System: Building Support for Sex Offender Management Programs
Publisher(s):It will address three areas of interest: why the public's perspective is important; how leadership in different states has benefited from studies of public opinion about crime and criminal justice issues; and why it is essential that the criminal justice system view the public as a partner rather than an adversary or simply a group of consumers.