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This issue brief discusses the importance of cultivating a child welfare system that recognizes and responds appropriately to trauma.

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

“Feeling like a monster? Colbie Caillat and Common recommend a calming breath.” This video walks children through “belly breathing” as a technique to cope with anger or anxiety.

This brief paper discusses the importance of financial education programs, and specific considerations when working with domestic violence survivors.

This handbook for purchase is a resource for women’s ministries directors and leaders on how to start a women’s ministry in their congregation.

This article provides a review of a variety of initiatives that engage or address men to prevent violence against women.

This activity provides an opportunity to learn from victims who stay in contact.

This national declaration invites religious leaders and concerned individuals of all faiths to sign on to commit to using religious texts and teachings to eradicate violence against women.

The Trauma Informed Sexual Assault Investigation Training provides law enforcement and multi-disciplinary community partners with information on the neurobiology of trauma and investigative strategies to respond to sexual assault crimes in a victim-centered, trauma-informed manner.

This guide includes examples of abuse relevant to LGBTQ communities, information on screening for survivors and abusers, differences from straight domestic violence, and barriers to services for LGBTQ people.

This guide contains information for advocates on identifying and working with LGBT specific elder abuse. The guide covers terms, historical factors related to LGBT elders, new rights and protections for LGBT elders and suggested practices in working with LGBT older adults.

The tool may be used to assess family violence efforts in primary care practices at the beginning and intermittently (every 6 months, every year, every few years) when focusing on family violence as a quality improvement goal. It is meant to be a tool for identifying deficiencies and so that they can be remedied and the care to patients living with violence and abuse can be improved.