Management & Sustainability Content Topic Results

This report summarizes the findings of a study investigating disaster impacts, preparedness and response in US and Canadian domestic violence programs. As a pilot study for future research, the survey provides baseline data and identifies emergent issues.

A budget is a tool. This publication describes how budgets can be used to work with staff, control expenses, plan effectively, and reach organizational goals. Includes examples of budgets and budget reports. 

Both survivors of abuse and the professionals they trust give voice in this book to their experiences with individuals, organizations, and systems that have been shaped and influenced in such a way that they frequently harm, rather than help, the individuals they serve. Readers will be moved by their accounts of what hurts, what helps, and what is needed from our service systems for healing and recovery.

This self-assessment checklist includes sections on physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, and professional self-care and balance.

Over the past 3 decades the role of men in the anti-sexual violence movement has been a source of debate. This article shares experiences of one of the first men to be employed at rape crisis center and its effect on his worldview.

This resource is a guide to running successful conflict resolution sessions. It offers teaching material, group and individual exercises, and handouts on the 12 skills of conflict resolution. Each chapter starts with clear guidelines for constructing training slots of different lengths. 

This wheel depicts how mental health providers can best respond to survivors of domestic violence by respecting their autonomy and confidentiality and promoting access to community services.

Hear Their Cries: Religious Responses to Child Abuse is an award-winning video on the role of clergy and lay leaders in ending child abuse is a critical resource. The study guide for the video helps facilitators lead conversations with religious congregations.

This brief factsheet describes common terms used within Deaf community, details shared values in contrast with mainstream U.S. hearing culture, and offers guidelines for communication.

An excellent outline of the basic responsibilities of a board of directors can be found within this general overview. The document describes the three primary governing responsibilities as well as the supportive role of individual board members.

This resource provides tips and recommendations for how to make your grant proposal stand out from others and assure you create a document that is well written, informative and engaging, with tips for each section of the proposal.

The most effective boards are those that regularly and candidly ask themselves: "How can we do better?" This page from the National Council of Nonprofits offers a variety of resources to support the process of engaging in board self-assessments.