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- General Material
June 2013
Domestic Violence Housing First Project: Expanding Services and Cultivating Relationships
Publisher(s):This video shows how one program in Washington State is developing community relationships and expanding services to address the unique needs of survivors who are facing homelessness and housing instability.
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- General Material
May 2013
Guidelines for Directories of Domestic Violence Pet Support Programs
Publisher(s):Hundreds of domestic violence shelters are now providing safe pet housing options to enable families to leave abusers without having to make an impossible choice to leave their pets behind and at risk. This resource provides guiding principles for the structure and maintenance of pet support (foster care and on-site housing) directories.
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- General Material
January 2013
We Rise! Children, Trauma, and Resilience
Publisher(s):This document provides multiple activities and events to encourage young people to work through challenges related to violence that informed the development of a community mural.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
June 2012
Practical Considerations for Parenting Interventions for Men who Batter
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper provides an overview of the practical considerations related to parenting interventions programs for men who batter. These include questions about program length and organization, referral routes, specific program content, and nature of collaboration between agencies.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
June 2012
Parenting Interventions for Men Who Batter
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper provides an overview of the research on the commonalities and controversies surrounding parenting interventions programs for men who batter with an emphasis on improving outcomes for women and child survivors of domestic violence.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
February 2012
WEBINAR: Meeting Survivor's Needs through Non-Residential Domestic Violence Services & Supports: Results of a Multi-State Study
Publisher(s):This webinar, presented by Eleanor Lyon, reviews the methodology, findings, and implications of the second Meeting Survivors' Needs national study conducted in 2010 with a focus on non-residential domestic violence services and supports. This unique study includes rich survey data collected from nearly 1,500 survivors who received services and supports from 90 domestic violence programs, as well as from participants in 10 focus groups. Dr. Lyon describes what survivors shared and how results of this study can inform practice and policy in your community.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2012
Sheltering Animals & Families Together: Start-Up Manual
Publisher(s):This manual provides simple, how-to methods for starting SAF-T at a domestic violence shelter. SAF-T is available to encourage every domestic violence shelter throughout the United States and other countries to keep people and their pets safe.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
October 2011
New language, old problem: Sex trafficking of American Indian women and children
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper summarizes findings of existing research and other documents on sex trafficking of Native women and girls in the U.S. and Canada and the legal issues related to their protection.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
September 2011
Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: What Domestic Violence Advocates Need to Know
Publisher(s):National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC)
This webinar explores questions such as: What is Healthy Marriage and Relationship (MRE) Education anyway? How have MRE programs worked with domestic violence coalitions and community-based domestic violence programs? What tools have been developed that might be helpful to our DV prevention efforts? Where are the opportunities for collaborative healthy relationship work going forward?
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
July 2011
Emerging Responses to Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document reviews the new research, policies, and programs focused on children who have witnessed adult domestic violence. It argues that the diversity of children’s experiences requires equally diverse responses from those who serve them.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
July 2011
How can I incorporate experiential or alternative activities into summer programming with domestic violence survivors?
Publisher(s): Although the sky is the limit when it comes to advocates’ creativity and resourcefulness, advocates seem eager to learn from each other and gain new ideas about innovative approaches to provide a more holistic, engaging and comprehensive set of services to victims and survivors. NRCDV's July 2011 TA Question of the Month provides ideas for incorporating experiential outdoor activities into programming for domestic violence survivors.
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- General Material
June 2011
Partners in Social Change Newsletter: Engaging Men
Publisher(s):This issue of "Partners in Social Change" examines what it looks like to engage men in sexual violence prevention. Much of the work we do focuses on how communities can prevent sexual violence; therefore this issue seeks to examine men as a community that has the potential to help create social change.