Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

This one page memorandum offers definitions for different forms of public policy: legislation, regulation, case law, procedural change, funding, and statements of policy. Advocates will find this useful as an educational tool and glossary.

Shelter supervisors and staff were also interviewed as to their perception of the needs of the shelter residents. Information about the women such as age, residence, education, health, criminal records, public benefits, children and repeated homelessness are detailed in the report. Additionally, factors contributing to the women's homelessness, and recommendations are also provided.

This paper contains practical guidelines and policy recommendations for pediatric health settings, early childhood programs, family support providers, police, and domestic violence agencies.

This fact sheet provides current information, charts and statistics on rural housing, people with disabilities and immigrant families. Available from: Contact NRCDV at 800-537-2238.

A Family’s Guide to the Child Welfare System was developed through the efforts of many individuals, organizations, and groups. A knowledgeable work group advised on the direction and content of the Guide, as well as on the questions that families want to have answered.

This protocol contains an introduction that outlines the origins and key features of CPS, and recommended policy and procedures. Covered are: individual advocacy strategies, determining if a mandatory report is required, making a mandatory report, reviewing case files, and advocating in court.

This article presents key findings from the Chicago Women’s Health Study about domestic violence, its effects, and women’s responses to violence.

This documents provides an overview of fatality review, highlighting how this tool may help reduce intimate partner homicide.

This report synthesizes the information collected from the National Juvenile Online Victimization Study and provides an overview of arrests, types of crimes, characteristics of offenders and ways that the criminal justice system is handling internet sex crimes against minors.

This document provides a discussion of how community policing principles might intersect with the core principles of domestic violence organizing: victim safety, offender accountability, and community change.

This radio program talks about domestic violence experienced by immigrant women who come to the country after getting married to American men through international match making businesses.

This policy establishes procedures for handling acts of domestic violence committed by police officers and for implementing prevention strategies.