Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

Community-based advocates can play a critical role in helping survivors successfully complete supervision, particularly when working in partnership with a survivor’s probation or parole officer. This tipsheet highlights various practical strategies advocates can use when working with survivors on probation and parole.

This manual provides information and strategies to help community-based advocates provide effective and holistic support to incarcerated victims of battering.

This study aims to examine the perspectives of service providers from both formal or domestic violence designated agencies and informal or non-DV designated agencies on barriers to service accessibility for IWOC.

This report captures the key findings, critical areas for improvement, and promising practices to promote Black maternal vitality and narrow gaps in services for Black pregnant and birthing survivors across the United States. 

The National Center for Victims of Crime has published a guide to help victims and advocates navigate media coverage. Learn how to use this guide and get tips about how to protect survivors, including those of domestic violence, from unwanted attention, how to leverage coverage for positive results, and more.

Emergencies, such as natural disasters, human-caused disasters, and disease outbreaks, can be scary and stressful. This web page includes resources that can help you feel more prepared and may keep you safer during emergencies.

This document builds upon the working group’s previously released product, The Need for Paid Safe Leave & Model Legislative Language, which provided model legislative language regarding paid safe leave. It includes recommendations for when workers can be required to provide documentation for safe leave claims, and, where required, what types of documentation options should be allowed.

This introductory webinar describes the dynamics and common tactics that characterize domestic violence. It also provides an overview of the root causes of domestic violence, as well as the scope and impact on individuals and society. This session will help new advocates, allied professionals, students, and the general public achieve a basic understanding of this complex issue and how they can be part of the solution.

This document serves as an educational tool for policymakers, shedding light on the existing gaps in safeguarding immigrant communities and their adverse impacts on survivors of gender-based violence.

This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) explores the prevalence of gender-based violence among Native women, COVID-19's impact on the Indigenous population, and how they connect to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit movement.

This fact sheet accompanies the Special Collection of the same name, offering statistics and tips for creating trauma-informed environments for children and youth where they live, play, and grow.

This comprehensive toolkit is designed for advocates and organizers in communities that have experienced or are likely to experience climate change-induced disasters.