Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

This report proposes a framework for improving U.S. immigration law that would give immigrant crime victims a chance to seek justice, protect workers, respect the private and family life of longtime residents, and provide fair treatment for immigrants who come before the courts.

In 2008, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center partnered with the Victims Rights Law Center, National Sexual Assault Coalition Resource Sharing Project, Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault, University of New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania Community Legal Services to develop and conduct a national survey on housing and sexual violence. This report provides a summary of key survey findings.

This newsletter focuses exclusively on issues related to violence in LGBTIQ communities. Articles include information on interrupting problematic language, addressing the needs of trans survivors, and SANE protocol.

Recognizing how many eligible workers do not take advantage of the EITC, 14 VITA sites in Native American communities undertook a survey with more than 1800 American Indian/Alaskan Natives/Native Hawaiians to better understand how the EITC could benefit their communities.

This report provides information and tools to help Indian health and community advocacy programs strengthen their clinical and community responses to victims of domestic violence.

This two page fact sheet offers information on the impact of housing costs, housing and various forms of oppression, and how advocates can help.

This webinar provides an opportunity to learn how to respond to and advocate for clients experiencing domestic violence. Covering some of the emotional, legal, and financial implications of DV, participants will learn strategies to better help survivors of abuse.

This model policy intends to establish uniform statewide guidelines that provide clear procedures and protocols for preventing, investigating, reporting, and responding to domestic violence involving officers. 

This one page handout introduces a few important safety risks and confidentiality considerations for advocates and organizations participating in social media.

This guide explains the difference between interpretation and translation, and provides standards of practice and methods and modes of interpreting and translating.

Technology has led to tremendous advancements in our society but has also brought more danger to victims of stalking and given more tools for stalkers to use. New technology has made it more difficult for prosecutors and judges to hold stalkers accountable for their crimes, and without an understanding of how technology is misused by stalkers to track and monitor their victims, many victims don't get the justice they deserve. This article addresses the tremendous impact of technology on stalking, especially within the context of intimate partner stalking.

This Chapter demonstrates that although immigrant victims can legally access services that are available to protect victims regardless of immigration status, such as sexual assault and domestic violence services, law enforcement protection, and immigration relief, many immigrant victims are unlikely to seek help due to language barriers, isolation, and lack of information about available help.