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June 2021
5 Things Every Woman Should Know About Social Security
Publisher(s):This document reviews key entitlements and qualifications for receiving social security benefits, including in the context of divorce or loss.
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June 2021
Moving from Intention to Impact: Funding Racial Equity to Win
Publisher(s): This joint study from PolicyLink and the Bridgespan Group analyzes the state of funding for racial equity work. Among a host of important findings, the report highlights the necessity of accountability with rigorous and transparent reporting and the need for funders to trust and defer to the articulated needs of movement leaders.
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- NRCDV Publications
June 2021
"I didn’t think people would take me seriously”: The Help-Seeking Strategies, Experiences, and Preferences of LGTBQ Survivors of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):Lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) people experience domestic violence at the same or higher rates than heterosexual cisgender people. This research report shares common stories and experiences of over 574 LGBTQ survivors at non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ-specific organizations.
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May 2021
WEBINAR: Strengthening our Evidence Toolkit - Fortaleciendo Nuestra Caja de Herramientas de Evidencia en la Practica
Publisher(s): Research and evaluation can be powerful tools for community-based programs in the gender-based violence (GBV) field. However, these tools also have a history of being used to harm marginalized communities, overburden GBV staff and organizations, and reproduce systemic inequities. This webinar explores key strategies to conduct research and evaluation in ways that avoid replicating harms and instead center survivors and advance social justice.
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May 2021
Living and Working with Disabilities: Tax Benefits and Credits
Publisher(s):This brochure outlines the various tax deduction, tax credit, and income inclusion programs available to people with disabilities. Information is also included for people with dependents who have disabilities and for employers accommodating employees with disabilities.
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May 2021
U Visa Certification and T Visa Declaration Toolkit for Law Enforcement Agencies and Prosecutors
Publisher(s):By providing U‐visa certifications and T visa declarations, law enforcement and prosecution officials add to their arsenal of crime fighting tools when immigrant victims feel safer coming forward to report crimes. This document provides a wide variety of background information on the U‐visa and T visa programs.
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May 2021
AAPI LGBT Adults in the US: LBGT Well-Being at the Intersection of Race
Publisher(s): This report from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law analyzes several data sources to provide information on adults who self-identify as AAPI and LGBT, including separate findings on Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
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April 2021
Youth Mobile Response Services: An Investment to Decriminalize Mental Health
Publisher(s): This report evaluates the role of law enforcement and mental health systems in the United States and their relationships to racial justice – recognizing that over the past few centuries these systems have caused more harm than good. The report highlights an important alternative to using law enforcement to respond to mental health and social crisis: mobile response.
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April 2021
Breaking the Silence: Supporting Survivors of Police Sexual Violence
Publisher(s): Amidst a growing national conversation about sexual violence sparked by #MeToo and the ‘me, too.’ movement originated by Tarana Burke, and an ongoing national reckoning around the violence of policing, one form of sexual and police violence remains shrouded in silence: police sexual violence. This is a curriculum for sexual assault service providers intended to accompany Interrupting Criminalization’s report Shrouded in Silence: Police Sexual Violence - What We Know and What We Can Do About It.
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April 2021
Domestic Violence and Economic Well-being Study: Service Provider Report
Publisher(s): Between October 2018 and July 2019, 627 survivors participated in a National Domestic Violence & Economic Well-being Study. This Service Provider Report shares first-cut key findings about study participants and their experiences of abuse, economic well-being, and financial help-seeking.
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April 2021
Shrouded in Silence: Police Sexual Violence: What We Know & What Can We Do About It
Publisher(s): Survivors of police sexual violence are rarely heard from or discussed in either conversation, and their experiences generally do not drive organizing and advocacy in either context. This report is intended to contribute to breaking this silence, to summarize what we know about sexual violence by law enforcement officers, and to offer concrete steps toward prevention of police sexual violence and increased safety, support, and opportunities for healing for survivors.
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March 2021
Trauma-Informed Practices in Early Childhood Education
Publisher(s):This article discusses specific approaches to trauma-informed care in early childhood education and related implications for the field.