Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

This is a guide for first responders to emergency situations on how to recognize when someone they respond to may be a person on the autism spectrum and how to appropriately modify their responses to work most effectively with people with autism.

This handout teaches parents about their personal power and responsibility to protect children from sexual abuse.

This fact sheet presents information about dating and domestic violence among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) young people and the obstacles faced by LGBTQ youth in seeking help.

GLSEN's LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum provides lesson plans to integrate LGBT history, themes, and people into the classroom. Lesson plans range from grades K-12 and include themes such as LGBT History Month, Ready Set Respect!, ThinkB4YouSpeak, and more.

NIWAP's Interactive Public Benefits Maps break down the types of public benefits available to immigrant survivors and immigrant children, based the victim’s or the child’s immigration status, the type of immigration case the victim may have filed, and the state in which the immigrant resides.

This page from the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises features key resources to help you learn more about the MISP and how to successfully implement it, including a learning module, quick reference guide, and advocacy sheet.

This one-hour webinar is free and provides information, resources, and tools for students interested in raising awareness and action around ending domestic violence and sexual assault on their campuses or in their local communities.

This page provides information on emergency preparedness as it relates to individuals with disabilities. Key areas discussed in the document are 1) preparation, 2) notification and evacuation, 3) sheltering and interim services, and 4) recovery.

Providing gender-integrated services is a key way to provide safety and healing for all survivors. This tip sheet from FORGE includes eight reasons to provide gender-inclusive shelter services.

Jessica Lenahan’s three daughters were kidnapped and killed by her estranged husband due to the lack of actions taken by local law enforcement. She took her case before the U.S. Supreme Court and then before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights. This webpage includes the amicus briefs regarding her case, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights decision, and the press releases regarding this decision.

The goal of this safety card is to be both a survivor-centered resource and a useful conversation starter for health care providers who are doing universal education around healthy relationships and assessing for violence specifically with transgender, genderqueer, or gender nonconforming people or in LGBTQ health settings.

This document reviews the project, initial barriers, statewide advocacy, and training leading to the implementation of a statewide protocol and best practices guide for domestic violence victim advocates and legal aid attorneys working with the child welfare system within the Team Decision Making (TDM) structure and process.