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Providing Financial Education Services to Domestic Violence Survivors
Publisher(s):This brief paper discusses the importance of financial education programs, and specific considerations when working with domestic violence survivors.
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American Opportunity Tax Credit
Publisher(s):This page provides basic information about the AOTC, including how to qualify, which expenses are allowable, and where to access application forms.
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Addressing violence against women within the education sector
Publisher(s):This document underscores the role of educational reforms in preventing violence against women and presents promising practices in educational reforms and VAW prevention.
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Technology & Confidentiality Toolkit
Publisher(s): Because survivor privacy is so critical to safety, several federal laws include privacy and confidentiality provisions and most states prohibit the disclosure of victim information. This toolkit is a collection of information and resources on the confidentiality and privacy obligations for programs that serve survivors.
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Domestic Violence and Privacy
Publisher(s):This page reviews key electronic privacy issues impacting victims of domestic violence, including HMIS, identity theft, personal surveillance, REAL ID, VAWA, telephone records, personal data, government records, and provider confidentiality.
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Young Moms Module: Assessment and Safety Planning for Domestic Violence in Home Visitation
Publisher(s): The Young Moms module represents a recent expansion of the Healthy Moms Happy Babies (HMHB) Curriculum and recognizes that the field of home visitation requires new tools to meet the needs of adolescent mothers. This module will train home visitors on how to screen, refer and document these activities as part of routine programming.
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Three Prongs of VAWA Confidentiality
Publisher(s):This brochure summarizes the three prongs of VAWA confidentiality (Disclosure Limitations, Source Limitations & Enforcement Limitations) for advocates and attorneys, including information on best practices and complaint instructions.
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LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum
Publisher(s): 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.
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Is Your "T" Written in Disappearing Ink? A Checklist for Transgender Inclusion
Publisher(s):This checklist is a first step for agencies to use while evaluating whether their polices and practices are inclusive to transgender people.
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Interactive Public Benefits Maps
Publisher(s): 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.
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Addressing Domestic Violence in a Clinical Setting
Publisher(s):This manual is designed for health professionals and addresses domestic violence from the clinical perspective, with a focus on assisting migrant and immigrant survivors of abuse.
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Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and Homelessness
Publisher(s):This fact sheet describes the Housing Choice Voucher Program, why and how it is effective and the different situations of individuals who access this program. Statistics are given which support the effectiveness of the voucher program.