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Domestic Violence Survivors
Publisher(s):This webpage identifies a number of consumer issues faced by survivors of domestic violence, including: budgeting, prioritizing debt, credit reports, repairing damaged credit, utility rights, managing debt, assistance with payments, student loans, bankruptcy, and foreclosure.
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Resource Guide for Coalitions: Navigating Anti-Trans Rhetoric & Discrimination as Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault & Dual Coalitions
Publisher(s): This guide discusses the effects that anti-transgender laws have on transgender and nonbinary survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking and how coalitions can build their own capacity to navigate these laws, while they support member organizations in navigating them.
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Campaign for a Trauma-Informed Virginia
Publisher(s):The goal of the campaign is to influence state policymakers to adopt trauma-informed approaches by increasing investments in prevention of trauma and adopting trauma-informed and evidence-based practices across state agencies that impact children and families.
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Key Ingredients for Successful Trauma-Informed Care Implementation
Publisher(s):This brief draws on interviews with national experts on trauma-informed care to create a framework for organizational and clinical changes that can be practically implemented across the health care sector to address trauma.
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The Importance of a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare System
Publisher(s):This issue brief discusses the importance of cultivating a child welfare system that recognizes and responds appropriately to trauma.
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HIV Brochure: Living Healthier, Living Safer
Publisher(s): This brochure provides tips to women living with HIV and domestic violence for staying healthy and safe. It also outlines major signs of DV and provides guidance on how often to get tested for HIV. Available in English and Spanish.
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Do Welfare and IDA Program Policies Affect Asset Holdings?
Publisher(s):Minimal research has examined the affect of public assistance rules on saving and asset accumulation among low-income families.
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Publication 503: Child and Dependent Care Expenses
Publisher(s):This booklet provides an overview of the CDCTC, explains which expenses qualify, and includes charts for determining eligibility and worksheets for correctly claiming the CDCTC on tax returns.
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App Safety Center
Publisher(s): NNEDV's App Safety Center provides tips, information, and resources for the safe development and use of smartphone apps addressing domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, harassment, and stalking. The App Safety Center provides resources for survivors and advocates, as well as information about apps to increase public awareness of domestic violence.
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Digital Citizenship Toolkits
Publisher(s): Educating students about digital citizenship helps to create a positive school culture that supports safe and responsible technology use. These educator toolkits from Common Sense Education explore topics such as cyberbullying, media literacy, and gender socialization.
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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.
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What Criminal Justice Professionals Should Know About Campus Disciplinary Processes
Publisher(s): This webinar compares the way in which gender-based violence is addressed on campus with the criminal process, and explains how these processes can proceed concurrently. It also discusses the effects of compressed campus investigations and explains why college reporting procedures proceed as they do.









