Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

Specifically, it describes: federal TANF grants and state funds under a "maintenance-of-effort" (MOE) requirement; how states may use federal TANF and state MOE funds to help achieve the purpose and goals of the TANF block grant; rules that apply to states when they use TANF or MOE funds to provide cash welfare to needy families with children; rules that apply to states when they use TANF or MOE funds for benefits and services other than cash welfare; certain accountability requirements that apply to states, including requirements that states submit plans and report data to the federal gove

NRCDV affirms where we stand.

This safety card, adapted with state-specific information by the Florida Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Initiative, is intended to start conversations about domestic violence and safety planning between survivors and home visitors. The card includes helpful safety planning strategies and questions to ask.

This document is meant to assist sexual violence prevention practitioners in the planning and implementation of sexual violence prevention strategies on college and university campuses.

In this webinar, presenters shared their radical and visionary approaches to promoting racial and gender justice and the critical importance it has to addressing and preventing domestic and sexual violence.

This fact sheet offers information about immigrant eligibility to access emergency shelter and transitional housing. 

This series of tip sheets from FORGE is designed to assist domestic violence shelters in making their programs trans-inclusive.

Law enforcement’s response to intimate partner violence and sexual assault within LGBTQ communities is often unsatisfactory. This webinar from the Battered Women's Justice Project highlights a few cities' effort to build change from within the police, and how trusting relationships can create positive outcomes for LGBTQ communities.

This annual report contains detailed demographic data on survivors and victims of violence, information on abusive partners, and data on police, medical, and other direct service responses to LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors. Reports dating back to 1998 can be found in the archives.

In this TED Talk, Kimberlé Crenshaw defines intersectionality and describes how race and gender-based violence impacts the lives of black women. She emphasizes importance of doing social justice work through an intersectional lens and uplifting the narratives of black women.

This press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice announced the ten grant awards that were provided to enhance training and technical assistance nationally, support research and evaluation, and provide resources to law enforcement agencies to implement the guidance and improve law enforcement responses.

These fact sheets provide state-by-state data on how the EITC and CTC reduce poverty, who benefits, how state EITCs can supplement the federal credit, and who benefits from two proposals to strengthen the credits.