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This checklist helps to ensure that law enforcement officers adequately respond to and adequately report cases of stalking.

Advocates can get state and local information on rental costs in comparison to income.

Studies show the percentage of people of color in the executive director/CEO role has remained under 20% for the last 15 years even as the country becomes more diverse. This publication from the Building Movement Project examines key findings on widespread systemic barriers to leadership positions for people of color in the nonprofit sector and offers strategies to address these barriers.

The consent decree followed an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice in which they found reasonable cause to believe that the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the Constitution and federal law. Part of the consent decree focused on the importance of combating gender bias during investigations of sexual assault in order to improve victim safety and community trust.

A protection order (also known as a restraining order) can help protect victims of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from the person being abusive. Minors and their guardians need to know special information in order to secure a protection order. This handout addresses important considerations for protection orders for minors.

This websites provides data on the minimum wage in every state in the US.

This infographic produced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security offers an overview of crime victim based legal protections for adult and child immigrant victims. It covers immigration relief for victims who suffer victimization in the U.S. and/or abroad.

This guide is designed to be distributed to anti-violence program advocates and educators working with youth to create social change.

This toolkit for pediatricians is designed to provide background on ACEs, screening and treatment resources, tools for implementing the Survey of Well-being of Young Children developmental screening, and supporting research.

This checklist is a tool for law enforcement officers to review and assess whether they have adequately created a report in cases of domestic violence.

This infographic from the International Association of Chiefs of Police provides an overview of key terms and principles to promote accurate, evidence-based beliefs about sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking.

This guide advises supervisors on how to handle situations where a supervisor believes an employee is a victim of domestic violence, as well as where he or she believes an employee is a perpetrator of domestic violence, and what to do when one employee has a protection order against another.