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This handbook for advocates was created through a collaboration between FaithTrust Institute and Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV). It is a valuable resource to those who want to better understand the role that religion and spirituality may have in the lives of victims/survivors of intimate partner violence.

This resource guide provides information on the Life Paths Research Project which includes the Reslience Portfolio model, measures to capture strengths.

This lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans relationship power and control wheel is adapted from the Power and Control and Equity Wheels developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project.

This two-part webinar series on social marketing for advocacy organizations outlines basic marketing concepts and explains how domestic and sexual violence organizations can apply these concepts to their prevention and outreach efforts.

This matrix is an alphabetical listing of state laws on family and medical leave. It identifies qualifying employers and the covered type of leave.

Increasing individual knowledge about sex and sexuality is a key piece of the sexual violence prevention puzzle, so it’s important to find ways to engage all members of your community. NRCDV's December 2014 TA Question of the Month offers strategies for engaging religious communities in sexual violence prevention efforts.

This brief report discusses two stereotypes that negatively impact survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in legal proceedings: the stereotype that women who have mental health conditions or substance abuse issues are not credible when disclosing abuse and the conception that women with these conditions cannot also be good parents.

This webinar discusses the findings of medical research from Louisville, Kentucky on strangulation in the context of domestic violence. Faculty consider “best practices” in domestic violence strangulation cases for law enforcement, expert witnesses, prosecutors and judges.

This brief document highlights how a coordinated response to firearm removal can increase the efficiency of a jurisdiction’s surrender procedures. El Paso’s efforts resulted in a guide of multidisciplinary protocols of firearm surrender that may be adapted to meet the removal goals of many jurisdictions.

Standing Rock Reservation, like many others, faces myriad social, economic, and educational problems. Together, those problems are coalescing into a crisis for our most vulnerable population − Native youth.

This document is intended to promote a uniform evidence collection protocol that will assist to: minimize the physical and psychological trauma to the victim of sexual assault; offer communities a means to develop a victim-centered response; maximize the probability of collecting and preserving physical evidence for potential use in the legal system; and provide guidance to local communities.

A recorded webinar created by the Coordinated Response to Elder Abuse Coalition in Selby County, Memphis, TN. This training is part of a 3 year elder abuse project in Memphis, funded by the Plough Foundation.