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January 2014
Strategies for becoming an adult ally
Publisher(s): This document provides multiple strategies to help adults become allies in promoting healthy sexuality.
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January 2014
Safe sex(uality): Talking about what you need and want
Publisher(s): This document provides information to young people on how to ask for what they want and need in relationships. It focuses on consent and looking at sexuality beyond sex.
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January 2014
Immigrants and the Affordable Care Act
Publisher(s):This document reviews how immigrants are included in health care reform per provisions in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). Spanish version available.
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January 2014
Intimate Partner Violence in the United States — 2010
Publisher(s):Findings discuss IPV victimization, frequency, severity, patterns, need for services, and impacts to more fully convey this public health burden.
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January 2014
Language Access: Considerations & Recommendations for Advocates Supporting Survivors of Violence
Publisher(s):This TA brief provides considerations and recommendations for program implementation and developments within anti-violence and legal services agencies. It aims to enable LEP survivors to better navigate the significant challenges faced, strengthen advocacy, and further equal access to justice.
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January 2014
Ensuring Meaningful Access for Survivors with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Publisher(s):According to the U.S. Census, over 25 million people over the age of five living in the United States speak a language other than English, and do not speak English very well. In order to carry out enhanced safety planning, ensure meaningful access to services, and provide critical information to assist survivors in making informed choices, it is imperative to ensure meaningful access to services for ALL survivors.
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January 2014
Making Asset Building Accessible to Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Toolkit
This toolkit includes ideas on how to integrate economic empowerment into your work with survivors of domestic violence through the use of a strengths-based model, an introduction to credit and the importance of credit as an asset, information about Matched Savings Accounts and Individual Development Accounts, and a resource guide to guide you as you start incorporating asset building strategies into your work.
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January 2014
Tough Talk: What boys need to know about relationship abuse
Publisher(s):Highlights several training tools and background information for use in promoting men's involvement in the movement to end violence against women. Also included are educational materials to support the teaching of non-violence to boys and young men.
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January 2014
How Somatic Therapy Can Help Patients Suffering from Psychological Trauma
Publisher(s): This document discusses the benefits of somatic psychotherapy and how it works to help people who are experiencing stress, physical pain, and mental stress.
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January 2014
2013 Annual Femicide Report
Publisher(s):The Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women publishes The Femicide Report, a report on women and children murdered in Minnesota, to educate the public about the lethality of domestic violence and child abuse.
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January 2014
What a Faith Community Can Do to Respond to Domestic Violence
Publisher(s): A resource for spiritual communities to take action to respond to domestic violence.
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January 2014
Share the Eight Infographic
Publisher(s):This infographic, designed for sharing widely via social media, describes eight warning signs of an abusive relationship. One version was designed for youth ages 14-21, while another was developed for young adults ages 21 and up.









