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Organizational Assessment Tools and Resources
Publisher(s): Assessing organizational culture and structure is a key step in dismantling harmful practices that perpetuate racism and building an organization based on racial equity. This page from Racial Equity Tools includes resources about the processes of engaging in organizational racial equity assessments, tools and examples of organizational assessments.
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DV 101 Single Day Lesson Plan
Publisher(s):This lesson addresses dating violence by using a series of videos (available on YouTube) as the basis for group discussion about different forms of abuse. It provides participants with strategies for safely ending a relationship and for seeking resources for themselves or friends.
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Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) Fact Sheet
Publisher(s):The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 created the first comprehensive federal law to address human trafficking. This fact sheet includes key provisions of the Act with respect to prevention, protection, and prosecution.
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National Prevention Town Hall 2020 Breakout Session 1B: Centering our Work on Survivors’ and Communities’ Needs & Leadership by Listening to the Needs of Black Women
Publisher(s): In September 2020, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence held its first National Prevention Town Hall. In breakout session 1B, presenters Cecily Johnson and Timike Boyd Jones highlight their work to center the needs and experiences of Black women across the state of Indiana, offering key lessons learned and action steps.
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Domestic Violence Counts 2013: A 24-hour census of domestic violence shelters and services
Publisher(s):This annual census documents the number of individuals who sought services in a single 24-hour period, as well as the types of services requested, the number of service requests that went unmet due to a lack of resources, and the issues and barriers that domestic violence programs face as they strive to provide services to victims of domestic violence.
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Community Action Toolkit for Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Against Transgender People
Publisher(s):National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), National Black Justice Coalition, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Trans People of Color Coalition, GLAAD, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Research has shown that transgender individuals are disproportionately impacted by the violence in intimate partner relationships. In addition, transgender communities face many systemic barriers while accessing services to redress intimate partner violence. This toolkit was designed to create dialogue on transgender intimate partner violence, ways to support survivors, and identify resources for intimate partner violence.
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Fact Sheet: Foster Care and Human Trafficking
Publisher(s):This fact sheet describes the link between foster care and sex trafficking, and how foster parents can help prevent trafficking.
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Why include people of all genders in shelters?
Publisher(s): Providing gender-integrated services is a key way to provide safety and healing for all survivors. This tip sheet from FORGE includes eight reasons to provide gender-inclusive shelter services.
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Issues Specific to Women (Fact Sheets)
Publisher(s):Women report exposure to many different types of traumatic events, and are especially likely to experience sexual assault in childhood, adulthood, or both. Sexual assault is a type of trauma that often leads to the onset of PTSD for both women and men. Given greater exposure to this type of trauma, women are particularly at risk for PTSD. These fact sheets have information that is specific to women veterans and trauma.
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She Beats Me!
This spoken word poem highlights the issue of domestic violence against men.
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Frequently Asked Questions Related to the Poverty Guidelines and Poverty
Publisher(s):This webpage is an excellent pathfinder and primer on the federal government's poverty guidelines.
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Major Federal Research Project Studies Domestic Violence Assessment
Publisher(s):Describes findings from the U.S. DOJ’s “Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment Validation,” specifically related to the MOSAIC threat assessment.









