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Tips for Social Workers, Counselors, Health Workers, Teachers, Clergy, and Others Helping Victims of Rape, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse
Publisher(s):Provides basic information on how to respond to victims/survivors of violence for those who may have limited formal training on violence against women and children. Available in English and Spanish.
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FaithTrust Institute Bulletin: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Publisher(s): FaithTrust Institute presents this informational bulletin about domestic violence that can be shared in your place of worship.
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Personalized Safety Plan for Older Survivors of Abuse
Publisher(s): This resource is designed to help an older survivor increase their safety and prepare in advance for the possibility of violence.
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No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the US
Publisher(s):This Human Rights Watch report takes an in-depth look into the current sex offender laws in the US and offers a critique of such laws as well as recommendations and model programs. Issues related to juvenile offenders, residency restriction, offender registration, community notification, and internet registries are also discussed.
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Talk with Your Child
Publisher(s):This article offers tips, strategies, and resources for talking with your child about dating, forming friendships, and treating one another with respect.
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Strategy Selection Workbook: Key Steps to Selecting Primary Prevention Strategies
Publisher(s):Deciding which materials (e.g., marketing campaigns, curricula, etc.) or strategies are primary prevention-based is often a difficult and involved process. There are few, if any, clear cut answers. This document is meant to help guide your process of determining if a strategy is likely to be primary prevention-based or not. It is not meant to help figure out which strategies are sanctioned by funding sources or which are the best ones for your community but rather give you a process by which to explore the key factors in strategy selection.
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HeadsUpGuys
HeadsUpGuys is an online, anonymous resource specifically designed for men, and their families, to prevent the continued erosion of men’s mental health and deaths by suicide. It offers tips and articles that arm men with the tools they need to fight depression, as well as recovery stories from men who have faced depression, and an international therapist directory to connect men with local mental health professionals.
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Women Ministries Handbook
Publisher(s):This handbook for purchase is a resource for women’s ministries directors and leaders on how to start a women’s ministry in their congregation.
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Domestic Violence: A Competency-Based Training Manual for Community Mental Health Staff
Publisher(s):Aside from setting screening guidelines, this manual discusses barriers faced by women in rural communities when attempting to protect themselves from domestic violence and presents guidelines for coordinating community response to domestic violence.
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Choosing Trauma-Informed Care for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Fact Sheet for Caregivers
Publisher(s):This fact sheet provides information for caregivers on choosing trauma-informed care for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
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Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events Screener (PEARLS)- Teen Self Report
Publisher(s): This tool can be used by healthcare providers to screen patients who may be experiencing or have experienced trauma.
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Disability and Earned Income Tax Credit
Publisher(s):This webpage provides information about what disability benefits apply as earned income for EITC, claiming a qualifying child with a disability, and more.









