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The Flexible Financial Assistance Implementation Guide and Community Toolkit is designed to support domestic violence/sexual assault agencies, organizations, and service providers in planning, implementing, and sustaining a flexible financial assistance program that is survivor-driven, equitable, and compliant with nonprofit requirements.

This on-demand session includes an introduction to Flexible Financial Assistance, pilot program results and lessons learned, and recommendations on best financial practices when implementing flexible financial assistance programs.

Survivors deserve action. This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) by Breckan Winters, Communications Manager at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence offers opportunities for taking action around the 2026 theme for Domestic Violence Awareness Month: "With Survivors, Always."

In this episode of the Locked Up Living podcast, hosts Dr. Naomi Murphy and David Jones interview Dr. Beverley Samways about her book "Unspoken Stories" and her research on non-speaking individuals with learning disabilities. Dr. Samways highlights how systemic misinterpretation of self-injury as "challenging behavior" masks underlying trauma, advocating for psychodynamic and trauma-informed support environments over traditional behavioral models.

The episode outlines a framework for breaking chronic relational cycles following betrayal by targeting the internal beliefs of the individual who caused the harm. Integrating Dr. Omar Minwalla’s Deceptive Sexuality and Trauma model with Albert Ellis's psychological principles and Christian theology, the host reinterprets the dynamic of post-discovery conflict and provides an actionable path toward accountability.

This webinar focuses on substance use coercion as a form of abuse that impacts housing stability for domestic violence survivors. Featuring Women in Transition, the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health, and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, this session highlighted a national survey of survivors, service provision for those experiencing domestic violence and substance use, and policy recommendations to ensure safe housing for survivors with behavioral health needs.

This is a collaboratively developed resource designed to help domestic violence service providers protect survivor safety and maintain resilient communication systems during natural disasters. The guide addresses the heightened cybersecurity threats, physical displacement, and infrastructure disruptions that survivors and victim service organizations face in crisis situations.