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Why #1Thing? The Domestic Violence Awareness Project Advisory Group came together to develop a unified message for inspiring action. NRCDV's DVAM 2018 countdown webinar explores how our collective One Things can lead to the social transformation we all desire to see in our communities and the world. 

Therapeutic horticulture can be implemented in a broad range of settings, including domestic violence shelters, often as an adjunct to core services and programming. NRCDV's July 2018 TA Question of the Month highlights the benefits of establishing voluntary garden and farm programs for shelter/safe house staff, residents, and domestic violence agencies.

This fact sheet includes basic information on the American Opportunity Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit, as well as links to related tax forms.

This report focuses on the impact of the U visa, which was created by Congress to enhance victim safety and public safety by encouraging immigrant victims to report and assist in the investigation or prosecution of violent crimes.

This document offers a listing of screening/assessment tools utilized in the evaluation of lethality risk in the context of in intimate partner relationships.

This report discusses the findings from an evaluation of a domestic violence investigations training for law enforcement to determine if the training resulted in increased participant confidence in working domestic violence and abuse cases and knowledge of evidence-based procedures to document and investigate these cases.

This article reviews research and policy on officer-involved domestic violence (OIDV) and seeks to provide motivation for uniformity of policy implementation and office response to OIDV, calling for transparency via research and reporting.

The DELTA FOCUS program provided focused funding to states and communities for intensive implementation and evaluation of intimate partner violence (IPV) primary prevention strategies that address the social and structural determinants of health at the societal and community levels of the social-ecological model. This report offers an overview of Ohio's IPV prevention efforts through the DELTA FOCUS program.

This page from the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center discusses domestic and sexual violence within Two-Spirit/Native LGBTQ communities and highlights the gaps in existing research on these communities' experiences of violence.

Several studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between exposure to natural disasters or other extreme events and rates of interpersonal violence (IPV), and people experiencing IPV in the post-disaster period may face unique barriers, including loss of access to safe housing and a need to remain with family to qualify for or obtain financial assistance and other types of disaster aid. This report assesses the potential association between exposure to natural disasters and reports of IPV.

Anti-violence advocates should be prepared to provide trauma-informed care to those who have experienced trauma surrounding Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM). In NRCDV's June 2018 TA Question of the Month, Louie Marven of NSVRC offers strategies for meeting the needs of intersex survivors.

Robin Diangelo’s book, White Fragility, explores why it is so hard for white people to talk about racism.