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August 2025

What Practical Tools Do Advocates Need to Offer Effective Support to Male Survivors?

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Survivors are survivors. Believing this means recognizing that abuse impacts individuals no matter their background or who they are, and that all survivors deserve support and safety. This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) offers concrete tips, guiding questions, and ideas for how to support male survivors – from before your first client reaches out to your program to debriefing with your supervisor after you close their file.
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  • General Material
August 2025

Facilitating Enforcement of Protection Orders Registration of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Protection Orders – Implications for Advocates

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This guide provides information on state and federal laws, policies, and practices for registration of a protection order in another jurisdiction.
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  • General Material
August 2025

Tipsheet: Working with Survivors on Probation and Parole

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Community-based advocates can play a critical role in helping survivors successfully complete supervision, particularly when working in partnership with a survivor’s probation or parole officer. This tipsheet highlights various practical strategies advocates can use when working with survivors on probation and parole.
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July 2025

Working With Survivors in Jail: A Manual for Community-Based Advocates

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This manual provides information and strategies to help community-based advocates provide effective and holistic support to incarcerated victims of battering.
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  • NRCDV Publications
  • Training Tools
June 2025

WEBINAR: A Shock to the System: Strategies for Victim Service Providers to Effectively Respond to Disasters

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This interactive webinar, featuring The Cloudburst Group, addresses disaster planning and response for organizations who serve individuals and families impacted by domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking.
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  • NRCDV Publications
June 2025

Collaboration Works to Prevent Domestic Violence: It is the journey and the destination

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This graphic illustration makes a case to funders and policy makers to invest in collaboration as a strategy to prevent intimate partner violence.
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  • General Material
June 2025

Service Accessibility: Service Providers’ Perspectives on Barriers Faced by Immigrant Women of Color Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

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This study aims to examine the perspectives of service providers from both formal or domestic violence designated agencies and informal or non-DV designated agencies on barriers to service accessibility for IWOC.
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  • NRCDV Publications
June 2025

Language Access and Interpretation in Domestic Violence Contexts: Perspectives from Survivors and Interpreters

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This qualitative study explores the experiences and needs of both survivors of domestic violence who utilize interpretation services and the interpreters who support them.
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  • General Material
  • NRCDV Publications
June 2025

Supporting Black Maternal Vitality & Resiliency at the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), COVID-19, and Historical Trauma: Key Findings and Strategies

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This report captures the key findings, critical areas for improvement, and promising practices to promote Black maternal vitality and narrow gaps in services for Black pregnant and birthing survivors across the United States. 
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  • NRCDV Publications
  • Training Tools
May 2025

WEBINAR: Navigating the Media Spotlight

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The National Center for Victims of Crime has published a guide to help victims and advocates navigate media coverage. Learn how to use this guide and get tips about how to protect survivors, including those of domestic violence, from unwanted attention, how to leverage coverage for positive results, and more.
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  • General Material
  • NRCDV Publications
  • Training Tools
May 2025

WEBINAR: #TriumphOverTrauma Launch Party

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NRCDV’s Youth Advisory Board is excited to introduce the Triumph Over Trauma Campaign in observance of Mental Health Awareness Month 2025.
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  • General Material
May 2025

Sharing Bad News with Survivors of Domestic Violence

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This tipsheet offers trauma-informed strategies for navigating difficult conversations. Grounded in the ACRTI (Accessible, Culturally Responsive, Trauma-Informed) framework, it emphasizes building trust, ensuring safety, and preparing environments and relationships long before bad news must be shared.