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July 2017
NRCDV Key Empowerment Principles
Publisher(s): The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) is a group of individuals collectively responsible for NRCDV as an empowerment and anti- racist organization. This document outlines key elements of empowerment that NRCDV as an organization has identified to strive while working together to dismantle individual, institutional, and cultural racism.
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July 2017
Advisory: Are Victim Services Programs Liable for Criminal "Harboring" When they Work with Immigrant Survivors of Crime?
Publisher(s):This document answers common questions about providing shelter and other program services to undocumented victims, describes the law and federal policy, and proposes best practices for programs.
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July 2017
Narrowing the Gaps: The Power of Investing in the Poorest Children
Publisher(s): UNICEF's analysis in this study indicates that the number of lives saved per million dollars invested among the poorest children is almost twice as high as the number saved by equivalent investments in less poor groups.
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July 2017
The EITC and the Refundable Child Tax Credit Are Extremely Important to Women’s Economic Security
Publisher(s):This fact sheet evidences how refundable tax credits for low- and moderate income working families, including the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC), provide a significant economic boost to women and their families.
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July 2017
The Most Important Features for an Effective Sexual Assault Response Team
Publisher(s): Sexual Assault Response Teams (SARTs) provide an organized and community-based response to sexual assault, bringing together a collection of stakeholders including rape victim advocates, medical/forensic examiners, law enforcement, and prosecutors. To understand how an effective SART works, NIJ-funded researchers studied the structure and operations of SARTS across the United States. Findings are featured in this article.
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July 2017
FAQs: Immigration Enforcement and Victim Services Programs
Publisher(s): These FAQs are intended to address confidentiality and due process protections afforded to victim advocacy organizations and victims themselves.
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June 2017
Post-Assault Healthcare and Crime Victim Compensation for Immigrant Victims of Violence: Medical Coverage and Services for Immigrants
Publisher(s):This document provides a state-by-state break-down of benefits and protections available for immigrant survivors of violence. It also addresses eligibility requirements, coverage, requirements for receiving emergency contraception, the process to apply, and any other requirements necessary to receive benefits.
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- Training Tools
June 2017
Immigration 101: A Webinar for Domestic Violence Victim Advocates
Publisher(s): This webinar provides domestic violence victim advocates with a basic overview of the immigration system, including information about recent updates and immigration protections for victims of abuse.
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June 2017
Life in the Margins: Expanding Intimate Partner Violence Services for Women of Color by Using Data as Evidence
Publisher(s): This TA Guidance provides a broad perspective to the field that states that women of color lives matter, and that it is imperative that we reach out to the margins in order to bring the experiences of women of color to the center of our work.
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- NRCDV Publications
June 2017
NRCDV Radio: Honoring Our Mothers
Publisher(s): This podcast series brings attention to mothers of adult children exposed to domestic violence (ACE-DV) as positive influencers on the path to healing and resilience.
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June 2017
Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
Publisher(s):The annual Trafficking in Persons report is a comprehensive resource of governmental anti-trafficking efforts. It represents an updated, global look at the nature and scope of trafficking in persons and the broad range of government actions to confront and eliminate it. The U.S. Government uses the TIP Report to engage foreign governments in dialogues to advance anti-trafficking reforms and to combat trafficking and to target resources on prevention, protection and prosecution programs.
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June 2017
Considerations and Recommendations on Trauma-Informed Advocacy for Trafficking Survivors
Publisher(s): This technical assistance brief focuses on issues affecting victims/survivors of sex trafficking who may be adults or minors, foreign nationals or U.S. citizens, and/or trapped by international or domestic trafficking.