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March 2017
WEBINAR: Strengthening Hope and Resilience in Children, Youth, and Mothers in Domestic Violence Programs: Lessons from Friendship Home webinar
Publisher(s):This webinar highlighted the ways in which strengths-centered advocacy can help to mitigate or repair some of the potential negative impacts of domestic violence on children and youth, while also strengthening protective factors that can lead to resilience across the lifespan.
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March 2017
Traumatic Brain Injury–Related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths — United States, 2007 and 2013
Publisher(s):This report from the CDC describes the estimated incidence of TBI-related emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and deaths during 2013 and makes comparisons to similar estimates from 2007.
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March 2017
Georgia Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project 2016: 13th Annual Report
Publisher(s):This report by the Georgia Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project takes a closer look at the suicide-homicide connection. Perpetrators attempted or completed suicide in 38% of cases reviewed by the Project and 37% of perpetrators had threatened or attempted suicide in incidents that occurred prior to the homicide.
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March 2017
VAWA Confidentiality Protections for Immigrant Crime Victims
Publisher(s):VAWA confidentiality was designed to enhance protection for immigrant crime victims in several significant ways. This page provides information and resources related to VAWA confidentiality and courthouse protections for immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and other U Visa criminal activities.
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March 2017
Pro Bono Attorney Manual on Immigration Relief For Crime Victims: U Visas
Publisher(s):This manual is intended to provide information about and guidance on representing immigrant crime victims, including survivors of domestic violence, who qualify for the “U visa.”
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March 2017
Violence and LGBTQ+ Communities: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Know?
Publisher(s):This review is the first to summarize evidence on perpetration, victimization, consequences and reporting of victimization, and issues of fear and safety across several large fields of research.
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March 2017
Advocates and Law Enforcement: Oil and Water?
Publisher(s): This article includes a historical perspective on the role of victim advocates within the criminal justice system, highlights reluctancy advocates might experience when assisting victims, and provides tools for how advocates can work with law enforcement officials who might not believe the victim or feel like the facts “don’t add up.”
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- NRCDV Publications
March 2017
How can I engage my community this April to honor SAAM?
Publisher(s):In NRCDV's March 2017 TA Question of the month, Susan Sullivan offers insight on the power of on engaging new voices and resources for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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- Training Tools
February 2017
Immigrant Crime Victim Access to Federally Assisted Housing
Publisher(s):This webinar presentation and accompanying materials offer information on government funded programs providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, public and assisted housing to immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking and dating violence.
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- General Material
February 2017
Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing for Immigrant Victims: Government Policies
Publisher(s):This document lists the polices issued by federal government agencies describing the legal rights of immigrant and Limited English Proficient (LEP) victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, human trafficking, child abuse, and the homeless to access emergency shelters and transitional housing from a wide array of programs.
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- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
February 2017
WEBINAR: Our Gender Revolution: Youth Leaders in Action
Publisher(s): The Our Gender Revolution youth framework explores concepts of gender, inequality, and a vision of the world to end oppression and violence and engages young people as social change agents. This webinar was part of the NRCDV's 2017 Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month initiatives.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
February 2017
WEBINAR: Crank Up Your Youth Community Action Teams: What’s working in Florida
Publisher(s):This webinar examined the domestic violence prevention work of the youth community action team in Dade City, Florida, the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV) statewide youth summit, and FCADV statewide youth leadership programs.