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Intimate partner violence is a critical public health issue that impacts millions of individuals across the United States each year. This data brief provides national and state prevalence estimates for IPV in the United States based on 2023/2024 data from CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.

This report delves into the overlooked intersection of human trafficking and incarceration and offers some suggestions about how to better keep trafficking survivors out of jail, support them if they’re incarcerated, and help them afterward. Four survivors of trafficking co-authored this report with staff from the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC).

A webinar that explores how civil legal remedies can help survivors of domestic violence pursue justice, accountability, and financial recovery beyond protection orders.

A webinar that explains the differences between the criminal and civil justice systems and how each can impact survivors of sexual assault and abuse.

This survivor testimony examines the long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse, maternal incest, trauma-related memory suppression, shame, and the lifelong process of healing and recovery.

This page for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides basic details about the CTC, including refundability and the value of the credit.

By including young people, advocates have the capacity to teach them organizing strategies that will prevent violence, and they gain the opportunity to learn from young people on what does and doesn’t work as the violence prevention space continues to change. This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) explores what meaningful partnership with young people looks like in prevention work.

Protective factors are conditions and characteristics of individuals, interpersonal relationships, communities, and the larger society that reduce the negative impacts of domestic violence, promote healthy development, and support the well-being of both adult and child survivors. The goal of this guide is to assist advocates and facilitators to support survivors by helping individuals, groups, and families dive deeper into their healing journeys.

Sexual violence is a serious public health problem that is associated with many negative physical and mental health conditions and health risk behaviors. This data brief presents 2023/2024 national and state-level prevalence estimates for sexual violence from CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS).

A survivor of childhood sexual abuse by a church youth minister describes the devastating effects of faith-based trauma, addiction, and shame, as well as his eventual journey toward recovery, advocacy, and the creation of a support organization for other survivors.

Climate disasters occur with increasing frequency worldwide, which means more and more nonprofits are experiencing them. What advice do survivors have for preparing?

Technology is evolving quickly, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming part of more and more everyday experiences. This guide was created to support survivors of domestic violence in making informed, confident choices about AI use.