National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Content Topic Results

After developing and piloting the survey tool in May 2006, NNEDV conducted its first national Census on November 2, 2006. The results are highlighted in this report.

This guide provides financial tips. Topics include monitoring your credit, changing your ATM information and provides information about accounts that should be monitored or changed including utilities and wireless accounts. Advocates will find this one-stop guide helpful for its breadth of coverage of issues related to financial issues.

Discusses how organizations can prepare to advocate with and support survivors around the use of online services. Includes safety, confidentiality and capacity issues that organizations should address when considering provision of online TA or counseling.

This paper highlights published literature and survivor's reports on the use of technology in intimate partner stalking. It includes safety strategies and a resource list for victim advocates.

Addresses the impact of domestic violence on children and the likelihood that men who abuse their partners will also abuse their children. Lists statistics that reflect the most recent research concerning the effects of domestic violence on children.

This fact sheet addresses the issues that face battered women on welfare. The fact sheet discusses the impact of the Family Violence Option, marriage promotion, and education and job training in the TANF program and their possible impact on victims of dom

The sheet provides talking points supported by relevant statistics on the following: the link between domestic violence and homelessness; the importance of housing for survivors of domestic violence; the need to address housing-related discrimination affecting survivors; and the efficacy of transitional and permanent housing.

For the fourth consecutive year, NNEDV conducted the one-day, unduplicated count of adults and children seeking domestic violence services in the U.S., documenting the number of individuals who sought services, the types of services requested, the number of service requests that went unmet because of lack of resources, and the issues and barriers that domestic violence programs are facing as they strive to provide services to victims of domestic violence.

Because survivor privacy is so critical to safety, several federal laws include privacy and confidentiality provisions and most states prohibit the disclosure of victim information. This toolkit is a collection of information and resources on the confidentiality and privacy obligations for programs that serve survivors.

This page includes resources and information on how agencies can select the most secure and survivor-centered database for their program.

"This toolkit is meant to provide transitional housing providers with easy access to information and resources to enhance services to survivors. The information provided here addresses frequently asked questions, common challenges, best practices, templates for adaptation, and resources for additional information and assistance."

The piece operates as both a counterpoint to HUD's June 2005 Q&A as well as a stand-alone explanation of the various aspects of HMIS that an advocate needs to understand to affect safety for survivors of domestic violence. A companion example shows how even minimal, seemingly innocuous, client information can serve to create safety risks for a service-recipient. Advocates may find this information useful for both understanding and describing how "scrambled" data on survivors does not solve the HMIS safety/confidentiality problem.