National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) Content Topic Results

This 90-minute interactive webinar will discuss the barriers male survivors of intimate partner violence encounter when seeking support, and the assumptions - spoken and unspoken - that keep advocates and agencies from recognizing them. Participants will build a shared understanding of how these assumptions show up in our work, along with practical first steps toward more welcoming services.

This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) by Toby Fraser explores how domestic violence agencies can truly live into their values when it comes to serving male survivors.

Domestic violence, homelessness, and foster care entry are all preventable. This TAQ outlines three ways that service providers can work to support survivors and their children to maintain safety and housing.

Evaluation is important, but figuring out where to start (or how to keep it manageable) isn’t always easy. Participants joined Yeliani Flores, Research and Evaluation Manager with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Heather Phillips, Research Director at the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health, Swathi Reddy, Research and Evaluation Manager at the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, and Vanesa Mercado Diaz, Research and Evaluation Specialist at Esperanza United, for an open, practical Q&A session where evaluation was broken down into simple, manageable steps.

Grounded in shared values, meaningful collaboration between domestic violence and child welfare agencies is critical for effectively meeting the complex needs of families and keeping children safe. This guidance document offers key considerations for domestic violence advocates looking to build effective collaborations to promote safety for survivors and their children.

Within the span of less than a week, there have been multiple highly visible domestic violence homicides in the United States. These tragedies are a stark illustration of the devastating impacts of domestic violence on children and their families, and a reminder of how much work remains to create a world in which all children can grow up in safe relationships, homes, and communities.

NRCDV’s Prevention Council National Prevention Scan Data Report offers a great deal of food for thought, especially for community-based violence prevention workers. This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) offers a brief overview of the main takeaways from the report, along with some practical considerations for next steps.

The main task of TA providers is to "help the helpers." In this Technical Assistance Question (TAQ), NRCDV's Patty Branco defines "technical assistance" and explores how it can support the work of service providers responding to domestic violence.

Victims of domestic violence experience unique challenges related to financial abuse and fraud by their intimate partners. On this webinar, presenters highlight the intersections of financial fraud, financial abuse, and intimate partner violence. They also discuss the emotional and financial impact on victims and offer tangible tools and resources to assist survivors.

As national organizations serving survivors, advocates, and communities nationwide, we are heartbroken by the killing of Renee Nicole Good, an LGBTQ+ Minneapolis resident who was exercising her right to protest activity by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents.

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.

To kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2025, NRCDV offered an introductory webinar describing the dynamics and common tactics that characterize domestic violence.