Center on Victimization and Safety (CVS) Content Topic Results

End Abuse of People with Disabilities Webinar Series

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:55:37 +0000

End Abuse of People with Disabilities Webinar Series Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 07/27/2016 - 13:55

Training Tools

General Material

Published Date

January, 2016

Publisher(s)

Center on Victimization and Safety (CVS)

This monthly webinar series features topics that advance the conversation at the intersection of violence against people with disabilities and Deaf people.

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End Abuse of People with Disabilities Webinar Series

Measuring Capacity to Serve Survivors with Disabilities: Performance Indicators

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Measuring Capacity to Serve Survivors with Disabilities: Performance Indicators Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 07/14/2016 - 09:59

General Material

Published Date

November, 2015

Publisher(s)

Center on Victimization and Safety (CVS)

This one-of-a-kind resource helps practitioners track their organization’s progress over time by capturing point-in-time snapshots of their organizations overall commitment and capacity to serve survivors with disabilities, and allows them to measure their efforts against field standards. It is also designed to help organizations track their progress towards specific goals and refine their capacity-building efforts to better meet those goals.

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Measuring Capacity to Serve Survivors with Disabilities: Performance Indicators

Culture, Language, and Access: Key Considerations for Serving Deaf Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:22:33 +0000

Culture, Language, and Access: Key Considerations for Serving Deaf Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 10/07/2014 - 17:22

General Material

Published Date

January, 2015

Publisher(s)

Center on Victimization and Safety (CVS)

Vera Institute of Justice

Author(s)

Nancy Smith

Charity Hope

This document offers a framework for understanding and addressing the unmet needs of Deaf survivors that is rooted in a cultural and linguistic perspective. As such, it includes information on the Deaf community and culture in the United States, provides foundational information on what is known about the incidence and prevalence of domestic and sexual violence against Deaf people, and explores the cultural and linguistic barriers that prevent Deaf survivors from accessing services and other supports that generally exist. It discusses several promising approaches to delivering culturally and linguistically competent services to Deaf survivors and the challenges faced by those delivering these services. Finally, it concludes with a set of recommendations for policymakers and practitioners in the victim services field aimed at creating equal access to services and the criminal justice system for Deaf survivors in every community.

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Culture, Language, and Access: Key Considerations for Serving Deaf Survivors of…

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Accessibility

Cultural Competence

Trauma Informed Approach

Criminal Justice

Disability Rights

Attitudes / Perception / Awareness

Designing Accessible Events for People with Disabilities and Deaf Individuals: Budgeting for Access Tip Sheet

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:45:11 +0000

Designing Accessible Events for People with Disabilities and Deaf Individuals: Budgeting for Access Tip Sheet Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 07/28/2016 - 11:45

General Material

Published Date

August, 2014

Publisher(s)

Center on Victimization and Safety (CVS)

Vera Institute of Justice

When planning events there are accommodations necessary to ensure that attendees with disabilities and Deaf attendees have complete access to the venue and the event's presentations and materials. Although many modifications and accommodations have little-to-no cost, some accommodations do. This tip sheet provides you with information on common access features and cost estimates so you can incorporate those considerations into funding proposals and budgets for your events.

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Designing Accessible Events for People with Disabilities and Deaf Individuals: …

Forging New Collaborations: A Guide for Rape Crisis, Domestic Violence, and Disability Organizations

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:51:19 +0000

Forging New Collaborations: A Guide for Rape Crisis, Domestic Violence, and Disability Organizations Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 09/17/2014 - 11:51

General Material

Published Date

April, 2011

Publisher(s)

Center on Victimization and Safety (CVS)

Vera Institute of Justice

Author(s)

Nancy Smith

Sandra Harrell

This publication grows out of the center’s work fostering more than 40 local community-based collaborations of social service providers, criminal justice agencies, victim advocacy groups, and disability organizations, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women’s (OVW) Disability Grant Program between 2006 and 2010.

Women with disabilities who have experienced violence or sexual assault need a unique combination of services, each of which traditionally operates in an agency that does not work with the others. Vera Institute of Justice’s Center on Victimization and Safety has created a roadmap for bringing together agencies at the intersection of violence and disability so that they can create a new and effective approach to safety, healing, and accessibility to services for their clients.

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Forging New Collaborations: A Guide for Rape Crisis, Domestic Violence, and Dis…

Material Categories

Collaboration / Bridge Building