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Domestic Violence: Program Development

This area includes resources to support the work of local, state, and national domestic violence programs regarding nonprofit management, personnel supervision and staff development, coalition-building, and practice standards and policies. Materials also explore the history, theories, and philosophies driving the work of the movement to end domestic violence.

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2012
This tool uses questions and discussion prompts to guide agencies through a self-reflective process, beginning with imagining how accessible, culturally relevant, and trauma-informed (ACDVTI) work might be carried out in their organization, and then thinking through the first steps and additional resources that will be needed for creating change.
Authors: Accessing Safety and Recovery Initiative
2012
The Conversation Guide Series provides guidance to domestic violence programs working to build their own capacity to provide accessible, culturally relevant, and trauma-informed services. Each guide in the series provides instructions on how to lead discussions and activities with program staff.
Authors: The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
2012
This guidebook provides an overview of the challenges faced in conducting outreach to underserved teen victims of crime and highlights examples of the various projects and resources developed and implemented in local communities in the Underserved Teen Victims Initiative.
Authors: by National Crime Prevention Council and the National Center for Victims of Crime
2012
This resource contains information and suggestions to make domestic violence services more accessible for immigrant women.
Authors: Futures Without Violence
December 2011
This guidebook focuses on the impact of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other forms of trauma on people with disabilities. It describes four conditions for a trauma-informed organization and provides tips on trauma-informed practices, creating organizational change, and providing universal safeguards.
Authors: Disability Rights Wisconsin, Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
October 2011
The project upon which this report is based invited African American women to express their views on services for victims and survivors of domestic violence, in particular the needs of survivors in low-income communities.
Authors: Jacquelyn Boggess and Jill Groblewski
May 2011
The purpose of this White Paper is to provide a brief introduction to the intersection of HIV/AIDS and domestic violence in the AA and NHPI community through a reproductive justice framework.
Authors: Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
March 2011
This article discusses the intersections of gender, violence, and disability and presents strategies to increase physical and programmatic access to victims’ services for women with disabilities.
Authors: Lisa McClain
2011
This manual includes information on understanding trauma, responding to trauma survivors, trauma-informed care best practices, trauma-informed protocols (for hotline calls, intakes, support groups, exit interviews, safety planning and parenting), and vicarious trauma.
Authors: Sonia D. Ferencik and Rachel Ramirez-Hammond
2010
This guide outline the process that The Network/La Red suggests for making domestic violence programs more LGBTQ- inclusive. Each of the chapters focuses on one aspect of that process in detail, offering ideas for implementation.
Authors: Mary-Elizabeth Quinn