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Heroes Among Us Comic Book
The Florida Council Against Sexual Violence developed a creative tool for Latinx communities in rural areas while adhering to the social distance recommendations issued by health experts due to COVID-19.
You can also review a short recorded video webinar explaining what it is and providing more information about how people might use it. You can access the recording here.
High Risk Screening for Women of Childbearing Age
This handout was provided by Martha Kurgans, from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, at the workshop titled "How Community Service Boards and Domestic Violence Programs Can Help Each Other" at the Virginia Department of Social Services Office of Family Violence Promising Practices conference on September 16, 2013.
Highlights from the Revised FVPSA Regulations for Advocates and Programs Serving LGBTQ Survivors
Revised rules and regulations regarding the FVPSA program have taken effect.
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act program provides federal funds to states for distribution to DV and SA programs. Most DV programs receiving state funds also receive FVPSA funds. The FVPSA regulations set forth important parameters, limits and requirements for FVPSA funded programs. These regulations impact survivors on a day to day level.
FVPSA program office undertook a careful and collaborative process of updating regulations to reflect what the field has learned about the needs and realities of DV survivors as well as the DV movement’s and Federal Government’s commitment to meaningful and accessible services for DV survivors and their children.
Changes include improvements and clarifications related to access to DV advocacy and shelter for LGBTQ survivors.
HIV trends in Virginia 2014 - 2018 - Report
The Division of Disease Prevention produces quarterly and annual reports on HIV Surveillance data, and also produces an Epidemiology Profile of those living with HIV that is updated annually with data on key populations affected by the disease.
These reports can be found here on the VDH website (Data and Reports box)
If additional data are needed, please contact VDH directly to discuss.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) also has a number of reports available at their site, with state-level and national data on HIV surveillance. These can be found here.
Homicide-Suicide in Virginia 2006-2010: Who is at risk?
The Office of the Cheif Medical Examiner released a new report in June, 2013, titled Homicide-Suicide in Virginia 2006-2010: Who is at risk? This report utilizes 2006 to 2010 data from the Family and Intimate Partner Homicide Surveillance Project to answer these questions: who is most at risk for domestic violence related homicide-suicide; and, what relationship characteristics create the most danger for homicide-suicide? This and other reports from the Family and Intimate Partner Homicide Surveillance Project can be found here.
