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I Ask - Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (observed annually in April) is a campaign to raise public awareness about sexual violence and educate communities on how to prevent it. The campaign theme, I Ask, champions the message that asking for consent is a healthy, normal, and necessary part of everyday interactions. You can download and print materials for your Sexual Assault Awareness Month activities below!

• I Ask for Consent Palm Card and Handout cover the basics of knowing how to ask for and recognize consent. For best graphic quality, download the PDF and then print it out.
• I Ask for Digital Consent Palm Card and Handout discuss the importance of consent in online interactions. For best graphic quality, download the PDF and then print it out.
• I Ask How to Teach Consent Early Palm Card and Handout instructs parents on how to model consent with children in late childhood and early adolescence. For best graphic quality, download the PDF and then print it out.
• I Ask How Power Impacts Consent Palm Cards and Handout looks at the way imbalances of power impact consent. For best graphic quality, download the PDF and then print it out.

For additional resources, visit the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC).

I-CAN!  Understanding Protective Orders in Richmond, Virginia

The I-CAN! Understanding Protective Orders in Richmond, Virginia Booklet describes what a protective order is, the types of protective orders, the process of obtaining a protective order in Richmond, Virginia, tips about going to court, what to do after you receive a protective order, and various resources.

 

Attached is (1) the English version of the booklet, (2) a large print English version of the booklet, and (3) a Spanish version of the booklet.

I-CAN! Virginia, Virginia’s Online Forms Completion Program for Protective Orders Brochure

A 2012 brochure with frequently asked questions about I-CAN! Virginia, Virginia's online forms completion program for petitions for protective orders. Hard copies of this brochure, along with business cards (in English and Spanish) and posters can be obtained, free of charge, from the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Department of Judicial Planning at: 804-786-8902.

Identifying and Engaging Underserved Populations

This Power Point presentation was developed and presented by Allison Conyers, from the Virginia Partners for Inclusive Communities, for the Virginia Department of Social Services Office of Family Violence at the Promising Practices Conference on September 16, 2013.

Immigrant Families & Public Benefits: Under a New Presidential Administration

Recent changes to immigration enforcement have resulted in social services agencies across Virginia reporting decreased numbers of immigrant families requesting access to services. Some immigrant families even seek to withdraw their U.S.-born children from crucial benefits for which they are eligible due to fear of immigration enforcement. This PDF document is from a webinar given on March 31, 2017, to discuss changes in the immigration enforcement landscape, its impact on immigrant communities, immigrants' eligibility for public benefits for themselves and their U.S.-born children and strategies to encourage immigrant families to continue to access public benefits for which they are eligible. The webinar was sponsored by the Virginia League of Social Services Executives, Legal Aid Justice Center, Virginia Poverty Law Center and the Virginia State Bar Access to Justice Committee.