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Military Resource Handbook for Virginia’s Sexual and Domestic Violence Centers

A comprehensive handbook for Sexual and Domestic Violence Agencies who may be working with victims/survivors serving in the military. Includes Department of Defense policies on sexual and domestic violence, reporting procedures, tips for collaboration between civilian and military organizations, sample safety plans, and additional resources.

Published by Virginia Sexual & Domestic VIolence Action Alliance.

January, 2008.

60 pages.  

Mistreatment of Marginalized Elders

The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) has developed Research Briefs to help practitioners, students, and researchers access recent and past research studies and highlights of findings on how elder abuse impacts various marginalized communities. View each research brief below for more insight into these areas, and ways to combat this complex experience of violence.

Model Policies for Providing Services to LGBTQ Survivors of Violence

This guide is intended to assist sexual and domestic violence direct service organizations in
Virginia that wish to better serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)
survivors of violence.
There are two major sections to this guide:
1. Model Policies
2. Best Practices

The guide is available in both English and Spanish

Model Protocol on Services for Limited English Proficient Immigrant and Refugee Victims of Domestic Violence

The Washington State Coalition against Domestic Violence (2002) created a model protocol for the state of Washington with the goal of supporting domestic violence agencies to increase and extend their services to immigrant women whose first language is not English.  Included in the protocol are recommendations for agency policies and procedures, specifically how to conduct intake, provide crisis intervention, facilitate accommodating shelter experiences, legal advocacy, and more.

Moving Upstream: Newsletter for the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence

An indispensible resource for building capacity for the primary prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence. Each issue features a theoretical article by a sexual violence prevention specialist, a spotlight on promising practices in Virginia, information on events in Virginia relevant to primary sexual violence prevention, and a “Funder’s Forum” section with guest information from the Virginia Department of Health’s Center for Injury and Violence Prevention.

“Moving Upstream” is made possible by Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance. Published 3-4 times annually.