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Mistreatment of Marginalized Elders

Added Monday, November 02, 2020 by Action Alliance

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

Added Friday, August 01, 2014 by Action Alliance

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

Added Wednesday, November 04, 2015 by Action Alliance

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

Added Tuesday, February 21, 2012 by Action Alliance

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.

National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women

Added Tuesday, June 09, 2015 by Action Alliance

The National Clearinghouse works with battered women who have been arrested and are facing trial, as well as those who are serving prison sentences. Most frequently, these cases involve women who have defended themselves against life-threatening violence at the hands of their abuser, and have been charged with assault or homicide. They will also assist in cases where women have been coerced into crime by their abuser, are charged with "failing to protect" their children from their abuser's violence, or are charged with “parental kidnapping” after fleeing to protect themselves or their children from their abuser. National Clearinghouse staff provide customized technical assistance to battered women charged with crimes and to members of their defense teams (defense attorneys, advocates, expert witnesses and others).