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Fostering Community Resilience: Virginia’s Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence
The purpose of Fostering Community Resilience: Virginia’s Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence is to assist local communities in creating primary prevention strategies that focus on identifying and dismantling the root causes of sexual and domestic violence. The Guidelines have been built on the foundations of two core concepts: social justice principles and public health models.
Visit https://guidelines.vsdvalliance.org/ for more information about each guideline, in addition to resources and tools for prevention program development. To download the PDF of the guidelines, click this link.
Published by the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance, 2022. 34 pages.
Framing the Issues: Looking at the Opioid Epidemic in the Context of Trauma and Domestic Violence
This timely and important webinar produced by National Resource Center to Enhance Safety of Native Women and their Children will provide an overview of what is known about the opioid epidemic and will focus on the specific concerns of Indian communities and tribal domestic violence programs and shelters. It will lay the foundation for the exploding opioid epidemic and will examine the intersections between trauma, domestic violence and the opioid epidemic and explore innovative approaches to addressing these complex issues.
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From Hurt to Hope: A Child Sexual Abuse/Assault Advocacy Guide
From Hurt to Hope: A Child Sexual Abuse/Assault Advocacy Guide: A guide from WCSAP (Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs) that provides foundational knowledge of best practices for advocates working with youth and their caregivers. The guide includes an overview of Child sexual Abuse/assault, general advocacy, medical advocacy, legal advocacy, system's coordination, information and referral, and crisis intervention.
Guidance on Access to Domestic and Sexual Violence Service
Memorandum that provides clarification on law and policy with regard to Virginia’s Local Family and Intimate Partner Fatality Review Teams’ review of service information for decedents who had accessed sexual and domestic violence services.
Written by: Virginia Department of Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. September, 2010. 10 pages.
Guns and Domestic Violence are a lethal combination - Infographic
The Action Alliance supports policies to remove firearms from potentially lethal situations and give law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and courts tools to effectively enforce measures to protect victims, their families, and the broader community. This infographic highlights some of the ways that firearm-based violence and domestic violence intersect featuring statistical data from multiple resources.
