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  • [COVID-19] Lifting of Stay-Home Orders – Recommendations

    As states move forward to lift their stay-at-home orders and open up businesses, domestic violence programs will need to adapt to this changing environment. Most communities will be gradually re-opening businesses and services over the next several months, and while this will look different for each state or territory, created by Washington State Coalition Against […]

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  • COVID-19 Coalition Calls (April 2020)

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  • A National Portrait of Restorative Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence

    After nearly two and half years of surveying, interviewing and observing practitioners daring to do this work, the Center for Court Innovation compiled their data, impressions and findings in a final report entitled, A National Portrait of Restorative Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence: Pathways to Healing, Safety and Well-being.  This project was funded by OVW.

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  • COVID-19 Coalition Calls (March 2020)

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  • Collaboration

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  • Mission and Vision Statements

    “We, the RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence and our member agencies, will achieve this vision through collaboration, advocacy, creativity and by working to end all forms of social and economic oppression that allow domestic violence. We embrace these challenges with a unified voice.”  This section contains mission and vision statements from some of the state […]

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  • About Coalitions

    State and territory domestic violence coalitions have many things in common, and each coalition also has unique features defining what and who they are, what they do, and how they do it. “(T)he Defining State Domestic Violence Coalitions – Essential Criteria document… assists State Domestic Violence Coalitions in assessing the essential criteria for defining who and what […]

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  • Survivor Access to Safety is Not fully Available

    The following report is compiled by the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence. They  report, “Illinois systems are failing survivors despite the existence of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act (IDVA). Local processes, procedures, and the need for training and understanding of the cycle and trauma put survivors at an on-going serious risk of life-threatening harm. The […]

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  • Public Health and Safety Leave

    Here you will find policies presented by various coalitions in response to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. These policies address various situations that may cause an employee to take leave outside of the normal reasons.

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  • The Impact of COVID-19 Intensifies the Shadow Pandemic of DV

    Partners for Women and Justice and the Seton Hall Law School Center for Social Justice examined the reasons for the rise in the frequency and severity of domestic violence during COVID-19 in New Jersey as well as our State and social service agencies’ responses to date. We draw upon extensive fact investigation and research to […]

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