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Organizational Development

  • Salary Surveys

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  • Records Retention and Destruction

    The following are guidelines presented by NNEDV regarding file retention, destruction, and transfer. Retention guidelines and laws may vary from state to state and state guidelines or laws may conflict with federal laws. In the case of a conflict, agencies should follow the more conservative law. Below the NNEDV guidelines you will find a listing […]

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  • Homicide Response Plan

    Provided by End Domestic Abuse WI, the objective of this document is to provide a framework for domestic violence programs to develop a plan for how they will respond to a homicide in their community, whether the victim had been a client or not. Additionally, many of the elements of this plan can be adapted […]

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  • NNEDV Cultural Webinar Series

      Date Topic Presenter(s) Link March 26 LGBTQ Communities National LGBTQ Institute/NW Network Click Here May 20 Native American Communities NIWRC & AKNWRC Click Here May 27 Alaskan Native Communities NIWRC & AKNWRC Click Here June 18 Asian-Pacific Islander Communities APIGBV Click Here August 12 Persons with Disabilities Communities – Pt.1 Vera Institute for Justice […]

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  • NNEDV Coalition Fundraising Training: Events Toolkit PPT

    With generous support from Gilead Sciences, NNEDV presented staff at state and territorial coalitions with a training to help maximize fundraising efforts on September 23, 2021. Participants learned best practices for planning live—and virtual—events, from budgeting to sponsorship to program planning and more. View the webinar here. Presented by Stephanie Alston (Do Good Events). Fundraising and […]

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  • NNEDV Coalition Fundraising Training: Foundation Prospecting PPT

    With generous support from Gilead Sciences, NNEDV presented staff at state and territorial coalitions with a training to help maximize foundation prospecting efforts on October 14, 2021. Participants learned tips and strategies for seeking out and successfully applying for corporate and foundation grants. View the webinar here. Presented by Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Robin Sukhadia.

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  • History of the Domestic Violence Movement

    Linked through VawNet, this interactive timeline shows the history of the DV Movement. “This timeline documents key historical events known to significantly impact or advance the goal of intimate partner violence prevention in the United States, noting intersections with sister social justice movements. The information is complied from several timelines and listings of prevention milestones.”

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  • Domestic Violence in the Military Webinar Series

    These webinars will discuss the following aspects of providing services to military affiliated victims: Getting to know the military population Overview of the Family Advocacy Program (FAP) Understanding military reporting options The Military Coordinated Community Response (CCR) Learn about military-specific risk and protective factors for experiencing IPV (domestic abuse) Understand the need for military-civilian partnerships […]

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  • COVID-19 Coalition Calls

    This series of calls are in response to how to properly address various COVID-19 issues. Below is a list of the different calls, as well as links to the recordings, with information on the topics that were covered in each call. March 17, 2020: Click Here for the 3/17/2020 Recording What procedures should be put in […]

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  • COVID-19 Coalition Calls (April 2020)

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  • Sample Subpoena and Record Request Policies

    Programs often receive requests for information about a client, the services that client has received, and even the client’s status or progress in counseling. Sometimes, the steps in responding to those requests are clear. Other times programs need legal assistance to respond. Here you will find some sample policies provided by local, state, and territorial […]

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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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  • NNEDV Quarterly Coalition Calls – Calendar

    Here you will find a calendar of the quarterly coalition calls offered by NNEDV. This page will be updated regularly – so check back often!

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  • [COVID-19] Protocol for DV Program Response – Contact Tracing & Response

    Here you will find various coalitions’ response to local health department request for protocols regarding contact tracing of clients in their programs.

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  • COVID-19 Coalition Calls (August 2020)

    This series of calls are in response to how to properly address various COVID-19 issues. Below is a list of the different calls, as well as links to the recordings, with information on the topics that were covered in August. August 11, 2020: Click Here for the 8/11/2020 Recording  Learn from Coalition colleagues about how they […]

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  • COVID-19 Coalition Calls (May 2020)

    These series of calls are in response to how to properly address various COVID-19 issues at different levels for the month of May. Below is a list of the different calls, as well as links to the recordings, with information on the topics that were covered in each call. May 12, 2020: Click Here for […]

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  • [Sample] Coalition Audit RFP

    Please see the attached Request for Proposals presented by the Texas Council on Family Violence. Ideally, to be used when coalitions have put their annual audit out for bid. You will also find an audit RFP used by NNEDV.

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  • Fundraising

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  • Building our Capacity to Serve LatinX Communities – Webinar

    This webinar is hosted by the Capacity Technical Assistance Team at NNEDV in partnership with the FVPSA Office and Casa de Esperanza and will give insight to who Casa de Esperanza is, what they do, culturally specific needs of Latinx survivors, and ways you can help at the coalition level and as a FVPSA state administrator. Click here for […]

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  • Building Our Capacity to Serve Black Survivors

    This webinar will give insight to who Ujima is, what they do, culturally specific needs of black survivors, and ways you can help at the coalition level and as a FVPSA state administrator. Click here for the webinar recording Click here for the webinar evaluation

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  • Cameras Inside Shelter

     It has long been a tradition to use them on the outside of shelters as a security measure and there hasn’t really been a problem with that as video in public places (the outside) is generally considered allowable as people have no expectation of privacy in public. However, cameras INSIDE the shelter are a completely […]

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  • Communications

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  • 2022 NNEDV Leadership Summit

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  • Professional Development

    Attached you will find professional development documents provided by member coalitions.

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  • Centering Equity in Intermediary Relationships

    This report is written for program officers, program directors, strategy and learning staff, and other foundation staff seeking to build a stronger ecosystem of equity-capable intermediaries—(fiscal sponsors and donor intermediaries)—with the skills, resources, and sustainable business models to support growth in the number and size of constituent-led groups without 501c tax-exempt status are often led […]

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  • Coalition Community Call — January 10, 2023

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  • Sample Vacation Accrual and Liability Documents

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  • Addressing Survivor Complaints about Programs / Grievances

    Here you will find various state and territorial coalition samples regarding responding to survivor complaints and grievances targeted at member programs. These policies may direct when/if you should notify funders and procedures on how you may choose to respond to the survivor and interacting with the program in question.

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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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  • Thoughtful Documentation: Model Forms for Domestic and Sexual Violence Agencies

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  • OVW Special Condition – Workplace Sexual Misconduct and Dating Violence

    Here is a resource on the OVW special conditions on policies addressing sexual misconduct, dating and domestic violence that coalitions and programs need to adopt for their VAWA and VOCA grant awards.

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  • Meeting the Needs of Survivors – Reimagining DV Services in Illinois

    This report that was just released by the Michael Reese Health Trust, a foundation in Chicago, in partnership with the Network (the Chicago coalition). This report is thorough and highlights a lot of innovative promising practices around the country, encouraging flexible funding and creative innovation in programming.

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  • 2022 DREAM Award Recipient

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  • NCEDSV Annual Report (2018-2020)

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  • Culture Handbook

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  • NNEDV Coalition Fundraising Training: Online Fundraising PPT

    With generous support from Gilead Sciences, NNEDV presented staff at state and territorial coalitions with a training to help maximize fundraising efforts on October 6, 2021. Participants learned best practices for using email, social media, text messages, and websites to successfully engage individual donors. View the webinar here. Presented by Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Robin […]

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  • [COVID-19] Vaccine-Related Information & Recommendations

    Here you will find general guidance regarding program operations in light of new vaccines made available for the COVID-19 virus.

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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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  • Job Descriptions: Grant Manager/Specialist

    Here you will find job descriptions for grant manager positions, including specialists. Sample descriptions are provided by the state and territorial coalitions.

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  • Administrative Job Descriptions

    Here you will find job descriptions provided by various state and territorial coalitions for their administrative staff.

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  • Coalition Bylaws

    “The (coalition) shall lead a collaborative, statewide effort to eliminate domestic violence by developing and reviewing suggested domestic violence policies and procedures, recommending and supporting legal and legislative action that provide protection and accountability, educating public and professional entities to understand and effectively address domestic violence as a critical social issue, and suggesting and supporting […]

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  • Contracts Vs Grants

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  • Prevention

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  • Building Prevention Capacity

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  • Coalition Prevention Capacity Assessment

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  • Trauma

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  • Strategic Planning

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  • Succession Planning

    “All nonprofit sexual assault and domestic violence organizations can benefit from succession planning, regardless of their size… Developing and implementing a succession plan can further build and strengthen your organization by enhancing and creating a learning orientation for your board and staff, building the capacity of your organization’s operations, and enhancing your organization’s services to […]

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  • Paid Time Off (PTO) Policies

    “Domestic violence prevention and intervention is a high-stress field. To prevent burnout and reduce turnover of high-quality, effective employees, the… coalition intends to offer eligible employees sabbatical leave as a means to rejuvenate and return to work a more effective employee.” Here you will find resources relating to the paid time off policies at various […]

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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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  • Executive Leadership

    “Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. They make the impossible happen.”  This section contains resources related to executive leadership, including employment agreements, compensation policies, and interview questions for ED candidates from coalitions across the country.

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  • Coalitions Directory

    “This resource…provide(s) detailed information about coalition structures, membership, budget and grant operations, pass through funding and specialty programming.  It is intended for coalition members only.” Here you will find the most recent update of coalition directory, as well as the expanded directory with in-depth information compiled in 2015.

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  • Coalition Organizational Charts

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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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  • Boards of Directors

    “In contrast, nonprofit organizations do not have shareholders but instead have stakeholders that represent the communities that they serve, including donors, funders, and survivors. The nonprofit board of directors will generally represent their varied constituency and make decisions based on these multiple interests.” This section includes resources for and about nonprofit boards, particularly boards of […]

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  • Building Our Capacity to Serve Asian and Pacific Islander Communities and Survivors

    Presented by Grace Huang from the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Violence, this webinar discusses the need for culturally specific service provision and how to access the needed resources: Click here for the webinar recording Below are links to some of the resources that were discussed in the chatbox: AAPI Data website API-GBV resources

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  • Cost Allocation Plans

    The purpose of cost allocation plans are to summarize, in writing, the methods and procedures used to allocate costs to various programs, grants, contracts and agreements.  

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  • Advocacy Beyond Leaving

    “Advocacy Beyond Leaving” – by Jill Davies, lays a good process safety planning with survivors who are still in contact with partners specifically but is based on her work with Eleanor Lyons on safety planning with battered women.

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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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  • Grant Agreement

    Full grant agreement provided by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

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  • Request for Proposals

    Documents provided are sample RFP’s provided by member coalitions. The following RFP’s are provided by a coalition administering pass-through funding. Core services CLR program Medical Advocacy program Culturally Specific project  

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  • Organizational Chart

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  • Dashboard Reports Templates

    Attached you will find two dashboard templates for financial reports to the Board of Directors.

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  • The attached sample provides guidance regarding Paid Administrative Leave for disasters, infectious diseases, personnel, etc.

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  • Evaluation Framework – SCCADVASA “Bento Box Framework”

    As an outcome of its strategic planning process several years ago, the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SCCADVASA) sought to create a set of metrics that enables the board & staff to monitor the organization’s performance. In essence, the organization wished to evaluate the impact of its work, writ large – […]

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  • Meeting the Needs of Survivors and Communities Through Org. Development

    JDI was asked to review the landscape of capacity building and technical assistance practices across related fields by the MA Department of Public Health as they were implementing a large re-procurement of state funding for sexual and domestic violence programs in MA.  Some coalitions participated through surveys and interviews.  While the original report was larger […]

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  • Domestic Violence and Child Abuse: Definitions by State

    Child abuse and neglect are defined by Federal and State laws. At the State level, child abuse and neglect may be defined in both civil and criminal statutes. This publication presents civil definitions that determine the grounds for intervention by State child protective agencies.1 At the Federal level, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act […]

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  • [COVID-19] Staff Care During COVID-19

    The Vermont Network shares with us their sample guidance for staff support during the time of COVID-19 using the following “Four Tenets of Supporting Staff.” Connection Information Trust Permission For the purposes of this report, these are described within the context of the COVID emergency, however these are the tenets for their work together every […]

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  • Coalition Board Structure

     This is a listserv compilation of the various Board of Directors’ structures from a sampling of coalitions.

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  • Conflict of Interest Policy Samples

    Here you will find sample conflict of interest policies as provided by a sampling of the state coalitions.

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