Program Development
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Emergency Preparedness Toolkit
Emergencies are inevitable; but by developing safety plans and procedures in advance, your organization can effectively identify and address impending hazards, as well as prepare effective measures to aid recovery after the event. The Partnership’s Emergency Preparedness Toolkit includes a compilation of trusted emergency preparedness resources and guidance materials. Whether you work for a residential […]
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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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Compassion Fatigue Resource List
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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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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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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 (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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[COVID-19] Reopening Guidance
Here you will find sample guidance from coalitions regarding responsible and safe reopening procedures as it relates to the COVID-19 virus. WSCADV’s guidanace can be found in the following: Webinar Recording Re-Opening Phase Table Guidance to DV Programs on Partial Lifting of Stay-Home Orders & COVID-19 NCCADV & NCCASA’s Response to Updated Stay at […]
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Confidentiality
The following documents are provided as guidance for handling client confidentiality matters in direct services. Provided by the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence is a wallet card for direct service practitioners to aid them in responding to outside requests for survivor information. “Confidentiality – An Advocate’s Guide” by the BWJP, speaks directly to the […]
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Court Advocacy
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Firearms and DV Advocacy
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Fundraising
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Project-Specific Positions – Job Descriptions
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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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New Executive Director Orientation
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Barriers to Safety and Recovery …With Partner Violence and Opioid Use Disorder Experiences
This is a qualitative research study (N=33) that investigated barriers to substance use treatment, and partner violence helping services, among women who had experienced both opioid use disorder (OUD) and intimate partner violence (IPV) in Vermont. A major finding was the lack of integrated substance use treatment and domestic violence services was a substantial barrier. […]
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Family and Community Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence: Restorative Programs in the United States
Now is the time to rethink reliance on legal intervention to end intimate partner violence (IPV). Arrest, incarceration, and family separation have fallen disproportionately on people who are Black or Brown, impoverished, or immigrant, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ). Restorative approaches bring together the persons harmed, persons causing harm, their family or community […]
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OVW Grants
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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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Working at the Intersections of DV, Substance Use and Mental Health
It has long been recognized that domestic violence can have significant mental health and substance use-related effects. Yet, the lack of collaboration between systems often leave survivors and their families without ways to address both safety and recovery needs. In order to address these gaps in services, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ […]
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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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Direct DV Services
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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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(Sample) West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Advocate Certification Manual
Certification of domestic violence advocates helps to assure competent delivery of services throughout the state by increasing capacity to assess and respond to complex individual, family, & social circumstances. Certification also strengthens credibility of and need for advocacy services in other systems: criminal justice, social services, law enforcement, health care, education, etc. WVCADV Domestic Violence […]
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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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Grants & Funders
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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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Legal Issues
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Faith leaders working with Batterers
Safe Havens has partnered with Dr. David Adams, who is a man of faith and also a national and international expert on how to work with people who abuse. Together, they developed a new and much-needed resource: Between Compassion and Accountability: Guidelines for Faith Leaders Responding to Those Who Abuse Intimate Partners. This resource is intended to point […]
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Legislative Advocacy
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[COVID-19] Residential Services during a Pandemic
This link is from a recent Transitional Housing TA call where Dr. Josh Barocas, a specialist in infectious disease from Boston, answers questions from local domestic violence residential programs about how to provide services during the pandemic.
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KCSDV Matched Savings for Asset Building Program
Handout for the webinar: Building a Match Savings Program
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2022 NNEDV Leadership Summit
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Kansas Child Exchange and Visitation Center Guidelines
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Culture Handbook
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Communications
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Sample – Grantee/Contractor Invoice Form
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Voluntary Services Resources
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Restraining Orders: One-Page Summaries
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WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
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Power and Control in Relationships: An Assessment Tool
The following Assessment Tool was created by the New York State Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Intimate Partner Violence Network’s (the Network) Shelter Access Committee to assist intimate partner violence1 programs in assessing for Power and Control in intimate partner relationships. The tool was created to ensure that survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) […]
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KCSDV Matched Savings for Asset Building Program Evaluation
Handout for the webinar: Building a Match Savings Program
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DV and Tax in the Pandemic: COVID Relief Payments, Advanced CTC, and Beyond
Nancy A. Rossner, Senior Staff Attoryey from the Community Tax Law Project LITC, shares her thoughts on the COVID Relief payments, including the Child Tax Credit and other implications of recent economic policies.
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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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[COVID-19] Vaccination Resources
The resources herein are provided by the YWCA. They address such topics as vaccine exemptions for medical and religious reasons, as well as a sample policy for voluntary vaccinations.
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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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Facts & Stats Report: Domestic Violence In Asian And Pacific Islander Homes
Facts & Stats Report: Domestic Violence in Asian and Pacific Islander Homes raises awareness about the experiences of Asian and Pacific Islander survivors of domestic violence, counters denial about the problem, emphasizes the need for socio-culturally effective prevention and intervention, and serves to guide future research and inform public policy. Authored by Mieko Yoshihama, Ph.D., Chic […]
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Survivors with Disabilities
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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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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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Trauma
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Children Exposed to DV
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Child Welfare System
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Criminal Justice System Advocacy
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Housing Advocacy
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Systems Advocacy
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Coalition Organizational Charts
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Survivors with Low or No Income
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LGBTQ Survivors
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Language Access
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Specific Populations
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Attorneys, Legal Services – Job Descriptions
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Economic Justice
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Program Standards
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Program Evaluation
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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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Collaboration
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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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FVPSA Final Rule / Shelter Rules
The document on model policy has lots of good information about working with survivors and supporting them while in shelter. It is important to note that problematic language in the sample policies such as “required to attend house meetings” is not allowed under the 2017 FVPSA rule
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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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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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Prevention
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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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Public Health Approach
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Emergency Shelter
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Building Prevention Capacity
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Lobbying vs. Advocacy
Learn about the difference between advocacy and lobbying. “Lobbying is when you make a direct ask of a legislator. Doing meet and greets, providing them educational information, even providing analysis that expresses your opinions of the pros and cons of legislation is not necessarily lobbying.” “Federal tax laws already allow every charitable nonprofit to engage […]
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Disaster Response and Emergency Financial Assistance
Parts I & II will explore how natural disasters affect domestic violence rates, including the impact on survivors and programs. It will discusses the Texas Report, as well. You will also receive the special perspective from state administrators and programs. Accompanying documents include: Black Feminism and Radical Planning: New Directions for Disaster Planning Research Understanding […]
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History of the DV Movement
Explore the history of the Domestic Violence Movement by reading: “A Living History (1973-1993): How the Experiences of Early Activists Shaped the Violence Against Women (VAW) Movement in Ontario: A Case Study” and “Lessons Learned and Wisdom Gathered” by Deborah Ann Sinclair
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Coalition Prevention Capacity Assessment
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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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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 […]