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Domestic Violence

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Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

PASSED!  In 2022, VAWA was reauthorized. The new VAWA includes more culturally specific resources, including for Tribes and LGTBQ people, more focus on teen dating violence, help for children exposed to violence and additional resources to help victims secure housing or address sexual harassment and violence at work. To see a section by section summary …

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Fighting for Child Care

Child Care: An Essential Service and Domestic Violence Issues   Child care is one of the biggest costs for families. Affordable and quality child care is an essential service that helps families keep their kids safe, and allows parents to pursue education and employment opportunities.  Child care can also be an essential service for survivors …

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Family Violence Prevention & Services Act (FVPSA)

REINTRODUCED: The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act has been re-introduced in the senate by Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (H.R. 2604) has been reintroduced by Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA-07), and representatives Gwen Moore (D-WI-04), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) and Young Kim (R-CA-40). Since its original …

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Emergency Response to COVID-19

Guidance and Recommendations to Address System Weaknesses:   The COVID-19 pandemic impacted a lot of Americans, exposing vulnerabilities in our school, health, mental health, employment systems, among others. Many families have since struggled in the face of loss of  loved ones, loss of economic stability, and for some, prolonged exposure to an abusive partner or to …

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Victim of Crimes Act (VOCA)

Tell your Members to protect services for survivors of violence. Email them and tell them to fund the Crime Victims Fund (VOCA) at the same levels as last year. Take Action Now The Victim of Crime Act’s (VOCA) Crime Victims Fund (CVF) is a non-taxpayer source of funding that supports thousands of crime victims services …

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Working Wednesdays – Economic Justice is Survivor Justice

Working Wednesdays Topics Introduction Throughout history, September has been a significant month for the labor movement in the United States. In celebration of Labor Day, a federal holiday honoring the work and contribution of American workers, we wanted to take this month to highlight some of the economic barriers faced by survivors, organizations working to …

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Child Care as a Domestic Violence Issue

Child Care as a Domestic Violence Issue

This brief details the importance of domestic violence survivors having access to affordable, reliable, and flexible child care. Research shows that the inability to access affordable, reliable, and flexible child care can keep survivors out of the workforce, force them to remain with abusive partners for financial stability, and endanger the health, safety, and wellbeing …

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Health and Public Health Recommendations for the Gender-based Violence National Action Plan

Policy Memo: Evaluating Social Service Referral Platforms: Considerations for Domestic and Sexual Violence Referrals.

Medicaid – Allowable Reimbursements and Consents Considerations It is becoming increasingly common for health care settings to respond to the non-medial, social needs of their patients, such as for housing or food insecurity and as part of that work increasingly addressing domestic violence. Health care providers now have access to a range of tools, including …

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Cash Assistance Recommendations

Economic Security For Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence: Policy Recommendations for Cash Assistance Programs

This paper addresses how providing cash assistance to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault enhances safety, stability and economic security. Outlined are a summary of existing federal, state, and non-profit cash assistance programs and how they address the short-term emergency needs of survivors and help them recover from trauma and abuse. Cash Assistance Recommendations