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Trauma-Informed Domestic Violence Services

Announcing a new resource developed by the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (NCDVTMH), in partnership with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV),...

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Bell: More NFL Players Should Follow Chris Canty’s Lead Against Domestic...

“The breakfast seminar, part of a national initiative, was aimed at educating coaches — from recreation leagues to the college level — about domestic violence against women and urging the coaches to...

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Black women at greater risk of becoming victims of homicidal domestic...

“But experts in the field say that one set of victims — black women — is at a far greater risk to experience the grimmest of all domestic violence statistics: They are about three times more likely to...

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Protections for LGBT Survivors of Violence from the Huffington Post, 10/14/13

The Violence Against Women Act, our nation’s response to intimate partner violence, was recently passed with explicit inclusion of LGBT survivors of violence and implementation began October 1st. The...

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New study reveals domestic violence victims more prone to chronic illnesses...

“A new national study released on Oct. 22 reveals that although 44% of women experience domestic violence, 76% say they have never been asked about domestic violence in a medical exam.” Read more:...

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Combating Domestic Violence: One Size Doesn’t Fit All from NPR, 10/21/13

Tell Me More guest host Celeste Headlee spoke with Oliver Williams, a professor of social work who heads the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community at the University of...

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New Survey Findings: Californians See a Role for Doctors, Nurses in...

Blue Shield of California Foundation released today the results of a statewide survey on Californians’ attitudes toward domestic violence. Building upon a 2012 survey, the results show that individuals...

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Domestic Abuse Has Long Term Health Impact, Survey Says from ABC News, 11/5/13

A newly released Verizon Foundation and More magazine survey asked more than 1,000 women about their health and well-being. The 44 percent who identified themselves as survivors of domestic abuse were...

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Pentagon launches major child abuse study from AirForceTimes, 11/16/13

“The Defense Department’s newly organized child abuse working group will conduct a rapid review of child and domestic abuse and will issue its first report in February. The group project, which will...

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Coverage of Most Recent Zimmerman Arrest Promotes Myths about Domestic...

“With high profile cases of domestic violence in the news, such as George Zimmerman’s most recent arrest November 18, 2013 on aggravated assault and battery-domestic violence charges, the media has the...

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Domestic Violence: The Secret Killer That Costs $8.3 Billion Annually from...

“But today we know it as a social, business and health priority, as well. Not only does it cause personal suffering, but domestic violence also reduces productivity, leads to absenteeism and drives up...

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Domestic Violence Program Survey Demonstrates Need For More Resources from...

“Lack of resources is directly related to reduced government funding and decreases in private and individual donations, even as the demand for services has increased, in part because of mandatory...

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#WhyIStayed Stories Reveal Why Domestic Violence Survivors Can’t ‘Just Leave’...

“These tweets put human faces to intimate partner violence, and remind us that escaping that violence isn’t simply a matter of staying or going. The cycle of domestic abuse is far, far more complicated...

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NFL hires domestic violence advisers from ESPN, 9/15/14

“NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams Monday announcing that Lisa Friel, Jane Randel and Rita Smith will ‘help lead and shape the NFL’s policies and programs relating to domestic...

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How can my program be responsive to the needs of runaway and homeless youth?

by Elizabeth Flood for the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence Nearly one in five young people in the United States runaway from homes before the time they reach the 18 years of age (Urban...

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*Trigger Warning* High Court to Rule on Violent Social Media Threats from...

“There’s one way to love you but a thousand ways to kill you,” the estranged husband at the center of this case posted on his Facebook page. We hope the court will agree that women need protection from...

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Critical Steps for Healing of Domestic Human Trafficking Survivors Outlined...

Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar global industry where victims are forced or coerced into labor or commercial sex. Each year, an estimated 100,000 children and thousands more women are sold...

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22.7 percent of pregnant women suffer intimate partner violence from...

Whilst for many women pregnancy is a happy time, for almost one in four it turns out not to be so enjoyable. An investigation into the prevalence of domestic violence against pregnant women has found...

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Privilege, Among Rape Victims from The New York Times, 12/21/2014

“Survey data from 1995 to 2011. We found that the estimated rate of sexual assault and rape of female college students, ages 18 to 24, was 6.1 per 1,000 students. This is nothing to be proud of, but it...

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Study: Unborn children are affected by domestic violence from News for...

“A new study suggests domestic violence during pregnancy has long-term effects on the unborn child.” “Alytia Levendosky is a psychology professor and the director of clinical training in the MSU...

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