This section provides links to all member organizations of the Domestic Violence Resource Network (DVRN) in addition to sister organization, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Resource: VAWnet
NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
800-537-2238
www.nrcdv.org and www.vawnet.org
The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), a project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, provides a wide range of free, comprehensive and individualized technical assistance, training and resource materials. The scope of NRCDV's technical assistance is broad and includes domestic violence intervention and prevention, community education and organizing, public policy and systems advocacy, and funding. The NRCDV develops information packets, fact sheets, applied research papers, funding alerts, and training curricula, and supports several special projects designed to explore issues more deeply or develop more comprehensive assistance to a particular constituent group. These special projects include the Domestic Violence Awareness Project, VAWnet - the National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (funded by CDC), the Women of Color Network, Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence, and a recently released Meeting Survivors' Needs: A Multi-State Study of Domestic Violence Shelter Experiences (funded by the Dept of Health and Human Services and the National Institute of Justice).Sacred Circle: National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women
877-733-7623
www.sacred-circle.com
Sacred Circle addresses violence against Indian women in the context of unique historical, jurisdictional and cultural issues. Sacred Circle provides leadership in establishing a multi-faceted, systemic response to facilitate nonviolence in American Indian communities. Sacred Circle is a project of Cangleska, Inc., a tribally-chartered nonprofit organization that provides domestic violence services to the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota.The primary audience of Sacred Circle includes more than 500 Federally-recognized American Indian nations in the United Sates. Its focus is on the development of community and culturally-based responses to end violence against native women, including tribal law enforcement personnel (judges, prosecutors and court workers), probation officers, shelter advocates, and staff of batterer intervention programs. Through its toll-free information line, Sacred Circle provides specialized technical assistance to approximately 2,000 information requests annually.
SPECIAL ISSUES RESOURCE CENTERS
Battered Women's Justice Project
Criminal and Civil Justice Center
800-903-0111 ext. 1
www.bwjp.org
The Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP) consists of two partnering agencies that operate in separate locations.The Criminal and Civil Justice Center in Minneapolis provides technical assistance on:
- Criminal justice response to domestic violence cases, with a focus on intervention through interagency coordination and policy development that guides practitioners in the use of arrest, prosecution, sentencing, probation, victim safeguards, and batterer intervention programs;
- Civil legal issues, including civil protection orders, divorce, custody, child support, economic restoration, and alternate dispute resolution;
- Use of domestic violence safety audits to assess the effectiveness of institutional interventions in DV cases;
- Coordination of the military and civilian responses to domestic violence cases involving military personnel and advocacy for victims; and,
- Responses to police officer-involved domestic crimes, including advocacy for victims.
Battered Women's Justice Project
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
800-903-0111 ext. 3
www.ncdbw.org
The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women , located in Philadelphia, PA, addresses the unique needs of battered women who, as a result of the abuse they have experienced at the hands of their intimate partner, end up charged with a crime. The National Clearinghouse strives to prevent the revictimization of battered women defendants by providing specialized technical assistance, resources, and support to battered women charged with crimes and to members of their defenses teams. Staff conduct trainings for the criminal justice and advocacy communities; consult with local, state and national organizations; maintain an extensive Resource Library of relevant case law, research and litigation materials; and advocate for public policy and institutional and social change.National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
888-792-2873
www.endabuse.org
The National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence (HRC), a project of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, works to improve health and public health responses to victims of family violence. The HRC offers model strategies and tools to health care providers and DV/SA programs to address and prevent the chronic health issues associated with exposure to abuse. Working closely with the American Medical Association and other professional health associations, the HRC produces policy guidelines for health care professionals responding to domestic violence. The HRC provides technical assistance, training, public policy recommendations, and materials and responds to thousands requests for technical assistance annually. In addition the HRC runs a number of special projects, including a multi-year project in Indian Country to improve health care to American Indian/Alaska Native survivors of abuse, and a comprehensive reproductive health campaign designed to help health care providers and DV/SA advocates reduce risk for unintended pregnancy, exposure to sexually transmitted diseases and improve reproductive health through violence prevention. The HRC's biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence brings together over 1000 health care professionals, DV/SA advocates, researchers and health policy makers to share the latest research and clinical practice related to health and domestic violence.Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody
800-527-3223
www.ncjfcj.org/dept/fvd
A project of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, The Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody ensures that family and juvenile court cases are handled in a manner that recognizes the complexity of the legal, cultural, and psychological aspects of domestic violence and provides protection and relief for all victims in the family. For more than a decade, the Resource Center has been engaged in the process of infusing domestic violence knowledge into child protection and custody practice and reducing the unintended consequences of such practice through its targeted technical and training assistance, through its work with communities to explore, examine, and develop state-of-the-art policies and practices in this special issue area, and through its collaborations with the other members of the Domestic Violence Resource Network.
CULTURALLY-SPECIFIC INSTITUTES
Alianza: The National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence
800-216-2404
www.dvalianza.org
Alianza, The National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence, is a national organization addressing domestic violence in the Latino population. With a growing Latino population, it is important to have a national focal point to address the multitude of issues surrounding domestic violence in this segment of the population. Alianza promotes understanding, sustains dialogue, and generates solutions to move toward the elimination of domestic violence affecting Latino communities by; increasing public awareness about the devastating effects of domestic violence on Latino families and communities; identifying and promoting research and practices that inform public policy and that lead to the development of culturally competent strategies and programs; and providing training and technical assistance to organizations and individuals that provide domestic violence related services to Latino Communities.Asian &Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
415- 568-3315
www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute
The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence is a national training and technical assistance provider and a clearinghouse on gender violence in Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. It serves a national network of advocates, community members, organizations, service agencies, professionals, researchers, policy advocates and activists from community and social justice organizations working to eliminate violence against women. Its goals are to strengthen culturally-relevant advocacy, organize communities, and influence public policy and systems change. It analyzes and addresses critical issues, provides technical assistance, trains advocates and systems personnel, conducts primary and secondary research, and engages in policy advocacy. The API Institute is a program of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum.Encuentro Latino National Institute on Family Violence
888-743-7545
www.latinodv.org
Encuentro Latino National Institute on Family Violence is one of the newest members of the DVRN and provides free technical assistance, training, and consultation that is informed through the recommendations of Latino and Hispanic survivors of domestic violence. Its goal is to help providers and others develop capacity to effectively serve Latino clients. Encuentro Latino also works to further the knowledge base in regards to Latinos and family violence through research and dissemination of culturally competent approaches. In addition, Encuentro Latino promotes best practices for Latino populations through providing information on promising techniques related to program implementation, service delivery, and evaluation. Encuentro Latino also provides a number of web-based resources, including training modules, information on best practices, and other useful information. Encuentro Latino is a program of New Mexico State University School of Social Work, in collaboration with La Casa, Inc., a non-profit domestic violence services provider.Immigrant Family Violence Institute
314-773-9090 ext. 150
www.iistl.org
The Immigrant Family Violence Institute (IFVI) is a national collaboration of six ethnically diverse immigrant service agencies located throughout the US working to enhance, document and disseminate promising practices to eliminate domestic violence against immigrant women. We are working to identify culturally appropriate outreach and engagement, prevention and intervention services for domestic violence among immigrants, and dissemination of materials nationally. The guiding principle for IFVI is to engage in practitioner-driven community services research using the practice wisdom of a range of experts, including survivors, immigrant community leaders, attorneys, social workers, researchers, and mainstream DV providers.Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
877-643-8222
www.dvinstitute.org
The Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC) is an organization focused on the unique circumstances of African Americans as they face issues related to domestic violence - including intimate partner violence, child abuse, elder maltreatment, and community violence. IDVAAC's mission is to enhance society's understanding of and ability to end violence in the African-American community.
OTHER DVRN PARTNERS
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
312-726-7020
www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org
The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health is committed to developing comprehensive, accessible, and culturally-relevant responses to the range of trauma- and mental health-related issues faced by domestic violence survivors and their children, promoting advocacy that is survivor-defined and rooted in the principles of social justice, and eradicating the social and psychological conditions that contribute to interpersonal abuse and violence across the lifespan. The Center offers information about current practice, model approaches and policies, and successful collaborations as well as individualized training, capacity-building assistance, and consultation.National Network to End Domestic Violence
202-543-5566
www.nnedv.org
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is a leading voice for victims of domestic violence and their advocates. NNEDV provides its member state and territory domestic violence coalitions as well as allied organizations with critical information and resources through training, technical assistance and support in a variety of areas that impact victims of domestic violence and their advocates. NNEDV works closely with its membership and allied organizations to understand the ongoing and emerging needs of victims and the programs that serve them, and ensures that those needs are understood at the national level.National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE (7233)
800-787-3224 TTY For the Deaf
www.ndvh.org
The National Domestic Violence Hotline serves as the only domestic violence hotline in the nation with access to more than 5,000 shelters and domestic violence programs across the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Hotline is toll-free, confidential and anonymous. The Hotline is available to callers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and assistance is available in English and Spanish with access to more than 170 languages through interpreter services, with a TTY line available for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing. Hotline advocates are available for victims and anyone calling on their behalf to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals to agencies.