Resources

Coercive Control Codification Brief: A Guide for Advocates and Coalitions

There is an important conversation happening throughout the country. Advocates and survivors are actively debating whether and to what degree…

Coercive Control Codification Matrix

Updated through the 2023 state legislative sessions, this document is a compilation of state statutes that incorporate "coercive control" language…

Getting Child Support When the Co-parent is Abusive – Palm Card

This printable is a guide on how to get child support when the co-parent is abusive. This project was supported…

Improving the Response to Firearms in Civil Protection Order Cases

This Community Strategy challenges communities to safeguard domestic violence survivors, their children, and others from firearms violence through the civil…

Adapting Trauma-Informed Lawyering Best Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Child-Related Relief in Orders for Protection

Funding for this project was made available through the US Department of Health and Human Services, Grant #90EVO44O

Offender Criteria / Response / Victim Series

The High Point Police Department has been applying the evidence-based focused deterrence approach to the problem of intimate partner violence…

Custody Flow Chart

Published by: Tamara Kuennen This child custody flow chart assists practitioners in determining which court has initial jurisdiction to determine…

National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence: Covid-19 Fact Sheet

Campus No Contact Order and Civil Protection Orders: An Examination

Background: Sexual assault and intimate partner violence are prevalent in the student population of higher education campuses. Almost one in four…

Reimagining CCR: A Focus on Survivor-Centered Design

Published by: Sujata Warrier (Chief Strategy Officer), and Kristine Lizdas (Legal Policy Director) At its core, a Coordinated Community Response…

Guardians at Litem – A SAFeR Approach to Enhancing Domestic Violence Practice

The webinar series is supported by grant no. 2020-TA-AX-K012 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of…

Violence Against Women Act “No Fee” Toolkit

The Violence Against Women Act prohibits jurisdictions that receive funding under the STOP (Services * Training * Officers* Prosecutors) Violence…

Violence Against Women Act “No Fee” Toolkit – Combined K046

SAFeR: An Approach That is Right for the Moment

In our grant report, we emphasize the importance of BWJP's SAFeR approach to our current moment. As we face increasing…

Assisting Survivors With Their Pets During the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond

Published by: Zoë Agnew-Svoboda, Nancy Blaney, Melinda D. Merck, Mary Lou Randour The lives and safety of survivors and their…

Tools for Advocates Responding to Covid-19 and Domestic Violence

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased danger for survivors of domestic violence in the past few months. Governmental “stay at…

Coercive Control During Covid-19

As COVID-19 spreads across the globe and into our homes, domestic abusers are finding new ways to exercise coercive control.…

Protection Order Service Checklist

Proper service of protection orders is not only critical to hold respondents and offenders who violate them accountable but also…

Protection Orders and Working with People with Disabilities

The Protection Orders and Working with People with Disabilities tip sheet is a tool that attorneys, advocates, and others can familiarize themselves…