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BWJP FY2023 Impact Report
Dear Friends, Welcome to BWJP’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 annual report! In the last year, we have expanded our team…
TAGS: #survivors, #Tools and Guides, #Webinar2023 Updated Matrices
Sealing or Expunging a Civil Protection Order This matrix compiles the statutory provisions from states and other U.S. jurisdictions for…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and MatricesExtreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Toolkit
This Extreme Risk Protection Order Toolkit is for practitioners who work with survivors in civil protection order systems. The toolkit…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Policy Analysis, #Promising Practices, #Research and Statistics, #Statute Guides and Matrices, #survivors, #Tools and GuidesUnderstanding the Difference Between A Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO) and an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO)
By The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) and Extreme Risk Protection Orders…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #survivors, #Tools and GuidesServing Military-Connected Victims/Survivors of Domestic Abuse
Serving Military-Connected Victims/Survivors of Domestic Abuse. This written resource, which is available in English and in Spanish, includes a military-connected domestic abuse checklist; a series of…
TAGS: #Military, #survivors, #Tools and GuidesWheel of Intimate Partner Power and Control in the African American/Black Community
A significant gathering of individuals, stories and information led to the development of the Wheel of Intimate Partner Power and…
TAGS: #survivors, #Tools and GuidesNRCDVF Brand and Website Redesign – RFP
Request for Proposal: Website Redesign & Development This RFP is for design and development services for a new brand and…
TAGS: #children, #custody, #Podcast, #survivors, #Tools and Guides, #WebinarMyths and Misconceptions: Criminalized Survivors
by the National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors October 2023 Myths and misconceptions about domestic violence and victims of intimate…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and GuidesBWJP 2022 Impact Report
Dearest Friends of BWJP, We’ve been busy! In the last eighteen months, we have experienced a significant transformation and many…
TAGS: #children, #custody, #Podcast, #survivors, #Tools and Guides, #WebinarHow Organizations Can Support Staff Who Are Survivors of GBV
Supporting survivors of intimate partner violence in the workplace is crucial for their physical and emotional well-being. Providing them with…
TAGS: #children, #custody, #Podcast, #survivors, #Tools and Guides, #WebinarNLCCDV and How Survivor Mothers Have to Navigate Family Court
by the National Legal Center on Children and Domestic Violence Survivors of intimate partner violence who are also mothers face…
TAGS: #children, #custody, #safer, #survivors, #Tools and Guides, #WebinarEvidence of Battering and the Defense of Duress
by the National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors March 2023 Lay and expert evidence on battering and its effectsi is…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and GuidesSafety Envelope: NCPOFFC
The National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit (NCPOFFC), a project of the Battered Women’s Justice Project…
TAGS: #Statute Guides and Matrices, #Tools and GuidesFirearms and Domestic Violence: A Summary of Pivotal Cases Decided by the United States Supreme Court
by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms January 2023 This resource contains summaries of significant Supreme Court…
TAGS: #Laws and Regulations, #Tools and GuidesSurvivors with Concurrent Criminal Charges & Civil Protection Cases: Considerations for Community Based Advocates & Civil Advocates
by Cindene Pezzell, Esq. and Quetita Cavero, Esq. Updated 2022 Overview There are many situations in which victims of battering…
TAGS: #Tools and Guides