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CREATING FIREARMS SAFETY BROCHURES FOR SURVIVORS:WHAT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SHOULD CONSIDER


This is a toolkit that assists community-based advocates and coordinated community response teams in creating customizable brochures for survivors who want to remove firearms from respondents in protection order cases. It gives communities essential information to help survivors understand the legal process for firearm removal within the context of a protection order.

This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-21-GK-05133 MUMU and 15JOVW-22-GK-05005-FIRE awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/presentation/exhibit are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the departments and do not in any way constitute an endorsement by the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

CREATING FIREARMS SAFETY BROCHURES FOR SURVIVORS:WHAT COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SHOULD CONSIDER

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