Intimate Partner Violence Survivors’ Perspectives of Safety and the Risk of Firearms
BWJP conducted a series of interviews with survivors of intimate partner violence affected by firearms to understand their own perceptions…
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Published by: Elizabeth Brett, Kimberly Coleman Prier
In order to provide an integrated approach to addressing IPV among veterans, their partners, and VA employees, the VHA began implementation of the IPV Assistance Program in 2014. Currently piloted at six (6) VA Medical Centers (VAMCs), the program focuses on both veteran victims/veterans who experience violence and veteran offenders/veterans who use violence.