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“This guide is intended to assist prosecutors in analyzing the elements of their stalking statute(s); recognizing stalking in cases where it has been employed by the offender in connection with some other criminal offense; appreciating the strategic value of charging stalking in cases where it is related to other criminal offenses; and more.”
In this webinar, you will meet Soledad, a 14-year-old girl who has recently been released from her first psychiatric hospitalization after an attempted suicide. This is Soledad’s first session scheduled by her welfare worker.
“OVC and OVC TTAC will discuss the five-year trend analysis of grantee data entered into the Trafficking Information Management System (TIMS) Online performance measures data. This unique data set provides insight from the largest federally-funded grantee pool and will provide critical context to improve identification and service delivery to survivors of human trafficking.”
This webinar will focus on the lived realities of the AfroLatina diaspora and the resiliency in the face of violence and various issues facing communities. Yvette will share her experience and learnings from the field to support survivors of violence staring with centering the experiences of AfroLatinas in Latin America and their experiences as immigrants within the context of the U.S. This webinar will explore the importance of both ethnic and racial identity within the Latino community.
This resource sheet lists power and control tactics that can be used against transgender victims as well as power and control tactics that can be used by transgender abusers.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a new mobile app, My Mental Health Crisis Plan, which allows individuals who have serious mental illness (SMI) to create a plan to guide their treatment during a mental health crisis. The app was developed through SMI Adviser, a project funded by SAMHSA and administered by the American Psychiatric Association. The app provides an easy, step-by-step process for individuals to create and share a psychiatric advance directive (PAD).
An overview of the definition of abuse in later life. Video presenter: Bonnie Brandl. Produced by the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL) and Terra Nova Films.
Safety and justice require action. As a movement, we can use our collective voices to engage and influence change. Speaking Our Truth is a podcast aimed at building joint action. An original podcast by the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center.
In 2019, Polaris worked on 11,500 situations of human trafficking reported to the Polaris-operated U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline. These situations involved 22,326 individual survivors; nearly 4,384 traffickers and 1,912 suspicious businesses. Human trafficking is notoriously underreported. Shocking as these numbers are, they are likely only a fraction of the actual problem.
Participants learn how faith can be a resource or a barrier to hope, help, and healing; gain insight into faith-specific understandings; be aware of best practices and resources for engaging faith leaders as allies; and explore strategies for working with faith leaders in their communities.
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