Trans/SOFFA-Specific Power and Control Tactics
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.
My Mental Health Crisis Plan App
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).
Podcast for Change from NIWRC
“Safety and justice require action. As a movement, we can use our collective voices to engage and influence change.”
Human Trafficking Statistics – 2019
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.
Preventing Suicide
As a parent or educator, you can be a lifeguard for your children or students by understanding the warning signs and risk factors of suicide and letting the youth in your life know that support is always available if they need it.
Adult Protective Services Factsheet
Adult Protective Services is a social service program authorized by law in every state to receive and investigate reports of elder or vulnerable adult maltreatment and to intervene to protect the victims to the extent possible.
NCTSN Resources Related to Understanding Child Traumatic Stress
This resource list serves as a guide for child-serving professionals and families new to the information available through the NCTSN including an overview of the NCTSN, along with a brief introduction to child traumatic stress, its causes, and consequences.
Resource Disparity Summary from StrongHearts Native Helpline
“To date, our team has identified only 266 Native providers for American Indian and Alaska Native people. What we have confirmed from gathering and vetting services is that there continues to be a severe resource gap impacting the ability of Tribes to address intimate partner violence in their communities.”
Human Trafficking at Home: Labor Trafficking of Domestic Workers
The data showed that of the approximately 8,000 labor trafficking cases identified between December 2007 and December 2017, the highest number of cases involved domestic work. That number likely represents only a small fraction of the problem, as human trafficking in all its forms is severely underreported.
Know It. Name It. Stop It. Public Awareness Curriculum for Stalking Prevention
Everyone has a role to play in knowing, naming and stopping stalking. The curriculum includes a facilitator’s guide, script, powerpoint slides, handouts, videos, and even a webinar run-through of the curriculum.