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Advocate’s Guide to Talking to Parents/Guardians About Healthy Relationships and Sexual Violence Prevention for Children and Youth
Learning healthy relationship skills is a vital part of sexual violence prevention and sex education, all of which are most impactful when taught together. Parents/guardians…
Healthy Relationships Activity Book
Stopping sexual violence and other forms of harm can feel like a complicated and overwhelming task. Education is an important form of sexual violence prevention.
What Can We Talk About? Common Rules & Regulations
It is important for all members of a sexual assault response team (SART) to understand one another’s different professional and ethical obligations before the team…
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Hear Us. See Us. Believe Us. Respect Us.: Latina Farmworker Experiences of Sexual Violence in Rural Washington
SVJI staff partnered with community-based advocacy organizations in two states to implement a community-led research project to explore the experiences of adult victim/survivors of sexual…
Glossary of Sexual Violence Terms
This glossary contains common terms, definitions, and acronyms related to sexual violence and system response, such as the criminal legal system or in healthcare.
Sexual Assault Evidentiary Exam Payment
In Minnesota, victims of sexual assault who have an evidentiary exam done for the purpose of gathering evidence of sexual assault need not pay for…
Payment for Sexual Assault Exams When the Assault Occurs in One State but the Exam Occurs in a Different State
This fact sheet explains who pays for a sexual assault exam when the victim is assaulted while visiting one state but undergoes a sexual assault…
Confidential Communications with Health Insurance Carriers: Guide for Advocates and Providers
If someone is insured as a dependent on another’s health insurance policy—for example a partner or parent’s—health insurance carriers may send the policyholder information about…
Minor Consent for Medical and Mental Health Treatment
This fact sheet addresses two main issues: When may a sexual assault advocate or medical professional provide services to a minor without consent from the…
Mandated Reporting of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults: What is Required?
In Minnesota, sexual assault advocates and domestic abuse advocates are NOT mandated reporters of maltreatment of vulnerable adults. See Minn. Stat. §626.557 and other statutes…
Mandated Reporting of Sexual or Physical Abuse or Neglect of a Child
In Minnesota, sexual assault advocates are mandated to report the abuse or neglect of a child by “certain persons” in caregiving roles to the child.
Serving Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Despite the fact that people who identify as transgender or non-binary experience violence and harassment in every aspect of life at astoundingly high rates (NCTE, 2016),…
Sexual Victimization in Indian Country: Barriers and Resources for Native Women Seeking Help
Even in the 21st century, victim blaming is alive and well in Indian country. Just last year, an Indian Health Service (IHS) physician published a…