Tools & Resources
Featured Tools & Resources
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…
Tools & Resources
Organizational Trauma and Resilience
Adapted from Organizational Trauma and Healing by Pat Vivian and Shana Hormann (2013) Trauma can affect organizations just as it affects individuals, families, and communities.
COVID-19: Racial Equity and Social Justice Resources
This is a collection of resources focused on racial equity and social justice. It includes information that we hope will help communities and activists as…
COVID-19 and Health Equity Podcast Series
This is a podcast series by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center focused on COVID-19 and health equity. Listen to the series. …
Building Meaningful Partnerships: Supporting Native Survivors in Rural Communities
Advocates consistently tell us their favorite part of working in a rural community is the diverse array of people they get to work with every…
Back to Basics: Partnering with Survivors and Communities to Promote Health Equity at the Intersections of Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence:
This document was co-authored by staff of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and National Resource Center…
Improving Services for Violence Against Women and Children During Covid-19
The frequency and severity of intimate partner violence (IPV) and child abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic has become exceedingly concerning. Since the start of the…
National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Health providers can address IPV during this public health emergency by making sure that all patients are getting access to support resources. See information from…
National Consortium Of Telehealth Resource Centers
Telehealth can help address COVID-19 as well as other pandemic situations by limiting exposure to infection for vulnerable populations and healthcare workers. It can also…
International Association of Forensic Nurses
The Resource Helpline provides technical assistance (TA) to support the demonstration sites selected by Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) in establishing and/or maintaining victim-centered,…
Nonprofit Disaster Planning and Recovery
Whether it’s an earthquake, wildfire, hurricane, or human-caused calamity, a disaster can seriously impact your organization’s operations. “The Resilient Organization,” developed with the …
Best Practices When Using Mobile Devices for Advocacy
Tablets, laptops, and smartphones can help advocates reach survivors, access files, send and receive email, and complete paperwork while away from the office, including working…
Using Technology to Communicate with Survivors During a Public Health Crisis
During a public health crisis such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, when public health officials recommend “social distancing” to slow the spread of…