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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…
Tools & Resources
Developing an Effective Response to Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Part One: Changing the Paradigm
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Funding Successful SARTs: A Ten-Factor Framework for STOP Administrators
One of the ways STOP administrators can support sexual violence response work is through funding and supporting systems change sexual assault response teams (SARTs). This…
Meaningfully Addressing Sexual Violence with S*T*O*P
The 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act included a statutory requirement that 20% of the STOP funding awarded to each state and territory…
Understanding What the “Rape Kit Backlog” Really Means, Part 3: Approaches and Protocols
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Understanding Unsubmitted Kit Problems, Part 2: Approaches and Protocols
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Understanding what the “Rape Kit Backlog” Really Means Part 1: Language and Definitions
The Sexual Violence Justice Institute at the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (SVJI@MNCASA) is a national resource for expertise in the criminal justice response to…
Research Finds Most Sexual Assault Reports to be True: Uncovering myths and practices, influencing change
The Problem “False report” is a category or designation that is often misused by law enforcement on sexual assault cases. The overuse of this designation…
Sexual Violence Fundamentals: Must-Haves for a Meaningful Response to Sexual Violence
When you are deciding what projects and programs to fund through STOP, remember to take a step back and evaluate whether you are meeting these…
Sexual Violence Fundamentals: Sexual Violence and Reporting: By the Numbers
The numbers around sexual violence are inherently incomplete. One reason for this is that most official statistics are based on the number of police reports…
Sexual Violence Fundamentals: Who is impacted by sexual violence?
Sexual violence affects everyone: All populations and all communities. No community is immune. Communities and populations that experience systemic oppression often experience higher rates of…
Sexual Violence Fundamentals: What is Sexual Violence?
There is no single, all-encompassing definition of sexual violence. Sexual violence is discussed differently in different places, contexts, and communities. Therefore it is important to…
Summary of A Ten-Factor Framework for Sexual Assault Response Team Effectiveness
Systems change sexual assault response teams (SARTs) are community-based multidisciplinary teams that work to create long-term improvements to the local response to sexual violence. SARTs…