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“Over several months in 2024, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Firearms (NRCDVF) conducted site visits in three communities, each of which has developed a multi-jurisdictional collaboration with the specific goal of addressing firearm-facilitated domestic violence and domestic violence-derived community violence through better implementation and enforcement of the federal laws that prohibit certain abusers from accessing firearms.

Those communities—DeKalb County, GA; Oklahoma City, OK; and Birmingham, AL—each developed a collaborative initiative that reflects their community and its needs. Each of these three programs are discussed in this resource, including who participates in the initiative, how resources are allocated, the shape the program takes, and the benefits to each community.

The aim of this resource is to provide these models as ones which may be adopted, or adapted, for your own community. The partners within each of these community models were gracious and generous in offering honest reflection on the process of developing these initiatives. The last section of this resource is a set of tips taken directly from the experience of these communities.”

This resource details the importance of having a firearm relinquishment protocol and provides steps for developing a coordinated community response and developing an effective protocol that can be institutionalized and has a separate appendix of relevant state statutes.

Federal law provides a framework to keep guns out of the hands of those who perpetrate domestic violence. Those laws can be complex to understand. This resource provides a basic explanation of the current federal firearms laws that address intimate partner violence, how those laws triggered and how they interact.

In order to safely and ethically represent survivors who have experienced trauma, attorneys need to have manageable caseloads. Unmanageable caseloads can lead to attorney burnout, which in turn causes high organizational turnover rates and decreased quality of services. Overlarge caseloads can even lead to legal malpractice, which can harm clients, expose an organization to lawsuits and reputational damage, and ultimately impact the organization’s ability to provide legal services.

While many organizations strive to keep their caseloads sustainable, few resources exist to help organizations evaluate whether a caseload is sustainable. We created this tool to help legal services organizations determine what constitutes a reasonable and manageable caseload—a caseload that allows time for effective, client-centered representation and promotes staff wellness and resilience.

Este modelo de contrato de servicios legales está destinado a servir como guía de mejores prácticas para los abogados que representan a víctimas de
violencia de género.

Survivors of sexual assault experience unique housing challenges. This resources explores key findings from a series of listening sessions hosted by the National Sexual Assault Housing Collaborative.

This one-page document provides an overview of Inspire Action for Social Change’s technical assistance and training support for supervised visitation and safe exchange (SV&SE) programs. It describes Inspire’s focus on safety-centered guidance, organizational wellness, and practice-based learning, and summarizes the free, tailored support available to OVW-funded SV&SE programs.

A resource created by Red Wind Consulting, Inc. with support from the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life.

A resource created by Red Wind Consulting, Inc. with support from the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life.

Trauma-informed representation is grounded in a commitment to survivor safety, choice, collaboration, and empowerment, and is foundational for effective and ethical legal services. Accordingly, it is critical that organizations consider, plan, and implement trauma-informed principles even before a survivor has accessed services. This Guide is intended to help organizations think about and incorporate components of a trauma-informed intake.