Resources
Communities & Organizations Working On Ending Violence Against Women
Local Resources
Ahimsa House – Provides shelter and aid to animals caught in the cycle of domestic violence.
Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired – Provides a variety of assistive services to the deaf and hard of hearing, their family members and friends and local, state and federal agencies.
Community Health Charities - Community Health Charities is a federation of America's premier health organizations that have joined together to raise charitable contributions in the workplace.Meeting the health needs of Georgians through workplace giving campaigns in which employees can designate donations to the health agencies of their choice.
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Georgia Legal Services - Provides legal services to low-income families.
Georgia Commission on Family Violence - Provides leadership for effectively addressing family violence in the State of Georgia by promoting state and local community collaboration, certifying Family Violence Intervention Programs etc.
Hunger Coalition – Georgia Citizen’s Coalition on Hunger.
Men Stopping Violence – Works locally, nationally, and internationally to dismantle belief systems, social structures, and institutional practices that oppress women and children and dehumanize men themselves.
Raksha – Promotes a stronger and healthier South Asian community through confidential support services, education, and advocacy.
Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault
National Resources
American Bar Association Commission Family Violence
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence – Provides bilingual/bicultural direct services and linkages to women.
Advanced Special Immigrant Survivors Technical Assistance - Provides comprehensive and cutting-edge technical assistance on the intersection between immigration and domestic violence law.
Battered Women’s Justice Project – Provides training, technical assistance and resources on Criminal Justice, Civil Justice and in building Criminal Defense for battered women accused of committing crimes.
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence - Provides comprehensive information and resources, policy development and technical assistance designed to enhance community response to and prevention of domestic violence.
National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence – Provides resource and training materials, clinical tools, technical assistance, information and referrals, training and model for local, state and national health policy- making for those interested in improving health care’s response to domestic violence.
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum – The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) is a national grassroots advocacy organization committed to a progressive movement for social and economic justice and the political empowerment of Asian and Pacific American (APA) women and girls.
Sacred Circle, National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women
Legal Momentum – Provides technical assistance on employment, housing, immigrant rights, survivor rights, judicial education.
Faith Trust Institute - Offers a wide range of services and resources, including training, consultation and educational materials, to provide communities and advocates with the tools and knowledge they need to address the religious and cultural issues related to abuse.
Family Violence Prevention Fund – Provides technical support and training to new audiences including men and youth, promoting leadership within communities to ensure that violence prevention efforts become self-sustaining, and transforming the way health care providers, police, judges, employers and others address violence.
Mark Wynn Consulting - National trainer to police executives, patrol officers, training officers, prosecutors, judges, legislators, social service providers, healthcare professionals and victim advocates.
National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges - Works to improve courts and systems practice and raise awareness of the core issues that touch the lives of many of our nation's children and families.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence – Work includes coalition building at the local, state, regional and national levels; support for the provision of community-based, non-violent alternatives.
National Network to End Domestic Violence – A membership and advocacy organization of state domestic violence coalitions, allied organizations and supportive individuals, developing policy that changes the way this country deals with the complex and far-reaching problem of domestic violence.
National Center for Victims of Crime - Stalking Resource Center.
New York Asian Women’s Center - Helps battered Asian women overcome violence and govern their own lives, free of abuse. The Center also works to raise public awareness about domestic violence, advocate for the rights of battered women, and create an agenda for social change.
Rape Abuse & Incest National Network – Operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline and carries out programs to prevent sexual assault, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.
Minnesota Program Development, Inc. (http://www.duluth-model.org/)
Resources for those with Disabilities:
The Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division has developed a great deal of excellent technical assistance material for the law enforcement community, as have other components of the Justice Department. The links set forth below may be of interest:
Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: ADA Guide for Law Enforcement Officers - This 8-panel pocket guide provides basic information for officers about ADA requirements for communicating effectively with people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
ADA Guide for Law Enforcement Officers (HTML)
ADA Guide for Law Enforcement Officers (PDF)
Model Policy for Law Enforcement on Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing - This 4-page document serves as a model for law enforcement agencies when adopting a policy on effective communication with people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Agencies are encouraged to download and adapt the policy to suit their needs.
Model Policy for Law Enforcement (HTML)
Model Policy for Law Enforcement (PDF)
ADA/Section 504 Design Guide: Accessible Cells in Correction Facilities. A 5-page publication providing guidance on preventing discrimination against inmates with mobility disabilities through the design of accessible cells in State and local correctional facilities.
Accessible Cells (HTML)
Accessible Cells (PDF) – screen version (328k)
Accessible Cells (PDF) – print version (2.4MB)
An ADA Guide for Local Governments: Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities. A 11-page illustrated publication that provides guidance on preparing for and carrying out emergency response programs in a manner that results in the services being accessible to people with disabilities.
Emergency Preparedness Guide -- HTML
Emergency Preparedness Guide -- PDF (print version, 3.5mb)
Emergency Preparedness Guide -- PDF (screen version, 1.5mb)
Commonly Asked Questions About the ADA and Law Enforcement. A 12-page publication providing information for law enforcement agencies in a simple question and answer format. 
FAX # 3301
Commonly Asked Questions About the ADA and Law Enforcement (HTML)
Commonly Asked Questions About the ADA and Law Enforcement (PDF)
Questions and Answers: The ADA and Hiring Police Officers. A 5-page publication providing information on ADA requirements for interviewing and hiring police officers. FAX # 3302
Questions and Answers: The ADA and Hiring Police Officers (HTML)
Questions and Answers: The ADA and Hiring Police Officers (PDF)
Access for 9-1-1 and Telephone Emergency Services. A 10-page publication explaining the requirements for direct, equal access to 9-1-1 for persons who use teletypewriters (TTYs). FAX # 3304
Access for 9-1-1 and Telephone Emergency Services (HTML)
Access for 9-1-1 and Telephone Emergency Services (PDF)
Questions and Answers: the ADA and Persons with HIV/AIDS. A 16-page publication explaining the requirements of the ADA for employers, businesses and non-profit agencies that serve the public, and State and local governments to avoid discriminating against persons with HIV/AIDS. (Spanish edition available from the ADA Information Line.) FAX # 3206
Police Response to People with Disabilities, Eight-Part Series
Designed for use in roll-call training, this videotape addresses law enforcement situations involving people who have mobility disabilities, mental illnesses, mental retardation, epilepsy or seizure disorders, speech disabilities, deafness or hard of hearing , and blindness or low vision. The eight segments range from 5 ½ to 10 ½ minutes in length. |
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Toll-Free ADA Information Line
Call to obtain answers to general and technical questions about the ADA and to order technical assistance materials:
800-514-0301 (voice) 800-514-0383 (TDD)
Victims with Disabilities: The Forensic Interview—Techniques for Interviewing Victims with Communication and/or Cognitive Disabilities (April 2007)
This 57-minute DVD (NCJ 212894) and companion discussion guide (PDF 831 kb) provide a specific set of guidelines for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim advocates, forensic interviewers, and others for interviewing adults and children with communication and/or cognitive disabilities. A complete transcript of the DVD and a glossary of terms and concepts used in the film are provided.
Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)-Resources Focusing on Persons with Disabilities Who Are Victims of Crime
The AUCD is a nonprofit network of interdisciplinary centers advancing policy and practice for and with individuals with developmental and other disabilities, their families, and communities. Together with The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) and the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), AUCD has developed a Victims of Crime with Disabilities Resource Guide: an online searchable database of print and multimedia products and training programs for service providers in the disability and victim advocacy fields. Tools include discussion boards, funding news, and a calendar and newsletter to help share information and bridge the gap between victim assistance and disability professionals.
Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS)
With OVC funding, the Washington State ADWAS model has been replicated in other cities nationwide. ADWAS services include a 24-hour crisis hotline, educational programs, and advocacy for deaf and deaf-blind victims of sexual assault or domestic violence.
First Response to Victims of Crime Who Have a Disability (October 2002)
This handbook for law enforcement officers (NCJ 195500) describes how to approach and help victims who have Alzheimer’s Disease, mental illness, or mental retardation or who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard of hearing. It is designed as a field guide for personnel who respond first to crime victims and includes contacts for assistance.