Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Resources

In this section you will find publications and resources created by WSCADV for advocates, survivors, and professionals.  Most are available for free.  Plese check back frequently, as we continue to add to the resources we offer.

Below you will find our resources organized by topic.  Or, you can browse our resources listed alphabetically by title.

Advocacy

A Fresh Look at Confidentiality: New Tools for Protecting Survivors' Information

Assessment of Risk Posed to Children by Domestic Violence

Battered Women's Shelters: Reflections

BERTHA Manual

Case Staffing: The Role of the Victim Advocate at CSOs

Caution Men Working: Keynote Address at 2008 WSCADV Annual Conference

Changing the Script: Thinking about our Relationships with Shelter Residents

Confidentiality When Working with Battered Women

Evaluating the Outcomes of DV Services Programs

Housing Help: Protections Available for Survivors of Domestic Violence

How We Gave up Curfew

How's It Going? A Day in the Life of a Domestic Violence Advocate Out-Stationed at a CSO

Mandated to Service: How to Best Serve Survivors Who are Forced to Use Our Services

Model Form - Grievance Procedures

Model Form - In the Event of My Death

Model Form - Notice of Participant's Right to Confidentiality

Model Form - Release of Information

Model Policy on Shelter Rules

Moving from Rules to Rights and Responsibilities

Physical "Fixes" That Help Programs Minimize Rules

Poverty and Domestic Violence: What Battered Women with Abused Children Need from Their Advocates

Record-Keeping When Working with Battered Women

Rethinking Punitive Approaches to Shelter

Rules: the Good the Bad and the Ugly

Suicide Assessment and Intervention

Survivors' Perspectives on Confidentiality at DSHS

Under Your Roof: What to do about domestic violence [for landlords]

Children & Families

Assessing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Children's Safety

Building Collaborations with Child Welfare

Child Support: What Survivors, Advocates, and DSHS Workers Have to Say

CPS: Closing the Distance Between Domestic Violence Advocacy and Child Protective Services

CPS: Reforming Child Protective Services Through Advocacy for Battered Women

Working with Battered Women and their Teenage Boys in Shelter

Working with Battered Women Involved in the Child Protection System

Working with Friends and Family of Domestic Violence Victims

Community Education

"It Is Part of the Work": A Conversation about the Role of Anti-Oppression in Advocacy

Batterer Accountability: Responding to Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence

Batterer's Intervention: What Every Victim Advocate Needs to Know

Caminando en sus Zapatos

Caminando en sus Zapatos: English Translation

Employment Leave Law

In Her Shoes: Economic Justice Edition

In Her Shoes: Living with Domestic Violence

In Our Shoes: The Next Steps - An Advocate's Guide to Working for Economic Justice in Your Community

Voices of Survivors Documentary

Computers & Technology

Findings of the Tech Safety Project

disAbility

Accessibility: Ramps, ADA Bathrooms and a Whole Lot More!

disAbility Access: A Summary of the State of our State for Victim Advocates

Domestic Violence Basics for Mental Health Professionals

Enough and Yet Not Enough: DV Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities

Increasing Agency Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Domestic Violence Agency Self-Assessment Guide

Making the Meeting Accessible

Making your Documents more Readable

Nothing About Us Without Us - Disability Advocacy Project Report

Safety Planning for Domestic Violence Victims with Disabilities

Screening Practices for Domestic Violence Victims with Disabilities

Service Animals in Domestic Violence Shelters

Service Animals in Shelter Webinar

The Challenges We Face: Writings on advocacy for survivors with disabilities

Healthcare & Substance Abuse

Practical Tools for Advocates Addressing Substance Abuse

Substance Abuse: Building a Bridge to Safety for Battered Women

Voices of Survivors Documentary

Working with Battered Women Impacted by Substance Abuse

Immigration

Battered Immigrant Women and the Law: What Advocates Need to Know Post-September 11

DV Immigrant Needs Assessment

Immigration Relief for Noncitizen Survivors of Violence

Services for Limited English Proficient Immigrant and Refugee Victims of Domestic Violence

The Crossing Borders Self-Assessment Guide

Legal System & Law Enforcement

Battered Immigrant Women and the Law: What Advocates Need to Know Post-September 11

Comparison of Court Orders for Washington State

Legal Advocacy: Remembering Who We Work For

Model Operating Protocol for Law Enforcement Response to DV

Post-Arrest Model Response for the Supervision of Domestic Violence Offenders

Money & Necessities

Child Support & Domestic Violence

Employment Leave Law

Housing Help: Protections Available for Survivors of Domestic Violence

Is It Safe To Say? Talking with DSHS about violence and abuse

Learn about the Earned Income Tax Credit

Poverty and Domestic Violence: What Battered Women with Abused Children Need from Their Advocates

Summary of Public Assistance Programs

Survivors' Perspectives on Confidentiality at DSHS

Under Your Roof: What to do about domestic violence [for landlords]

Welfare on WorkFirst

Media

Covering Domestic Violence: A Guide for Journalists and Other Media Professionals

Statistics from our Media Guide

Program Management

Evaluating the Outcomes of DV Services Programs

Fundraising: Five Ways for Board Members to Raise $500

Model Form - Grievance Procedures

Model Form - In the Event of My Death

Model Form - Notice of Participant's Right to Confidentiality

Model Form - Release of Information

Public Policy

Public Policy Advocacy: Five Steps, Five Strategies, Five Things to Remember

Religion

Religion and Domestic Violence: Let's Talk About God

Statistics & Research

2000 Fatality Review: Honoring Their Lives, Learning from Their Deaths

2002 Fatality Review: "Tell the World What Happened to Me"

2004 Fatality Review: Every Life Lost Is a Call for Change

2006 Fatality Review: If I Had One More Day...

2008 Domestic Violence Counts: The National Census of Domestic Violence Services, Washington Summary

2008 Fatality Review: Now That We Know...

Advocates and Fatality Reviews

Fatality Review Reports: Innovative Advocates Use the Reports

Guidelines for Advocates Participating in Fatality Reviews

Homicide at Home

Index of Topics in Fatality Review Reports

Washington Fatalities by County

Washington Report - National Domestic Violence Shelter Study

Webinar - Now That We Know: How to Use the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Report to Mobilize Change