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.  Please 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

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 and Emergency Situations

Confidentiality FAQ

Confidentiality When Working with Battered Women

Evaluating the Outcomes of DV Services Programs

General Principles to Keep in Mind Regarding Confidentiality and Releases

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

Making a Mandatory Child Abuse Report: Best Practices

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 Rights and Responsibilities for Shelter Residents

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 for Advocates

Record Keeping for Directors

Record Keeping When Working with Battered Women

Responding to Information Requests from DCFS

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]

Advocacy Toolkits

Shelter Rules

Domestic Violence Housing First Toolkit

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

DSHS Children's Administration's (CPS) DV Policy

Key Points from DSHS/Children's Administration's (CPS) DV Practice Guide

Know Your Rights When CPS Comes Knocking

Making a Mandatory Child Abuse Report: Best Practices

Social Worker's Practice Guide to Domestic Violence

Supporting Parenting in Shelter Webinar

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

In Their Shoes: Teens and Dating Violence

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

What If She Says Yes? A webinar of strategies for health professionals when someone discloses DV

Working with Battered Women Impacted by Substance Abuse

Immigration

The Secure Communities Program: What DV Advocates Need to Know

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

DV Immigrant Needs Assessment

Immigrant & Refugee DV Homicide Victims

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

Secure Communities

Legal System & Law Enforcement

The Secure Communities Program: What DV Advocates Need to Know

At A Glance, Responding to requests for information from law enforcement in a missing persons investigation

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

Comparison of Court Orders for Washington State

Language Access in the Courts

Legal Advocacy: Remembering Who We Work For

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

Money & Necessities

Child Support & Domestic Violence

Employment Leave Law

Housing and Homeless Service Providers - Domestic Violence Survivors Need You!

Housing Help: Protections Available for Survivors of Domestic Violence

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

Landlords - Open your Doors to Domestic Violence Survivors!

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

Native & Tribal Resources

DV Homicides and Native People

Tribal DVSA Resources

Map of Washington State Tribes

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

Nonprofit Finance Webinar: Cost Allocation

Record Keeping for Directors

Public Policy

DSHS Children's Administration's (CPS) DV Policy

Guidelines for Non-Profits During Election Season

Key Points from DSHS/Children's Administration's (CPS) DV Practice Guide

Language Access in the Courts

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

Social Worker's Practice Guide to Domestic Violence

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 Fatality Review: Now That We Know...

2010 Fatality Review: Up to Us

2012 Domestic Violence Fatality Data

Advocates and Fatality Reviews

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

Domestic Violence Fatalities by County

Fatality Review Reports: Innovative Advocates Use the Reports

Guidelines for Advocates Participating in Fatality Reviews

Homicide at Home

Immigrant & Refugee DV Homicide Victims

Index of Topics in Fatality Review Reports

Washington Report - National Domestic Violence Shelter Study

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

Teen DV Homicide Victims - New Data

DV Homicides and Native People