The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) is the primary federal funding stream for State and Territorial Domestic Violence Coalitions, which coordinate state- and territory-wide improvements within local communities, social service…

The Promising Futures website is a useful resource for helping agencies transform or enhance their program’s ability to effectively meet the needs of women, children and youth experiencing domestic violence. The website is organized around five…

This facilitated webinar from OFA PeerTA explored promising practices and programs from TANF programs and contractors that have been effective in addressing domestic violence with an intergenerational approach. Webinar participants were provided…

This paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the effect of labor market conditions — such as unemployment, mass layoffs and predicted employment — on child abuse and neglect. According to a large body of research, poverty and…

This issue brief explores what is currently known about intergenerational patterns of child maltreatment and implications for further research. The brief notes that there is limited research on intergenerational child maltreatment, but existing…

This July 2016 webinar, hosted by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, focused on methods of compassion fatigue management, encouraged self-care, and aimed to renew participants’ passion for their work. The webinar also provided…

This 2015 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Survey offers comprehensive data on health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults, including the prevalence of teen dating violence. The survey data in this report…

This video from the 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) describes the Family Options Study, which is a random assignment study examining the impact of housing and services for homeless families in twelve communities…

These worksheets from the Battered Women’s Justice Project are designed to help family court practitioners record, summarize, integrate and synthesize information gathered about abuse; consider implications for family court processes; and ensure…

This paper summarizes research on the prevalence and experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among the target populations for adult healthy relationship programs. The purpose is to provide practitioners with information on their program…