Strategies and leadership shared by Latina Promotoras serving Latin@ communities impacted by COVID-19.

This guide provides resources, statistics, and best practices to reach Latin@ communities in an emergency preparedness plan. These cost-effective, simple strategies will increase the health and safety of the Latin@ community during natural disasters and emergencies.

Using this resource guide, professionals can gain insight into the connection between climate change and gender-based violence, which is significantly compounded by changing weather patterns, extreme acute and onset weather events or natural disasters, public health crisis, and mass casualty events.

This Resource Guide includes links to and descriptions of 8 emergency preparedness related resources for people representing themselves and advocates including resources for representing yourself in custody proceedings during various emergencies.

Recommendations for how to prepare for emergencies if you still reside with the person causing you harm and if you are separated from the person causing you harm.

A review of each jurisdictions vaccine case law, vaccine policies, custody/visitation caselaw, and custody /visitation policies and court procedures during COVID.

A checklist for pre-crisis planning, a list of resources to prepare, and recommended partnerships to make.

Recommendations for what to prepare, precautions to take, issues that arise during emergencies, how to handle a pending legal case, documents to prepare, and common questions.

The Journalist Playbook is by and for journalists and survivors who want to change the conversation. From survivor perspectives to real-world examples of good journalism, find the tools and sources you need to report on domestic violence.

Enlace a la capacitación gratuita de Shear Haven, que consiste en un video de 20 minutos seguido de un breve cuestionario de tres preguntas. Aunque la capacitación está dirigida a profesionales de la industria de la belleza, este curso gratuito en línea puede enseñar a cualquier persona sobre las señales de abuso y cómo ayudar.

Link to Shear Haven's free training, consisting of a 20-minute video followed by a short three question quiz. While the training is geared toward beauty industry professionals, this free online course can teach anyone about the signs of abuse and how to help.

Outlines main themes and successful strategies for effectively reaching Latin@ communities during emergency situations.

This pull-out pocket guide for law enforcement is a quick reference from the Law Enforcement Officer’s Guide to Enforcing Protection Orders Nationwide. It provides responding officers with information on enforcing protection orders pursuant to full faith and credit provision of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), 18 U.S.C. § 2265.

Tips, references, and guidance for new domestic violence expert witnesses, especially those testifying from the perspective of the prosecution.

An eight step guide to how to prepare for virtual court including, technology, evidence, testimony, additional court dates, arguments, court orders, and tips.

A guide to handling enforcement existing court orders, requesting to move, or changing an existing court order during an emergency.

Webinar presentation regarding using the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to help enforce protection orders nationwide.

For practitioners working with criminalized survivors, it's helpful to be familiar with common reentry issues that people face when returning home from incarceration.

Step-by-step guide and overview of domestic violence-related federal firearm prohibitions for law enforcement.

Toolkit for advocates to create brochures guiding survivors on the legal process of firearm removal in protection order cases.

Sample Firearm Survivor Information Template for editing: "What You Need to Know About Firearms and Your Safety"

Technology solutions to increase access to and enforcement of protection orders.

This fact sheet describes the realities of survivors with pets in the context of COVID-19, offering ways to utilize protection orders and community resources to help ensure support and safety.

This checklist includes guidance for prosecutors on protection orders, the application of federal law, considerations, and coordinated community efforts.

This checklist includes guidance for law enforcement on protection orders, misdemeanor crimes, seizure and safe return of firearms, and more.

This checklist includes guidance for judges on protection orders, facilitating enforcement, misdemeanor crimes, surrender of firearms, and judicial notification.

This checklist includes guidance for advocates on facilitating the firearm discussion, removal during issuance of protection orders, enforcement, and transfer.

This guide informs law enforcement on how to enforce protection orders across the nation under the full faith and credit provision.

This guide provides suggestions on how to capture evidence that can be admitted in court from your devices, such as your cell phone, computer, or tablet.

This checklist includes guidance on facilitating the firearm discussion, firearm removal, enforcement of firearm prohibitions, and transfer/return of firearms.

This toolkit supports advocates in educating communities about the life-saving value of protection orders and improving the implementation of firearm prohibitions to protect survivors.