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.

This guide was created to support advocates and organizations working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence by clearly outlining the federal laws that protect survivors’ access to services.

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.

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

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.

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