WCADV's Technology Coordinator will demonstrate how to run the SAVS report, enter data and configure Alice so that it will count on the report.   Watch and listen: http://www.wcadv.net/Webinars/Alice_SAVS_reporting_112812/lib/playback.html

"Alice software installation" is a guide to options for installing Alice software at your agency, depending on how your computers are configured. This document includes a worksheet to record technical information about your installation, so you will have that information when you upgrade or communicate with technical support. "Alice upgrades" is a short guide that simplifies the quarterly upgrade process.

WCADV's technology coordinator demonstrates how to get around the Alice software, enter hotline, shelter and client activity records, events, and volunteer activities. Learn some of the settings you might wish to change, how to edit or hide choices in drop-down and multiple choice lists, make fields mandatory or optional, and where to find custom fields. Play recording of August 3, 2010 webinar. [NOTE: Some things may have been slightly revised since this webinar but the basic concepts are the same]Download the outline to follow along:

The handbook was created for the overall purpose of providing guidance to attorneys so that they can help survivors achieve their civil legal objectives when trauma or other mental health challenges are a potential factor in a case. co-authored by Mary Malefyt Seighman, Olga Trujillo, and Erika Sussman, on behalf of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health and funded by the Office on Violence Against Women.
To access the handbook, go to: http://www.csaj.org/documents/407.pdf

Google has launched A Platform for Good (PfG) to focus on the positive power of the Internet, using fun and engaging interactive elements to support online safety learning. The goal is provide an interactive space to help parents, teachers and teens connect, share and do good online. Look for good privacy information on the Resources pages.

AARP is a membership organization providing a variety of services and benefits to persons over 50. 

http://assets.aarp.org/aarp.org_/web/marketing/membership/membership1.htm?p=membership1.0.5.html 

The Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center works with abused Americans, mostly women, in foreign countries to provide domestic violence and child abuse advocacy, resources and tools so that they can navigate the complicated jurisdictional, legal & social international landscapes, to be able to live their lives free of abuse either in the foreign country or back in the United States. Hotline: 866-USWOMEN (866-879-6636), crisis email: crisis@866uswomen.org, website with live chat: www.866uswomen.org

2007-Fact Sheet regarding Parenting, Citizenship, Discrimination, Violence and Health for LGBTQ Latinos (from Chicago-area).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) promotes the primary prevention of Intimate Partner Violence by providing funding, networking opportunities, training, and technical assistance to 14 state-level DV coalitions through the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) program.  WCADV is pleased to be a part of the DELTA program. To learn more, please see: 

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/delta/

and

http://www.vawnet.org/special-collections/DELTA.php#301

Some very good publications on domestic violence and children as free downloads: www.lfcc.on.ca/children_exposed_to_domestic_violence.html

Certified Languages International Language Line form for Wisconsin DV programs.

WCADV Policy Development Coordinator, Tony Gibart, offers the following summary of how Wisconsin unemployment statutes have changed in response to The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The Community Readiness Assessment Model is an excellent prevention planning and evaluation tool that employs community organizing techniques.  When tackling community problems, including domestic and dating violence, there is no "one size fits all" model for success and no one person can achieve it.  This pair of articles clear outlines the Model and how communities can use it to achieve results.

Whether a paid caregiver, support worker, family member, or domestic violence or sexual assault advocate, each of us individually and as a part of larger service organizations have a stake in creating safety for and with people with disabilities.

We can and must become aware of and respond differently to our new understanding of what makes people vulnerable.This guide is designed to guide us through this journey, so that the vulnerability inherent in the “culture of compliance” that we inadvertently maintain is replaced with creating and fostering safety in its most basic and impactful form for people with disabilities—through a “culture of assertiveness.” It’s time.

This brochure from the Department of Children and Families explains some of the resources and protections available to W-2 participants who are or were victims of domestic violence.  It is to be given to all W-2 applicants and participants. Hmong and Spanish versions are also available. 

Use this form to collect your data and prepare your report before submitting it electronically. For questions please contact Sharon Lewandowski, 608-266-0700.

Disability Rights Wisconsin is the state's protection and advocacy agency. DRW provides advocacy and legal services for persons with developmetnal disabilities, serious mental illness or physical/sensory disabilities. www.disabilityrightswi.org

WCADV’s Homicide Response Plan was developed by a workgroup comprised of Executive Directors from
domestic violence and dual programs who came together as a result of experiencing and
responding to domestic violence homicides in their own communities. Our objective with this
document is to provide a framework for programs and their communities to develop a plan that
will provide guidance in responding to a domestic violence homicide, whether the victim had
been a client or not. We hope to assist communities in responding in a supportive and
collaborative manner that encourages the further growth of their commitment to working together to end violence. 

This issue is about health care response to domestic violence.

As a health care professional, you are not expected to “fix” or solve elder abuse, but you do have an opportunity to ask screening questions about family violence, listen to the patient and acknowledge her story, help break the patient’s isolation, offer support, talk about safety and connect the patient with local resources. For some victims, a health care provider may be the only professional contact and opportunity they have to disclose fears and seek help to break the isolation often associated with abuse.

Created by WCADV in collaboration with the Wisconsin Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources (2009 revision)

These two fact sheets cover topics that were implicated by the shootings at a Brookfield, Wisconsin salon on Sunday, October 21, 2012.  They address (1) domestic violence and the workplace and (2) restraining orders and firearm surrender.   

Frequently Asked Questions about Domestic Violence and Health Care.

This web page, designed by the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, is intended to help survivors and advocates find resources and information about seeking economic assistance and security. Some of the resources are specific to Washington State but much of it is helpful to anyone.
Get Money, Get Safe website

Funders for LGBTQ Issues launched a historic, online resource to help grantmakers understand the critical issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBTQ) communities of color. This toolkit includes a range of original funder tools, perspectives from foundation and nonprofit leaders in the field, related publications and much more. We hope to enhance the philanthropic conversation on opportunity, diversity and equity.
http://www.lgbtracialequity.org/