ICADV Quarterly Newsletter
Standards for Service Delivery

IowaVINE
The IowaVINE system is a service through which victims of crime can use the telephone or internet to search for information regarding the custody status of their offender and to register to receive telephone and email notification when the offender’s custody status changes.  The toll-free number for IowaVINE is 888-7-IAVINE or 888-742-8463.  This service is provided to assist victims of crime who have a right to know about their offender’s custody status.

AARDVARC - AARDVARC is An Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence Aid and Resource Collection. This site is for victims of violence, their families and friends, and the agencies and programs which serve them, both public and private. Issues addressed here currently include: domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault.

DV Counts Census Data - On September 15, 2010, 27 out of 27, or 100%, of identified local domestic violence programs in Iowa participated in the 2010 National Census of Domestic Violence Services.

The Family Violence Prevention Fund - FVPF continues to break new ground by reaching new audiences including men and youth, promoting leadership within communities to ensure that violence prevention efforts become self-sustaining, and transforming the way health care providers, police, judges, employers and others address violence.

Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse - The mission of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) is to support research, education, and access to violence related resources.

National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence - Helps professionals who work with victims and perpetrators; law enforcement; criminal justice professionals such as prosecutors, judges and probation officers; health care professionals including emergency response teams, nurses and doctors; domestic violence and sexual assault advocates and service providers; and counselors and social workers. In addition to these professionals, NCDSV also works with local, state and federal agencies; state and national organizations; educators, researchers, faith community leaders, media, community leaders, elected officials, policymakers, and all branches of the military.

National Domestic Violence Hotline - Until the violence stops, the hotline will continue to answer…One Call at a Time. Help is available to callers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Hotline advocates are available for victims and anyone calling on their behalf to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals to agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Assistance is available in English and Spanish with access to more than 140 languages through interpreter services.

National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (VAWnet) - VAWnet is an easily accessible and comprehensive collection of full-text, searchable electronic resources on domestic violence, sexual violence and related issues.

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence - It is the NRCDV’s mission to improve societal and community responses to domestic violence and, ultimately, prevent its occurrence. We provide a wide range of free, comprehensive, and individualized technical assistance, training, and specialized resource materials and projects designed to enhance current intervention and prevention strategies.

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) - PCADV offers consultation and technical expertise to state domestic violence coalitions, private and government agencies, and state and federal policy-makers; provides information and resource materials to the media and general public; provides extensive training to law enforcement and criminal justice personnel, health care providers, religious leaders, drug and alcohol counselors, batterer intervention service providers, and other professionals who seek justice and safety for battered women.

National Stalking Resource Center - Provides training, technical assistance, information and support to professionals and victims dealing with issues related to stalking.

Office on Violence Against Women - (OVW) The Violence Against Women Office, now the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) handles legal and policy issues regarding violence against women, coordinated Departmental efforts, provides national and international leadership, receives international visitors interested in learning about the federal government’s role in addressing violence against women, and responds to requests for information regarding violence against women

Praxis International - Praxis International, Inc. is a nonprofit research and training organization that works toward the elimination of violence in the lives of women and children. We work with local, statewide, and national reform initiatives to bridge the gap between what people need and what institutions provide. Since 1996, we have worked with advocacy organizations, intervention agencies, and inter-agency collaborations to create a clear and cooperative agenda for social change in their communities.

Violence Against Women Online Resources (VAWOR) - Violence Against Women Online Resources provides materials on domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking for criminal justice professionals, sexual assault and domestic violence victim advocates, and other multi-disciplinary professionals and community partners who respond to these crimes.

American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence - The mission of the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence is to mobilize the legal profession to provide access to justice and safety for victims of domestic violence.

ASISTA - ASISTA is a collaboration between four nationally-recognized legal experts who work to provide comprehensive and cutting-edge technical assistance on the intersection between immigration and domestic violence law.  Their purpose is to centralize, enhance and expand immigration assistance to frontline advocates and attorneys who provide legal assistance to immigrant victims.

Battered Women's Justice Project - Offers training, technical assistance, and consultation on the most promising practices of the criminal and civil justice systems in addressing domestic violence.  Staff attorneys and advocates can provide information and analyses on effective policing, prosecuting, sentencing, and monitoring of domestic violence offenders.

The Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System (formerly the London Family Court Clinic)
- Is a non-profit social service agency helping children and families involved with the justice system as victims of crime, witnesses of crime, parties in custody disputes, subjects of child protection proceedings, litigants in civil suits for compensation, teenagers in therapeutic care settings, or youthful offenders. We are known especially for our grounded approach to understanding and helping children exposed to domestic violence.

The Greenbook Initiative - A major new initiative, popularly known as the "Greenbook," is helping child welfare and domestic violence agencies and family courts work together more effectively to help families experiencing violence. Since the "Greenbook" was released in 1999, dozens of sites around the country have used it to improve their policies and practices. The "Greenbook" project is helping communities from coast to coast improve coordination among courts and social service agencies to better serve families in need.

National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith and Credit(NCPOFFC) - NCPOFFC’s mission is to facilitate implementation of the Full Faith and Credit clause of the Violence Against Women Act in all states, tribes, and territories by raising public awareness of the statute’s requirements and by providing problem-solving technical assistance and support to individuals and jurisdictions. 
rd the elimination of violence.

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - The NCJFCJ provides cutting-edge training, wide-ranging technical assistance, and research to help the nation's courts, judges and staff in their important work. The Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody is a project of NCJFCJ.

Iowa Department of Public Health, Health Care Response to Violence Against Women

Administrative rules for facilities

Domestic Violence Assessment Tips

The National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence Victimization in Health Care Settings

Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence: Consensus Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Health

Making the Connection: Domestic Violence & Public Health

Reproductive Health & Partner Violence Guidelines: An Integrated Response to Intimate Partner Violence & Reproductive Coercion 

Violence doesn't have to be part of your life - Asian (poster)

Violence Destroys, Keep our Families Sacred - Native American (poster)

Are you tired of making excuses for him? - English (poster)

Are you tired of making excuses for him? - Spanish (poster)

Nobody Deserves to be Abused (poster)

Nobody Deserves to be Abused - African-American (poster)

Nobody Deserves to be Abused - Spanish (poster)

Feeling alone? - English (poster)

Feeling alone? - Spanish (poster)

You Deserve to be Safe and Healthy in Your Relationship - English (pamphlet)

You Deserve to be Safe and Healthy in Your Relationship - Spanish (pamphlet)

Break the Cycle-Lots of great resources. Model school policies, state report cards, and more.

Dating Matters-This free online tutorial explains the dynamics of teen dating violence and
what you can do to help stop it.

Lessons from Literature- free downloadable lesson plans for English teachers.

Teachers for Social Justice

Coaching Boys Into Men-free downloadable activities and curriculum to help coaches and mentors to talk with kids about healthy relationships.

MADE- Moms And Dads for Education to Stop Teen Dating Abuse- is a branch off of the Love is Not
Abuse site and is aimed at mobilizing parents to create change.

Love is Not Abuse-this site has a free curriculum and downloadable brochures. It provides a lot of
information about what parents, teens, and domestic violence agencies can do.

Faith Trust Institute - FaithTrust Institute is a national, multifaith, multicultural training and education organization with global reach working to end sexual and domestic violence. They offer training, consulting and educational materials to address the religious and cultural issues related to abuse. They work with many communities, including Asian and Pacific Islander, Buddhist, Jewish, Latino/a, Muslim, Black, Anglo, Indigenous, Protestant and Roman Catholic.

Helping Rural Battered Women and Their Children: A Guide for Faith Leaders and Religious Communities

Responding to Domestic Violence: Guidelines for Pastors and Rabbis

The One Man Campaign: Provides a wide variety of materials to engage community members in addressing and ending violence. This includes a section specifically for faith communities.

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS) - ADWAS provides comprehensive services to Deaf and Deaf-Blind victims/survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. ADWAS believes that violence is a learned behavior and envisions a world where violence is not tolerated.

Alianza - National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (Alianza) was established as one of three domestic violence “Cultural Institutes” to address the particular needs and concerns of communities of color experiencing family violence. Alianza specifically addresses the needs of Latino/a families and communities, although its work helps to inform the domestic violence field in general. Alianza’s work has been in four main areas: community education, policy advocacy, research, and training and technical assistance. It has grown into a national network of Latina and Latino advocates, practitioners, researchers, activists, and survivors of domestic violence.

Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women

FaithTrust Institute - FaithTrust Institute offers a wide range of services and resources, including training, consultation and educational materials, to provide communities and advocates with the tools and knowledge they need to address the religious and cultural issues related to abuse. An international, multifaith organization working with many communities, including Asian and Pacific Islander, Buddhist, Jewish, Latino/a, Muslim, Black, Anglo, Indigenous, Protestant and Roman Catholic.

Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community - The Institute's Mission is to provide an interdisciplinary vehicle and forum by which scholars, practitioners, and observers of family violence in the African American community will have the continual opportunity to articulate their perspectives on family violence through research findings, the examination of service delivery and intervention mechanisms, and the identification of appropriate and effective responses to prevent/reduce family violence in the African American community.

Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Project

National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL)- NCALL's mission is to eliminate abuse in later life by challenging beliefs, policies, practices and systems that allow abuse to occur and continue and to improve safety, services and support to victims through advocacy and education.

National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Task Force on Violence Against Women

Sacred Circle, National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women