Best Practices Compendium

Historically and Systemically Oppressed Communities

CULTURAL RESPONSIVITY

Center for Victim Research

• The Impact of Culturally Relevant Programs

National Center on Domestic Violence and Mental Health

• Creating Accessible, Culturally Relevant, Domestic Violence and Trauma Informed Agencies: A Self Reflection Tool
• Tools for Transformation: Becoming Accessible, Culturally Responsive, and Trauma-Informed Organizations — An Organizational Reflection Toolkit

SURVIVORS WITH DISABILITIES

End Domestic Abuse

• Victims/Survivors Who Use Service Animals 

National Network to End Domestic Violence 

• Assistive Technology for People who have Disabilities or who are Deaf

Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitation Services 

• The Texas Workforce Commission – Service Animals

Texas Technology Access Program, Texas Center for Disability Studies at the University of Texas at Austin

• Texas Technology Access Program 

VAWnet

• Deaf Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence

Vera Institute of Justice 

• Culture, Language, and Access: Key Considerations for Serving Deaf Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
• Measuring Capacity to Serve Survivors with Disabilities: Performance Indicators    
• Supporting Deaf & DeafBlind Survivors

Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• Service Animals in Domestic Violence Shelter
• Model Protocol on Screening Practices for DV Victims with Disabilities
• Access to Checklist to Identify Increased Access for Survivors with Disabilities 

SURVIVORS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP)

Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence 

• Interpretation Technical Assistance Resource Center

Lep.gov (U.S. Department of Justice)

• LEP Resources and Information 

National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project 

• Language Access Training Materials 

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

• Sexual Assault Glossary of Terms in Spanish 

UC Berkeley, School of Public Health, Health Initiative of the Americas

• Health Glossary of Terms in Spanish

SURVIVORS IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY

Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza) 

FORGE

The Network la Red

• Open Minds, Open Doors: Transforming Domestic Violence Programs to Include LGBTQ Survivors 

The Northwest Network 

Trans Lifeline

VAWnet

• Preventing and Responding to Domestic Violence in LGBTQ Communities
• A Tool for Reflection: The Realities and Internalized Oppression Faced by Lesbians of Color 

 SURVIVORS WHO ARE BLACK, INDIGENOUS OR PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC)

Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence 

• Fact Sheets on Domestic Violence in Specific Ethnic Communities

Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza) 

INCITE

National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

Ujima: National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community 

VAWnet

• Domestic Violence in Latin@ Communities Women of Color Network

SURVIVORS ABOVE AGE 65

National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life 

VAWnet 

• Preventing and Responding to Domestic & Sexual Violence in Later Life