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House Passes $25 Million Increase for VAWA Funding the House of Representatives voted to increase funding in the Science, State, Justice, and Commerce (SSJC) Appropriations Bill to fund critical new VAWA programs - an astounding accomplishment amidst widespread budget cuts this year. On June 28th, the House passed an amendment offered by Rep. DeLauro (D-CT) and Rep. Inslee (D-WA) to provide $10 million in funding for new VAWA programs. This new funding will go to support the Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) as well as programs to serve children and youth, both those who have witnessed domestic and sexual violence and those who have experienced it in their own relationships; as well as the Tribal Sexual Offender registry. In addition, the House passed an amendment offered by Rep. Nadler (D-NY) that adds an additional $5 million for new VAWA programs, with an emphasis on the STOP Grant program and one of its purpose areas, the Jessica Gonzales Victim Assistants, who help improve the enforcement of protection orders. And lastly, the House also passed an amendment offered by Rep. Brown-Waite (R-FL), which passed by a voice vote Tuesday night, and will increase funding by $10 million for new VAWA programs generally. The House has voted for a total of $25 million in new funding to begin critical programs created in VAWA 2005. Chairman Wolf (R-VA), Ranking Member Mollohan (D-WV), and other members of the Appropriations Committee had already included important increases to both STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) and Legal Assistance for Victims funding in the SSJC Appropriations bill. Thank you for taking action and contacting your members of the House about the importance of VAWA programs for your community. Your voices help members of Congress understand how these successful and critical programs save lives, rebuild families, and prevent future crimes. Later this summer, the Senate will consider their CJS (Commerce, Justice, Science) Appropriations Bill and will set funding levels for VAWA programs. Then the Appropriators in the House and Senate will come together in July and work out an agreement between these separate bills, called a “Conference.” We encourage you to call or email your Representative to thank them for supporting funding for VAWA programs. Representative
Rob Bishop (R-01) :contact To find your representatives, visit the :house of representatives
Prevention of Violence Against Women with Disabilities Seminar Utah State University, The U.S. Department of Justice, Salt Lake Community College and Community Abuse Prevention Services Agency (CAPSA) will be hosting the upcoming "Prevention of Violence Against Women with Disabilities" seminar series. People who work in the domestic violence/sexual assault fields generally have little information about people with disabilities. Similarly, people who work in the disabilities field generally have little information about domestic violence and sexual assault. As a result, domestic violence/sexual assault service providers may not know how to accommodate a client with disabilities. At the same time, disabilities service providers may not recognize when women with disabilities are victims of violence and they may not know how to refer them for appropriate services. July
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Advocacy to Prevent Violence Against Women Wednesday,
July 19th, noon-1:30pm Prevention Connection web forums are a series of on-line conferences with prevention experts that explore the efforts to end violence against women before it happens.
The Physician's Guide to Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse (April 2006) The updated and expanded version of The Physician's Guide To Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse has been released, featuring a chapter co-authored by Prevention Institute and Corinne Graffunder, Branch Chief, Division of Violence Prevention, CDC. "Informative and powerful, with easy-to-use guidance and tips that can literally save lives", the book "...is a must read", according to Family Violence Prevention Fund president, Esta Soler. Focusing on primary prevention and applying lessons learned from past successes, our chapter presents a framework for meaningful health sector involvement in initiating the environmental change necessary to stop intimate partner violence and abuse before it occurs. Creating Safe Environments: Violence Prevention Strategies and Programs This report provides an overview of promising violence prevention initiatives across the nation, with special focus on the primary prevention of violence affecting youth and adult intimate partner violence. Specific attention is given to initiatives directed at particularly vulnerable populations, including racial/ethnic groups, immigrants, low-income populations, girls and women, and others. Due to the complexity of the issue, comprehensive approaches to the primary prevention of violence affecting youth and adult intimate partner violence are emphasized as preferable to unrelated individual programs.
La Victima y la Sobreviviente: A Latina Sexual Assault Victim Advocate's Toolkit (June 2006) This new resource contains both original information created by Arte Sana as well as translations of existing data. The material is organized into ready-to-use formats including five PowerPoint presentations. This resource has been created for bilingual victim advocates, to promote healthy Latina communities, enhance sexual violence prevention efforts, and build awareness about victim rights.
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act: 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report (June 2006) The Department of State is required by law to submit a Report each year to the U.S. Congress on foreign governments’ efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons. This Report is the sixth annual TIP Report. It is intended to raise global awareness, to highlight the growing efforts of the international community to combat human trafficking, and to encourage foreign governments to take effective actions to counter all forms of trafficking in persons. The Report has increasingly focused the efforts of a growing community of nations on sharing information and partnering in new and important ways. A country that fails to make significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons, per U.S. law, receives an assessment that could trigger the withholding of non-humanitarian, non-trade-related assistance from the United States to that country. Although most nations have eliminated servitude as a state-sanctioned practice, a modern form of human slavery has emerged. It is a growing global threat to the lives and freedom of millions of men, women, and children. Human trafficking often involves organized crime groups who make huge sums of money at the expense of trafficking victims and our societies. A Summary Report on the Physical and Psychological Health Consequences of Women and Adolescents Trafficked in Europe (June 2006) This report presents some of the first-ever statistical data on trafficked women’s health outcomes. It also provides evidence on violence and health risks that may have influenced these outcomes. The findings are startling in the breadth and depth of the harm women sustained. The level of harm caused to so many aspects of women’s physical, sexual, and psychological health was all-encompassing, posing a massive challenge to care providers. This study calls attention to the health implications of trafficking in women and provides fact-based information on the range of health consequences of trafficking.
Long Term Care Facilities: Information on Residents Who are Registered Sex Offenders or are Paroled for Other Crimes (March 2006) The U.S. Government Accountability Office - the federal office that creates reports in response to requests from members of Congress - has just issued this report, which has policy and legislative implications. Approximately 23,000 nursing homes and intermediate care facilities for people with mental retardation receive federal funding. Media reports have cited examples of convicted sex offenders residing in long-term care facilities and, in some cases, allegedly abusing other residents. Given
concerns about resident safety, GAO was asked to assess:
Current Trends in Psychological Assessment and Treatment Approaches for Survivors of Sexual Trauma (April 2006) This document provides a review and critique of current trends in mental health assessment and treatment for sexual trauma survivors with an emphasis on early intervention. Treatment approaches are restricted to psychotherapy. The Psychological Consequences of Sexual Trauma (March 2006) This document describes current research findings on the effects of childhood and adulthood sexual victimization on women's mental health. Existing data on understudied communities and risk factors for mental health problems are discussed
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