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This resource describes the option of obtaining a new social security number for victims of domestic violence or harassment, explains the application process, and outlines key considerations.

This article discusses actions by the House Committee on Rules to block a vote and debate on changing legislation that prevents service women who experience pregnancy as a result of rape to receive a federally funded abortion. This option is available to civilian women who experience rape, abuse, or incest.

This PowerPoint presentation offers an overview of the U-Visa, T-Visa, and VAWA self-petitioning process for survivors of violence who don't have legal immigration status.

This news report discusses one servicewoman's experience of sexual assault while serving overseas and her decision to join a class action lawsuit against the government for failing to protect women and men who experience sexual assault in the military.

This article discusses the proposed legislation sponsored by Representatives Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Niki Tsongas, D-Massachusetts. This legislation would provide for the rights and privileges of military personnel impacted by sexual violence while serving, including rights to confidentiality, services, and legal access.

This guide for law enforcement provides guidance on the enforcement of protection orders pursuant to the full faith and credit provision of the Violence Against Women Act, which requires law enforcement officers to enforce valid orders across the boundaries of states, tribes, and territories.

This website provides information about domestic violence and legal rights of immigrant women married to a US citizen. It suggests that immigrant women call the police if they or their children are in danger. The website also includes information about services available to immigrant survivors. The second part of this website gives information about immigration options for survivors.

This brief examines urban and rural differences in the community context of partner violence and the effectiveness of protective orders. The study uses data from an urban area and a rural area in Central Appalachia in Kentucky.

This webpage emphasizes the need to implement pretrial and courthouse safety planning for survivors, and offers recommended steps for creating such a safety plan.

This publication is designed to facilitate the efforts of states, tribes, and territories to implement the Full Faith & Credit Provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which require that a protection order obtained in one state be enforced in another state.

This manual addresses the dynamics of domestic violence in immigrant families; ways to create agency-wide cultural competency training programs; multicultural approaches to shelter protocol development; recruiting and hiring multicultural staff; foreign language needs and helpful interviewing techniques for client intake sessions and meetings; ways to do outreach and collaboration with immigrant communities; and, descriptions of model programs.

This training manual provides information to TANF eligibility workers on how to access TANF for qualified alien immigrant survivors.