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HSTS is an early childhood trauma intervention model created by Crittenton Childrens Center in Kansas City, MO. It is designed to support young children as well as, the parents and teachers who love and care about them. HSTS promotes the development of systemic trauma awareness in Head Start communities, teaching resiliency and practical lifelong coping skills.

This webpage lists questions and answers regarding the misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, including the definition, application of the law to specific individuals and within specified time frames, hypothetical scenarios in which the law is applied, and differentiation between federal and state law.

The 5 Steps to Protecting Our Children is an introductory guide to help adults protect children from sexual abuse. Using an evidence-informed approach, these guidelines provide simple and practical actions you can take to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.

TGNC youth often face severe discrimination and harassment in schools. This resource addresses problems ranging from lack of gender-neutral bathrooms to confidentiality, with specific recommendations for addressing each problem in a school setting.

This manual recognizes the impact of culture on patient-doctor communication, particularly when discussing domestic violence. The manual provides guidelines for health care providers to effectively screen culturally diverse patients for domestic violence.

This guide includes information for advocates on how best to assist victims with workplace issues, how to educate employers, how to educate attorneys, and how best to educate the community.

In September 2020, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence held its first National Prevention Town Hall. In breakout session 1B, presenters Cecily Johnson and Timike Boyd Jones highlight their work to center the needs and experiences of Black women across the state of Indiana, offering key lessons learned and action steps.

This document provides an introduction to basic prevention concepts by exploring the public health approach, two classification systems, a planning tool used to develop more comprehensive initiatives, and the importance of understanding terminology. It addresses the topics of women's health, mental health and substance abuse, family planning, STIs and HIV, perinatal programs, breastfeeding, child and adolescent health, and injury and violence prevention.

This issue brief discusses how educators can begin to understand the role of trauma, its effect on children and learning, and how educators can change methods of interacting and responding to children impacted by trauma.

This Reproductive Justice 101 interactive timeline - from 1654 onward - is a great tool for starting dialogues within organizations about the issue.

This document is an illustration describing the violence that may happen throughout the lives of Asian and Pacific Islander women during the life stages of infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, adulthood and later life.

This toolkit is a critical how-to guide for communities assessing their institutional responses to violence against women.