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Faith-Based & Community Organizations Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Checklist
This checklist provides guidance for religious organizations (churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, etc.), social service agencies that are faith-based, and community organizations in developing and improving influenza pandemic response/preparedness plans.
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Step Up and Speak Out: A Parent Guide for Selecting Youth Serving Organizations
Publisher(s):This handout teaches parents about their personal power and responsibility to protect children from sexual abuse.
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LGBTQ Abusive Relationships
Publisher(s):This fact sheet presents information about dating and domestic violence among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) young people and the obstacles faced by LGBTQ youth in seeking help.
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Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) Resources
Publisher(s):This page from the Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises features key resources to help you learn more about the MISP and how to successfully implement it, including a learning module, quick reference guide, and advocacy sheet.
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Emergency Preparation and People with Disabilities
Publisher(s):This page provides information on emergency preparedness as it relates to individuals with disabilities. Key areas discussed in the document are 1) preparation, 2) notification and evacuation, 3) sheltering and interim services, and 4) recovery.
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Lessons Learned: A Report on the St. Clair County Family to Family Advocacy for Non Offending Parents Pilot Project
Publisher(s):This document reviews the project, initial barriers, statewide advocacy, and training leading to the implementation of a statewide protocol and best practices guide for domestic violence victim advocates and legal aid attorneys working with the child welfare system within the Team Decision Making (TDM) structure and process.
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What is the Child Tax Credit (CTC)?
Publisher(s): Raising children is expensive—recent reports show that the cost of raising a child is over $200,000 throughout the child’s lifetime. The Child Tax Credit (CTC) can give taxpayers back money at tax time to help with those costs. This page outlines key provisions of the CTC.
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Topic No. 602 Child and Dependent Care Credit
Publisher(s):This page provides basic information about dollar limits, qualifying individuals, and reporting for the Child and Dependent Care Credit.
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The Use of Technology to Stalk
Publisher(s): This short preview of a 15-minute training video is designed to enhance awareness among professionals working with stalking victims of how stalkers use a vast array of technologies available today.
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Organizational Capacity Building
Publisher(s):This page provides resources and tools to grow organizations that can sustain racial equity work, with attention to their internal processes as well as their capacities to work on equity.
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Credible Fear Interviews: What you Need to Know as a Transgender or Gender Non-Conforming Immigrant
Publisher(s): This fact sheet from the Transgender Law Center has information on credible fear interviews for transgender and gender-nonconforming immigrant survivors of violence.
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Immigration Options for Victims of Crimes: Information for Law Enforcement, Healthcare Providers and Others
Publisher(s):This brochure provides information about VAWA, U visa, and T visa, including information about eligibility criteria and which forms to file for U or T nonimmigrant visa.