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September 2017
Password: Consent
Publisher(s): The Password: Consent campaign provides important information about the Red Zone and the tools to facilitate conversation and education on your university and high school campuses to help get rid of it. This toolkit starts at the very beginning by focusing on promoting a culture of healthy relationships where boundaries are respected and consent is the key.
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January 2017
Protection Orders 101
Publisher(s):A protection order (also known as a restraining order) can help protect victims of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from the person being abusive. This handout from Break the Cycle explains what a protection order is, who can get one, how to get one, and what protections they can provide.
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January 2017
Protection Orders: Special Considerations for Minors
Publisher(s):A protection order (also known as a restraining order) can help protect victims of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from the person being abusive. Minors and their guardians need to know special information in order to secure a protection order. This handout addresses important considerations for protection orders for minors.
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September 2014
Title IX and Dating Abuse: Implementation in Secondary Schools
Publisher(s):This document addresses the need for efficient Title IX implementation in secondary schools.
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September 2014
Youth Access to Protection Orders: A National Overview
Publisher(s): Each state’s civil domestic protection order laws and their impact on minors seeking protection from abusive relationships were assessed and steps for improving protections were outlined in this document.
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September 2014
Mind the Gap: Providing Shelter to Minor Dating Abuse Survivors
Publisher(s): This document provides guidance to advocates on addressing the current gap in services for teens needing emergency shelter to escape dating abuse.
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January 2012
Youth Services Policy Development Tool
Publisher(s):This tool outlines the key elements in building comprehensive, coherent, and youth survivor-centered organizational policies, including which policies a project team should have, why those policies are important, and how to develop those policies effectively. Within each section of the tool are examples of policy language selected from current Youth Services grantees who have developed and implemented successful programs or sample language.
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January 2012
National Survey of Youth Access to Dating Abuse Services
Publisher(s):This survey report illustrates important national trends in service provision to youth. Trends in availability and accessibility highlight gaps in service as well as strengths and unique needs of communities.
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January 2010
2010 State Law Report Cards: A National Survey of Teen Dating Violence Laws
Publisher(s):This report card assesses each state’s domestic violence protection order laws and how they impact young people who seek protection from abusive relationships.
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- General Material
January 2010
Respect WORKS!
Publisher(s):Respect WORKS! is a comprehensive model of teen dating violence prevention programming to give middle and high schools, youth service providers and domestic violence agencies the tools they need to respond effectively to teen dating violence issues on and off campus.
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July 2009
Teen Pregnancy, Parenting, And Dating Violence
Publisher(s): This issue brief discusses the link between dating violence and pregnancy among teens and provides guidance for screening and responding to pregnant teens in violent relationships.
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July 2009
The Myth of Mutuality, Issue Brief No. 6
Publisher(s):Identifying the predominant aggressor and the victim is necessary to understand what happened in a given incident and in the history of the relationship and is also important in allowing you to provide the best possible resources to the teens.