NRCDV Publications

The National Center for Victims of Crime has published a guide to help victims and advocates navigate media coverage. Learn how to use this guide and get tips about how to protect survivors, including those of domestic violence, from unwanted attention, how to leverage coverage for positive results, and more.

NRCDV’s Youth Advisory Board is excited to introduce the Triumph Over Trauma Campaign in observance of Mental Health Awareness Month 2025.

This resource offers an overview of the Triumph Over Trauma Campaign, which aims to normalize and destigmatize experiences of trauma and adversity and explore the ways we grow from these experiences towards resilience and healing.

Navigating Social Security (SS) benefits can feel overwhelming, especially for survivors dealing with multiple pressures and challenges. This webinar offers a better understanding of SS eligibility and options as essential for both survivors and advocates.

This webinar takes a deep dive into the key concepts of moral distress and moral injury, with a focus on what it is and how it can show up in mission-driven environments. The presenter offers strategies on how to navigate the hard, the ugly, and the painful as well as naming your personal signs that it is time to leave the work.

This introductory webinar describes the dynamics and common tactics that characterize domestic violence. It also provides an overview of the root causes of domestic violence, as well as the scope and impact on individuals and society. This session will help new advocates, allied professionals, students, and the general public achieve a basic understanding of this complex issue and how they can be part of the solution.

What should leaders keep in mind as they find themselves leading an organization during a turbulent time? There are no easy and perfect answers to these questions. In this Technical Assistance Question (TAQ), NRCDV's Patty Branco offers some musings for leaders in the anti-violence field.

This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) offers strategies for cultivating hope when things feel challenging in our work to address and prevent domestic and sexual violence.

This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ), excerpted from the newly released book The Future of Youth Violence Prevention: A mixtape for practice, policy, and research, offers recommendations for best practice centered on the 6 core beliefs of the ACE-DV Leadership Forum, reflecting the shared perspectives that emerged from the common experiences of adult children exposed to domestic violence in childhood.

This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) explores the prevalence of gender-based violence among Native women, COVID-19's impact on the Indigenous population, and how they connect to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit movement.

This fact sheet accompanies the Special Collection of the same name, offering statistics and tips for creating trauma-informed environments for children and youth where they live, play, and grow.

This Technical Assistance Question (TAQ) explores the stigma around trauma despite its commonality, and centers dignity and humanity as the pathway to changing this narrative for both advocates and survivors.