This September, we honor the incredible dedication of advocates who tirelessly support survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and crime. These champions provide essential services and face the challenges of maintaining their well-being amid demanding work.

NYSCADV supports these efforts with a wealth of resources to help advocates build resilience, manage trauma, and foster a healthy work-life balance. From webinars to toolkits, we’ve got you covered. Check out our blog posts for insights and tools to strengthen self-care and enhance impact.

Starting on Monday, September 9, NYSCADV invites you to join us for the 21-day self-care challenge throughout September. Created by Move to End Violence, this challenge is designed for social change advocates to help build a robust community of movement activists by establishing intentional self-care practices for a sustainable and more impactful life. Follow us on social media as we post one self-care strategy daily.

Check out our September blog post to learn more about the challenges and for self care tools.

NNEDV's 19th Annual DV Counts Day is on Wednesday!

Primary-purpose domestic violence programs across New York State, the U.S., and its territories are preparing to participate in NNEDV's 19th Annual National DV Counts Day, which will be held this year from Wednesday, September 4, at 8:00 AM EDT through Thursday, September 5, at 7:59 AM EDT.

This annual survey documents the number of people who sought services within a single 24-hour period, the types of services requested, the number of unmet service requests due to a lack of resources, and the issues and barriers domestic violence programs face in providing services to victims.

Each year, NNEDV's Domestic Violence Counts Report summarizes this data and plays a critical role in raising awareness about domestic violence and the incredible work local programs do every day to provide lifesaving services to survivors and their families. Policymakers, journalists, national experts, and advocates at every level rely on Domestic Violence Counts to understand the challenges survivors face, the barriers that domestic violence programs encounter, and the funding and policy changes that can make a difference.

Check out the 2023 DV Counts Report to learn more about DV Counts.

Toolkits Now Available for Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Giving Tuesday!

The English and Spanish toolkits for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (#Every1KnowsSome1) and GivingTuesday (#GiveForDV) are now available! These toolkits include sample social media copy, graphics (with alt text and image descriptions), sample emails, and a sample press release. We are finalizing the last few Spanish alt-text translations and will update the toolkits by next week.

Check out the toolkits and register your organization by September 30.