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Coalition Connection
Your Weekly Source of News, Training Opportunities, and Events
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Through a collective voice, the WCADVSA is committed to provide leadership, education, and systems advocacy to advance social change and end violence. | |
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Welcome to your weekly edition of the Coalition Connection!
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We will highlight important information in this section each week in red that requires your action or attention. This week's highlights include:
Opportunity
- Teen Economic and Financial Abuse Pilot Cohort sponsored by the Allstate Foundation
- WCADVSA Prevention Specialist Position
- Part-Time Advocate in Thermopolis, WY
- Program & Training Specialist - Praxis International
- Recruitment for Study on Men Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence
- Seeking Submissions - Voices of Healing: trans and nonbinary survivors SPEAK OUT
- WCSADVSA Staff Attorney Position
Our Work
- Survivor Storytelling Workshop and Advisory Council
- 2020-2023 Transitional Housing Assistance Program
- Funds to Reduce Education, Employment, and Job Training Barriers for Survivors
Policy Updates
- A Refresh on WCADVSA Monthly Policy Call October 22 - Everyone's Invited!
Training and Events
- Virtual 5k for Anti-Bullying & Suicide Prevention
- Transitional Housing Assistance Program Forms Training - October 26
- RUN WY! Leadership Development Training
- Transitional Housing Voluntary Services Training E-Learning
- Ready to Be Inspired? Join RESPOND for LUNAFEST October 15-17
- Rural Women Everywhere Assembly October 19-20
- 2021 Young Minds Matter Conference: Healing, Justice, and Connection for Mental Wellbeing - October 21 & 23
- Family-Centered Toolkit for DV Programs Webinar Series
- Online Healthy Masculinity Training Institute - October 2021
- Trauma-Informed Principles Are for Everyone: Supporting and Sustaining Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Practitioners
Resources
- Recorded Webinar from NNEDV - Coalition Fundraising Training: Online Fundraising
- A Look at Asian Representation in the Media
- New Resource Connects Racism, Violence, and Health Equity
- JWI Civic Action To-Do List
- This DVAM, Support Survivors In The Workplace
- Alias Hotel Booking Site for Crime Survivor Agencies
- ERAP Updates
- Interstate Custody Webinar for Advocates
Spotlight
- WCADVSA Economic Empowerment Webinar Series Kicks Off October 18
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Teen Economic and Financial Abuse Pilot Cohort sponsored by the Allstate Foundation
Our mandatory information session on the Pilot will take place on Friday, October 15th at 1:00 pm
We hope your school year has gotten off to a great start! As school plans and health protocols continue to evolve all over the country, we want to take a moment to appreciate your adaptability and commitment to youth violence prevention work throughout these challenging times.
With these evolving conditions in mind and with the goal of supporting your implementation of CBIM, we are excited to announce that we are opening recruitment for a 2021-2022 Academic Year Cohort of our Teen Economic and Financial Abuse Pilot sponsored by the Allstate Foundation! If you are interested in learning more about what it means to integrate content on economic abuse into CBIM, check out our July Learning Collaborative recording.
Informed by one-on-one interviews with experts and focus groups with youth last fall, this pilot focuses on how CBIM Coaches can recognize the signs and the impact of economic and financial abuse among their athletes in order to stop this abuse from happening from the start.
What is expected of you as a Pilot partner?
- Implementation of CBIM using updated Coaches Kits between November 2021 - June 2022 (kits shipped to you at no cost).
- Training CBIM coaches with the new resources on economic abuse (in addition to the 101 Coaches Clinic).
- Consistent communication with FUTURES regarding implementation.
Alongside the enhancements to the Coaches Kits and training curriculum, there are funds available for a modest stipend to assist with your implementation.
If you are interested in learning more about joining the CBIM Teen Economic and Financial Abuse Pilot, please fill out this survey for some background information and to sign up for one of our Pilot training sessions.
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WCADVSA Prevention Specialist Position
The Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (WCADVSA) is excited to announce that we are seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to join our team as a Prevention Specialist.
Founded in 1987, the WCADVSA is a social change, non-profit, non-governmental organization that supports statewide needs of domestic violence and sexual assault (DVSA) programs, their communities, and survivors across Wyoming. This position will be hired based on qualifications and organizational needs.
This position will work closely with local DVSA programs, community and state-level partners, and survivors to develop and implement comprehensive primary prevention strategies to end violence through an anti-oppression framework.
As such, the preferred candidate for this position will bring lived experience, and/or three years of related work experience in primary prevention of sexual violence, LGBTQ+ health education, sexual health promotion or other public health fields, and gender-based violence advocacy.
Please review the position description for a full list of position responsibilities and qualifications.
As an organization, the WCADVSA strives to provide a work environment that reflects the needs of employees not only in their work but within the intersections of their personal lives. In doing so, the WCADVSA offers a competitive salary and benefits package.
Please provide a cover letter, resume, and contact information of three professional references to Jody Sanborn, jsanborn@wyomingdvsa.org (preferred)
mail to: PO Box 236, Laramie, WY, 82073,
or hand-deliver to 710 Garfield, Suite 218, Laramie, WY 82073.
Submissions will be accepted until October 18, 2021.
The position may remain open until filled.
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Part-Time Advocate in Thermopolis, WY
Major Duties
- Provides crisis interventions services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Victim Services
- Provide intake, peer support, in-person advocacy and follow-up to victims.
- Assess and evaluate the victims’ situations, formulate a plan of action, and take appropriate action.
- Maintain files; prepare monthly reports and statistical data.
- Facilitate a monthly support group for victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.
- Assist in prevention education to the community on domestic violence, sexual assault, and
- understanding of agency activities.
- Other duties as assigned
Click here for more information and to submit application.
Application deadline is October 27, 2021.
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Program & Training Specialist
Primary Duties: The Praxis Program and Training Specialist works closely with other Praxis program staff and leadership to plan, coordinate, and implement Praxis programs. This individual serves as a subject matter expert, contributing to the design and implementation of programs that are designed to advance the work, mission, vision, and values of Praxis. The Program and Training Specialist may have a designated area of program focus but is also available to work across programs.
This position reports to the Program Director designated for their program area.
For complete posting details click here.
Application deadline is 4:00 pm on November 11, 2021
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Recruitment for Study on Men Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence
Researchers at George Mason University and Montclair State University are conducting a study on men who experienced aggression from their romantic partners.
If you are a man between the ages of 18-59 and have experienced aggression from a romantic partner at some point during your life, you may be eligible to participate in this study. We invite you to click here and complete an Internet survey about your experiences. The survey takes about 20-30 minutes to complete, is under the direction of Denise A. Hines, Ph.D., George Mason University, and is being funded by George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services.
Please contact Dr. Hines at dhines2@gmu.edu or 1-703-993-2024, if you have any questions. Participation is completely voluntary and you can withdraw your participation at any time. IRBNet number: 1689545-1.
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Seeking Submissions -
Voices of Healing: trans and nonbinary survivors SPEAK OUT
FORGE, in partnership with MenHealing, is seeking submissions for a collaborative project called Voices of Healing: trans and nonbinary survivors SPEAK OUT.
The project focuses on using creative expression — words, movement, art — to empower trans survivors to share their story, connect with others, and enhance healing for both themselves and the broader community.
Live SPEAK OUT forums will showcase diverse stories of survivorship and healing from trans and nonbinary survivors who have experienced many kinds of sexual violence. Our aim is to create powerful public moments of resilience and dialogue that challenge the invisibility and isolation of trans and non-binary survivors, and build community.
We invite submissions from folks who identify under the broad umbrella of transgender or non-binary**, who are ages 18+, survivors of sexual victimization,*** who are open to being public about their story/experience; and who are at a point in their healing to focus on creative expression.
To learn more about the SPEAK OUT project, visit our landing page, download the SPEAK OUT flyer, preview the application questions, and open the application form.
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WCADVSA Staff Attorney Position
The WCADVSA Legal Project is funded through a grant received from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program.
The Legal Project has been funded by OVW since 1998 in competitive grant cycles. Two Staff Attorney positions and a Legal Assistant position are funded to complete the grant goals which include providing direct civil legal services on behalf of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking statewide.
Located within the WCADVSA's Legal Project office in Ft. Washakie, WY.
Qualifications:
- Licensed to practice law in Wyoming.
- Knowledge of Wyoming courts, laws and procedures.
- Thorough understanding of family law, civil procedure, evidence, ethics and familiarity with criminal law.
- Understanding of issues and willingness to continue to learn about issues related to domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault and a strong commitment to ending violence against women.
- Ability to provide professional, high quality and sensitive legal services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.
- Ability to counsel and advise clients and provide referrals for people who are in crisis.
- Willingness and ability to work with people from varied backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities and abilities.
- Proficiency with computer and Internet technologies and software programs, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Ability to work with law office management databases, including ABACUS.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage time, keep detailed statistics, evaluate progress and adjust activities to complete work within established time frames.
- Ability to handle multiple projects and work independently as well as collaboratively.
- Demonstrated team building, limit setting, problem solving, creative/analytical thinking and organizational skills, including report writing and grant writing.
- Demonstrated project management skills, including staff supervision.
- Commitment to collaboration, team-building and professional development of staff.
Click here for complete job description and application process.
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Survivor Storytelling Workshop and Advisory Council
Survivor Storytelling Workshops
Workshop A: Evenings 7:00-9:00 pm
Tuesday, October 19
Register here
Workshop B: Mornings 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Monday, October 18
Register here
A Virtual Inaugural Convening of the WCADVSA Survivor Advisory Council
Save the Date - Tuesday, October 26 7:00-9:00 pm
All survivors are invited, especially those who have gone through the story telling workshops. For more information, please contact Tara Muir or Susie Markus.
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2020-2023 Transitional Housing Assistance Program
The WCADVSA Transitional Housing Assistance Program is purposed to increase housing
options, support service resources, and address barriers relevant to the delivery of transitional
housing services to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking
in Wyoming rural communities and within the Wind River Indian Reservation. This program will primarily focus on supporting the needs of survivors who are Native American, older people, persons with disabilities, persons who are Limited-English-Proficient, persons who are immigrants, and/or survivors within extreme rural areas.
As members of the WCADVSA, DVSA programs are eligible to participate in this Transitional Housing Assistance Program. Through its purpose, the WCADVSA will support DVSA member programs’ holistic and voluntary services approach to provide short-term transitional housing assistance that support survivors moving into permanent housing with a continuation of working towards self-sustainability.
For more information about program requirements, working with participants and providing
services, and accessing and utilizing this assistance please review the 2020-2023 Transitional Housing Assistance Program Policy.
Current availability of funds is approximately $34,415.
Contact Trish Worley, Economic Justice Specialist for technical assistance.
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Funds to Reduce Education, Employment, and Job Training Barriers for Survivors
With support from The Allstate Foundation, the WCADVSA has funds to support education, employment, and job training barriers for survivors. These funds can be used to help support survivors in obtaining G.E.D.s, job skills training, certifications, licenses, continuing education, education/job-related supplies such as uniforms, tools, and/or other equipment, transportation-related support, etc.
If your program is offering training on the Allstate Moving Ahead Curriculum or other economic empowerment training, you may request funds to support and encourage survivor participation such as offering food and/or childcare during economic empowerment events or gas gift cards for survivors to get to the training.
Member programs may also inquire about offering scholarships to help support survivor participation in job training programs such as CLIMB Wyoming.
Funds must be spent by June 30, 2022. We have approximately $11,581 remaining. Remaining funds will be pledged on a first come first serve basis. To request funds, please submit an Allstate Barrier Reduction Request Form. Once your request has been approved, your program will pay expenses upfront and then you can request reimbursement by submitting an Allstate Barrier Reduction Reimbursement Form.
While it is not required for participants to utilize the Allstate Moving Ahead curriculum to access these funds, financial planning and management is a life-long process and this online curriculum is designed for domestic violence survivors and can help provide the guidance and tools needed to make important financial decisions and work toward gaining long-term financial security.
If you have any questions, please connect with Trish Worley
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A Refresh on WCADVSA Monthly Policy Calls - Everyone's Invited!
If you, survivors, staff, board, members of your community response team or other partners are invited. If they would like to learn more or discuss ideas for fixing state statutes in order to keep survivors safer and hold offenders more accountable - the monthly policy call is where to go!
Upcoming Calls - brown bag it on Zoom!
October 22 12 noon - 1:00 pm
November 12 12 noon - 1:00 pm
December 10 12 noon - 1:00 pm
Contact Tara Muir if you have any questions or topics you would like to discuss.
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Wyoming Webinars, Training and Events | |
Virtual 5k for Anti-Bullying & Suicide Prevention
This October we are observing National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, a month-long observance to educate and raise awareness about bullying and cyberbullying prevention.
We thought a fun and exciting way to participate would be to put on a virtual "Run For Your Life" Virtual 5k/1k Kids/ Bike, Run, or Walk! This virtual event aims to bring us [virtually] together to support bully prevention, suicide prevention, honor those we have lost, and just in general bring awareness to our community’s youth mental health.
Click here for more info and to register.
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Transitional Housing Assistance Program Forms Training - October 26
Interested in learning more about the WCADVSA Transitional Housing Assistance Program or do you already access and utilize this assistance and need to know how and when to complete
the new forms?
Please join Trish Worley, Economic Justice Specialist and Clarice Luck, Fiscal Officer to learn about important updates. This training is intended for program directors, advocates, and fiscal staff who submit requests for reimbursements.
Date: October 26, 2021 Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
No need to register - simply click here to join the training. Contact Trish Worley with questions.
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RUN WY! Leadership Development Training
ESPC's leadership development training, RUN WY, will be every Thursday in October from 5:00-6:00 p.m. RUN will feature great information and actionable tips and tricks from state and nationally recognized experts and elected officials.
Here’s the schedule for these free, online trainings:
For more information about the series or ESPC’s other nonpartisan work in Wyoming, visit equalitystate.org or email questions to jen@equalitystate.org
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Transitional Housing Voluntary Services Training E-Learning
The NNEDV Voluntary Services Training in 2021 will be completed through an e-learning module. MOU partners (WCADVSA member programs) are encouraged to participate in the e-learning module if they are providing direct services. There is no limit on the number of staff who can take this e-learning course. But at least one person needs to complete the courses for the agency.
There are 8 lessons available. In total, you'll need to view 6 lessons to complete the training requirement. There are 5 mandatory lessons in Track A and 3 elective lessons in Track B. At least 1 lesson from Track B must be completed to meet the minimum lesson requirement.
Click this link to find the registration page. When you register, you will automatically be registered for both Tracks A and B and you will have access to all eight lessons. When you register, you'll be asked to create a username and password that is unique for you. Each person, who wants to take the course, should enroll separately. That way the certificate generates with your name on it.
The e-learning platform will track your progress. You can start, pause, and restart all of the lessons. Once you've viewed all of the lessons in Track A, and the lesson(s) you want to view in Track B, you'll need to complete the Course Completion Certification to obtain a certificate. In that quiz, you'll note the lesson(s) you viewed, and then click the "Print Your Certificate" button.
Please email a copy of your certificate to Trish Worley, Economic Justice Specialist
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National Webinars, Training and Events | |
Ready to Be Inspired? Join RESPOND for LUNAFEST October 15-17
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, join RESPOND Against Violence for a special virtual screening of the 20th anniversary of LUNAFEST, showcasing seven powerful new short films by women, about women, that will leave you inspired, renewed, and energized!
Access is on-demand October 15-17. 100% of proceeds benefit RESPOND Against Violence. For more information, click here.
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Rural Women Everywhere Assembly October 19-20
Registration is now open for Rural Women Everywhere, October 19 & 20, a two-day event will celebrate the voices, contributions, and leadership of women across the countryside.
We'll examine the ways rural and Native women are participating in the work of building more welcoming and inclusive communities.
Programming will feature keynotes, roundtable conversations, and breakout sessions spotlighting women's experiences and reflections.
We'll hear from women journalists, organizers and activists, indigenous leaders, artists and poets, lawyers and professors, faith leaders, and young women, who are building bridges and crossing borders to connect us to one another and the places we call home.
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2021 Young Minds Matter Conference: Healing, Justice, and Connection for Mental Wellbeing - October 21 & 23
Virtually connect through arts, community-building, and dialogues on healing to strengthen and improve the mental health and wellbeing of children, youth, and families! This year, the Young Minds Matter conference will share local strategies with a spotlight on multiple collaborative efforts in the greater Houston area and across Texas with culturally rich and justice-grounded approaches. At a time when we are all navigating increasing challenges to our mental wellbeing, this is an opportunity for people around the country to learn from community-driven approaches in support of children and youth of color.
- Inviting champions for young minds everywhere! In this conference, participants will learn to: Describe ”upstream” community approaches that can strengthen community healing, connection, and justice.
- Engage in candid and productive discussions about how structural inequities and racism impact the mental wellbeing of children and youth of color.
- Demonstrate the power of engaging historically excluded groups (people of color; individuals and families experiencing financial challenges, mental health challenges, etc.) in all aspects of multisector, collaborative work.
- Identify barriers and strategies to lift up the voices of youth and residents as the decision-makers and leaders of their community.
Click here to learn more and register
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Family-Centered Toolkit for DV Programs Webinar Series
NCDVTMH is pleased to announce the forthcoming Family-Centered Toolkit for Domestic Violence Programs – a new resource to expand organizational capacity for family-centered programming. Historically, the DV field has separated services for adults and services for children and youth, rather than taking an integrated approach that centers the relationships between adult survivors and their children. NCDVTMH’s Family-Centered Toolkit for Domestic Violence Programs helps programs envision and implement an integrated approach that supports parent-child relationships and families with a range of culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and developmentally sensitive services.
Webinars are Wednesday at 12:30 pm October 20, 27 and November 3
Click here for more information and to register.
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Online Healthy Masculinity Training Institute - October 2021
During Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2021, increase your skill set to positively engage men and boys in the prevention of gender-based violence. Men Can Stop Rape is excited to offer our highly praised and effective online Healthy Masculinity Training Institute (HMTI) this October. As a three-part online series, the training institute is an opportunity to develop virtual primary prevention skills at an affordable fee, network with professionals across time zones and industries, and be a part of the healthy masculinity movement.
HMTI Dates and Registration:
No matter where you are in the country or world, HMTI will help you move from theory to practice, from awareness to action, when mobilizing men and boys. Participants will learn the scientific theories, strength-based approach, and dynamic exercises that are part of MCSR's 24-year history, including our current socially distancing practices for mobilizing boys and men.
Learn more about the HMTI and see our evaluation data here on our website. Add yourself to our distribution list by filling out our form here!
If you have any questions, please reach out to training@mencanstoprape.org
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Trauma-Informed Principles Are for Everyone: Supporting and Sustaining Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Practitioners
Trauma-informed principles are often relegated to solely mental health or crisis intervention work when in reality, trauma-informed principles can benefit people in all sorts of scenarios, sectors, and work environments. In the current context of the Great Resignation, many are beginning to identify the ways trauma and secondary trauma contribute to organizational burnout in the absence of a trauma-informed work culture. Join PreventConnect on this web conference November 1 at 12:00 pm where guests will discuss how they’ve engaged businesses and diverse work environments and sectors in integrating trauma-informed principles to their workplaces and how internal organizational shifts are key to improving relationships with communities involved in sexual and intimate partner violence prevention.
Click here for more information and to register.
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Recorded Webinar from NNEDV - Coalition Fundraising Training: Online Fundraising
We are pleased to share with you the recording and slides from our 10/6 Coalition Fundraising Training: Online Fundraising webinar, presented by Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Robin Sukhadia. This webinar helped participants learn best practices for using email, social media, text messages, and websites to successfully engage individual donors. We are so glad that many of you were able to join us and hope these materials are helpful for anyone who would like a refresher or who wasn’t able to make it.
View the recording and slides from our 9/23 Coalition Fundraising Training: Events Toolkit webinar
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A Look at Asian Representation
in the Media
Thanks You, Anjali!
South Asian characters are sorely underrepresented in children's publishing. These characters are virtually impossible to find, with the exception of one invaluable series: the Anjali books, written by our Power Hour guest, Sheetal Sheth. Anjali has long been needed. With the series and titular character, young South Asian-American children are finally able to see themselves on the page. Take Action! Learn about the Anjali books here..
Representation: Leveled UP
When The Moon Moves, The Flower Shadows is a short documentary from our 2021 Youth Media Academy. The film critically examines the state of Asian representation in media, specifically in the video game industry. Filmmaker Emma W. documents a young game developer determined to change the under- and mis-representation of Asian people. When The Moon Moves, The Flower Shadows follows this young developer as she creates a game full of diverse Asian characters and adolescent joy. Take Action! Watch When The Moon Moves, The Flower Shadows here.
In Case You Missed It
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New Resource Connects Racism, Violence, and Health Equity
Sexual violence is inextricably linked to all forms of oppression, including racism. As advocates working to end gender-based violence, we must work together for racial justice by enhancing health equity.
Health equity means that everyone, no matter what race they are or where they live, has the opportunity to be healthy. Factors like access to education, workplace conditions, and economic stability all impact someone’s health — and systemic racism has built and maintained barriers that keep Black people and people of color from living their healthiest, safest lives.
We can prevent sexual and domestic violence by building healthy environments where everyone can live, work, and play safely. In order to be equitable, we have to take the social injustices caused by racism into account by centering those who are most impacted by sexual violence — Black women and girls.
In our latest publication, co-authored with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, we go “back to basics” by explaining why a health equity approach to ending sexual and domestic violence has to center racial justice. This resource also describes how the pandemic has increased risk factors for sexual assault, and how survivors of color have been uniquely impacted.
Bringing attention to survivors of color is also the goal of this October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a campaign that boldly proclaims there can be No Survivor Justice Without Racial Justice. The campaign recognizes that due to historical oppression and current-day racism, Black women and girls experience domestic and sexual violence at disproportionate rates. Survivors of color largely do not receive the care and support they need through our current systems, which is why ending racism must be part of our work to end sexual violence.
By ensuring that everyone has access to adequate health care and support, we can not only help survivors of all races and genders find healing, but we can also create healthier, safer communities. Learn more in our latest guide!
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JWI Civic Action To-Do List
1) October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and it's time to take action.
2) The time is long overdue to thoroughly examine the cultural genocide and deaths caused by the U.S. Indian Boarding School Policy which ripped Indigenous children from their families from 1819 into the 1990's. Email your members of Congress and tell them to co-sponsor The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy in the United States Act
3) Sexual assault in the military is still not taken seriously - in 2020, only .05% of military sexual assault reports resulted in a sex-offense conviction for the perpetrators. Until military supervisors aren't in control of the re porting process, survivors will continue to rear retaliation, reports will be ignored, and perpetrators won't be found guilty. The military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act (H.R.4104/S.1520 will overhaul the reporting process and increase accountability for offenders. Watch JWI's recorded webinar that discusses the scope of the problem and recommendations for change.
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This DVAM, Support Survivors In The Workplace
Domestic violence significantly impedes a survivor's ability to thrive in the workplace and in many cases, the actions of abusive partners and trauma can result in survivors losing wages or even their job. Workplaces have an opportunity to disrupt the impact of violence on survivors’ ability to thrive at work by implementing supportive policies and practices that foster a safer and more supportive workplace for all.
FUTURES’ National Resource Center on Workplaces Respond to Domestic and Sexual
Violence (also available in Spanish) offers guidance that workplace leaders, co-workers, and allies can use to help survivors remain safe at work. The National Resource Center features hundreds of interactive tools and guides organized by topic, type of resource, and workplace role. Find resources on:
Click here for more information
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Alias Hotel Booking Site for Crime Survivor Agencies
Safe Stays by ReloShare is a business-to-business booking platform that allows agencies to book hotel rooms for survivors 24/7 with alias check-ins and no credit card or ID requirements. We also do monthly consolidated billing and have no membership fee -- you only pay for the hotel rooms you book on the site. You can read more here: https://www.reloshare.com/safestays
The site is completely free to use. We have more than 6,000 hotels across the U.S. that are available on our booking site and our clients have booked hundreds of nights of hotel rooms across the country in states like California, Virginia, Washington and Illinois since we launched in June. We are available in rural, suburban and metropolitan areas in all 50 states, including Wyoming.
For more information contact Paige Allmendinger
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ERAP Updates: Future Change to Help Address Homelessness
Getting eligible Wyoming residents rental assistance is very important to us, but we also need to make sure the money is going to the right people. Wyoming has implemented reasonable security protocols for each application to protect our state and its coffers against any future audits and to avoid future federal demands for repayment. Additionally, we have created a from to report suspected fraud. Click here for the form.
Funding Update
As of October 7, ERAP has approved a total of 2, 101 applications, or 54% of submitted applications, paying a total of $7.3M in assistance. Of the rental payments, $5.7M went to landlords, $1.1M to renters and $495K to utilities. To see county specific information, click here to see the map.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS
The Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault provides legal aid services for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking. Call 307-755-0992 or visit wyomingdvsa.org/legal-program.
ERAP Resources
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Online: Learn more about ERAP online at dfs.wyo.gov/erap.
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In Person: If you need assistance with an application, there are community based organizations set up in each county to provide help. (Click here for an updated list)
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Via Phone: The call center is open 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday - Friday. The toll-free number is 1-877-WYO-ERAP (1-877-996-3727).
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Flyer: Download the ERAP flyer to learn more about the program and to share with those who may be interested in the program. Download here
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Interstate Custody Webinar for Advocates
The LRC, in partnership with the National Network to End Domestic Violence will be offering a free webinar on basic interstate custody issues.
This training will provide participants with an overview of the various federal and state laws that govern interstate custody cases.
The training will specifically address the needs of advocates and coalition staff who work with survivors in interstate cases at the local, state, and national level. Case scenarios will be used to demonstrate how advocates can help survivors address the economic, safety and legal issues involved when they cross state lines to flee abuse.
Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions during the presentation.
Click here to register
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WCADVSA Economic Empowerment Webinar Series Kicks Off October 18
Mark your calendars! This webinar series is designed to guide directors, advocates, and community members through the steps of helping survivors rebuild their lives through economic empowerment.
Dates and sessions include:
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October 18, 2021 - Understanding Intimate Partner Violence as A Structural Economic Issue While Exploring Our Relationship to Money and Beginning the Healing Journey
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October 20, 2021 - Allstate Moving Ahead Module 1: Understanding Financial Abuse – Keeping Safe and Starting Over
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October 25, 2021 - Allstate Moving Ahead Module 2: Learning Financial Fundamentals
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October 27, 2021 - Allstate Moving Ahead Module 3: Mastering Credit Basics-Reviewing, Understanding and Improving Your Credit
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November 1, 2021 - Allstate Moving Ahead Module 4: Building Financial Foundations–Homes, Loans, and Automobiles
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November 3, 2021 - Allstate Moving Ahead Module 5: Creating Long-Term Budgeting Strategies–Saving and Investing, Insurance and Education
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November 8, 2021 - Credit as an Asset Session 1: Building Credit as an Asset
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November 10, 2021 - Credit as an Asset Session 2: Know the Score Part 1
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November 17, 2021 - Credit as an Asset Session 3: Know the Score Part 2
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November 29, 2021 - Credit as an Asset Session 4: Get The Good Stuff Going
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December 1 , 2021 - Credit as an Asset Session 5: Deal with Debt
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December 6, 2021 - Credit as an Asset Session 6: Make Credit Building Count
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December 13, 2021 - Prioritizing Financial Security in the Movement to End Intimate Partner Violence
More information and registration details will be coming next week. Please reach out to Trish Worley, Economic Justice Specialist with any questions.
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