Resources for Professionals
The Action Alliance provides various resources to support the work to end sexual and intimate partner violence.
Printed Resources
The Action Alliance provides many resources to help navigate understanding sexual and domestic violence and other forms of IPV. For information for survivors, friends and family, click here.
Action Alliance proporciona muchos recursos para ayudar a comprender la violencia sexual y doméstica. Para personas que experimentan violencia y desean ayuda e información en español, haga clic aquí.
Order Resources:
Resources for those who provide direct services to survivors of violence are available to order in bundles of 100 or more for a nominal fee. In many cases, the Action Alliance can personalize resources by adding your agency’s name and contact information to the back. Discounted rates are available on most resources for Affiliate and SDVA members of the Action Alliance. Visit our online store to order your resources today.
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Online Resources
The Community Solutions to Sexual and Domestic Violence site, also known as “Community Defined Solutions” is an online resource clearinghouse of information for professionals in Virginia working to address, prevent, and eradicate sexual and intimate partner violence. The resources provided are designed to help enhance community response to sexual and domestic violence using promising practices and trauma-informed work. Information can be searched by topic, such as campuses, prevention, and population-specific resources, as well as by different roles in this work, such as advocates, educators, and other allied professionals.
The goal of the Underserved Populations Learning Collaborative (UPLC) is to support community-based sexual and domestic violence agencies in becoming strong allies to underserved populations and to promote access to culturally-responsive, comprehensive services. We’ve built a strong statewide network of survivor-centered advocacy agencies, yet we know there are still many survivors not being served, and others for whom existing services don’t adequately meet their needs. This project aims to “expand the circle” and close the gaps, preparing agencies to better provide safety and healing for all survivors.
This initiative is supported through funding and expertise from Department of Social Services (VDSS), Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), and the Action Alliance. These three partner agencies are jointly responsible for designing the Learning Collaborative and each will be actively engaged throughout the Learning Collaborative, building statewide capacity alongside sexual and domestic violence agencies.
The first cohort of the UPLC launched in August 2018 and has twenty community sexual and domestic violence agencies participating. The second cohort launched in 2020.
