National Network to End Domestic Violence

Capacity Technical Assistance: This team provides comprehensive specialized consultation, assistance and training to the 56 U.S. state and territorial domestic violence coalitions, Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) state administrators, and local programs to best address survivors' needs. Throughout the year, the capacity technical assistance team (CTA) provided remote learning opportunities, webinars, peer-to-peer meetings, and peer affinity groups for advocates of color, associate directors, and fiscal staff.

WomensLaw:The mission of WomensLaw is to provide easy-to-understand legal information and resources to women living with or escaping domestic violence or sexual assault. By reaching out through the Internet, WomensLaw.org empowers women and girls to lead independent lives, free from abuse. Today, the WomensLaw.org website gets more than 1.2 million unique visitors each year.WomensLaw has two components: WomensLaw.org and the Email Hotline.WomensLaw.org: The website provides over 7,500 pages of legal information written specifically for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, especially for those who are going to be representing themselves pro se in court. The information, revised in accordance with annual legislative changes, is state-specific and written in plain language so that people can comprehend it without the help of a lawyer. We also have federal legal information regarding immigration remedies for victims, DV in the military and information on federal gun laws. The website also provides thousands of pages of non-legal information about different forms of domestic abuse, tips for working with lawyers and preparing for court, listings for telephone hotlines, legal and non-legal resources for every state programs, courthouse contact information, and much more. More than half of the website has been translated into Spanish and new information is added and updated daily.Email Hotline: The WomensLaw Email Hotline is a safe, confidential, accessible service through which victims, friends, family and advocates can request personalized information and anonymous support around issues related to the law and domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence. Hotline advocates respond to each email, in English or Spanish, tailoring responses to answer each person's specific needs. The Email Hotline also supports advocates at local programs by answering their questions with timely, reliable and relevant legal information, helping them support the victims with whom they are working.

Safety Net:NNEDV's Safety Net project focuses on the intersection of technology and domestic and sexual violence and works to address how it impacts the safety, privacy, accessibility, and civil rights of victims by:Working with communities, agencies, and technology companies to address how current and emerging technology impacts the safety, privacy, and accessibility rights of victims.Educating victim advocates and the general public on ways to use technology strategically to increase and maintain safety and privacy.Training law enforcement and justice systems, social services, coordinated community response teams and others on tactics of technology misuse and offender accountability.Advocating for strong local, state, national and international policies that ensure the safety, privacy and civil rights of all victims and survivors.

Housing:NNEDV's housing project supports transitional housing programs across the country, provides training and program development, and advocates for improved housing-related policies. The project works to enhance services and accessibility for survivors. In partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), NNEDV provides comprehensive, specialized technical assistance and training to state and territorial domestic violence coalitions, local domestic violence programs, other nonprofit organizations and local and state agencies. The Housing Project helps organizations create best practices in housing, transitional housing and related services for victims, and strengthens programs' response to victims with an emphasis on survivor-driven, empowerment-based services.

Public Policy:NNEDV is the leading voice for domestic violence victims and their advocates. NNEDV works closely with its members to understand the ongoing and emerging needs of domestic violence victims and advocacy programs. NNEDV works to make domestic violence and national priority; change the way communities respond to domestic violence; and strengthen efforts against intimate partner violence at every level of government. Our signature programs include promoting federal legislation that effectively holds perpetrators accountable and strengthens services for survivors and their children.

Economic Justice:NNEDV's Economic Justice project was founded to respond to, address, and prevent financial abuse. We work to:Strengthen victim advocates' financial capabilities to better assist survivors of domestic violence moving from short-term safety to long-term security. Using the The Moving Ahead Curriculum, we employ our signature Train-the-Trainer approach to deliver financial literacy lessons to victim advocates across the United States through our network of state and territory domestic violence coalitions and their local member programs.Support survivors of domestic violence in rebuilding credit scores damaged as a result of financial abuse through our Independence Project.Inform advocates about personal finance tools, resources, and the most recent research available in the field of financial literacy and capability through NNEDV's exclusive listservs and newsletters.