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Introduction

Domestic violence, also called intimate partner violence, is a critical problem throughout the United States, with negative impact on victims, families, employers, and communities. The nature of close-knit rural communities can make it more difficult for rural victims of intimate partner violence to seek and get help. Rural areas face challenges such as higher poverty, lower rates of health insurance coverage, and less access to health care and human services providers. All of these factors make the problems facing domestic violence survivors more difficult to address.

Frequently Asked Questions

Tools

4 Girls Health: Safety in Relationships
Web site
Covers safety for girls. Includes information on domestic violence.
Sponsoring organization: Office on Women's Health

Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
Web site
Resources and information to address intimate partner violence (IPV).
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Domestic Violence Hotline
Hotline/Toll Free Telephone
Hotline providing information to victims of domestic violence about community resources and shelters nationwide.
800-799-SAFE (7233)
800-787-3224 (TTY)
Sponsoring organization: Texas Council on Family Violence

National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Hotline/Toll Free Telephone
Provides information packets, guidelines and protocols, and other technical assistance related to domestic violence screening, identification and treatment in the health care setting.
1-888-Rx-ABUSE
1 (800) 595-4889 (TTY)
Sponsoring organization: Family Violence Prevention Fund

National Women's Health Information Center: Violence Against Women
Web site
Information, resource links and organizations on a variety of topics related to violence against women. Includes state-by-state list of places to go for help.
800-994-9662
888-220-5446 (TDD)
Sponsoring organization: Office on Women's Health

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
Hotline/Toll Free Telephone
Hotline provides links to counselors and local services, with complete anonymity for rural people.
800-656-HOPE

Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody
Web site
Provides technical assistance to those working in the field of domestic violence and child protection and custody.
800-527-3223
Sponsoring organization: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Rural Health Research: Physical abuse and domestic violence
Web site
Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of physical abuse and domestic violence, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Research Gateway

Screen to End Abuse
Other
Video of five clinical vignettes demonstrating techniques for screening and responding to domestic violence in primary care settings. Available for purchase.
Sponsoring organization: Family Violence Prevention Fund

Toolkit to End Violence Against Women
Web site
Toolkit providing concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women.
Sponsoring organization: Office on Women's Health

Tribal Court Clearinghouse Domestic Violence Resources
Web site
Links to publications and resources related to domestic violence. Includes summaries of laws related to domestic violence issues.
Sponsoring organization: Tribal Law and Policy Institute

U.S. Department of Justice Domestic Violence Web Site
Web site
Information on U.S. Department of Justice offices and programs that address domestic violence issues.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Justice

Violence Against Women Federal Legislation and Regulations
Web site
Text of legislation and regulations that address violence against women.
Sponsoring organization: Office on Violence Against Women

Funding

2008 Mary Kay Ash Shelter Grant Program
Grants to women's shelters for victims of domestic violence.

Amy’s Courage Fund
Provides emergency financial assistance to victims of domestic violence and their children to meet their immediate needs after escaping an abusive home.

Grants to Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Migrant Programs for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Programs
The goal of the programs and activities supported by these funds is to prevent the occurrence or recurrence of abuse or neglect within the Tribal and Migrant populations.

Helping Outreach Programs to Expand Grant Program
Funding to grassroots, nonprofit, community-and faith-based victim organizations and coalitions to improve outreach and services to victims of crime.

Target Community Giving Grants
Grants currently focus on the arts, family violence prevention and for support groups and abuse shelters.

Inactive Funding

Inactive Funding Opportunities - Lists additional funding programs for this topic that are not currently accepting applications. Programs that are inactive may be offered again in the future.

Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents

Children and Domestic Violence: A Bulletin for Professionals
Sponsoring organization: Child Welfare Information Gateway
Overview of the impact of domestic violence on children. Includes promising practices to address the problem.
Date: 2003

Coaching Boys into Men Playbook
Author(s): Michael Carr, Jaison Morgan, Lynne Lee
Sponsoring organization: Family Violence Prevention Fund
Designed to instruct young men about the attitudes and behaviors that can lead to violence against women and to prevent violence before it begins.
Date: 2005

Fatherhood Programs and Domestic Violence
Author(s): Marguerite Roulet
Sponsoring organization: Center for Family Policy and Practice
Discusses issues confronting fatherhood programs concerning how they can or should address domestic violence.
Date: 2003

Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey
Author(s): Patricia Tjaden, Nancy Thoennes
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Justice
Report of the findings of a 1995-1996 survey concerning violence against women. Includes statistics on the risk of violence for adults and children, for different racial and ethnic groups, and data on intimate partner violence.
Date: 11 / 2000

Intergenerational Model of Domestic Violence
Author(s): Robert A. Pollak
Describes a model for understanding domestic violence based on the presence of violence in the homes husbands and wives grew up in.
Date: 10 / 2002

Intimate Partner Violence: Fact Sheet
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Facts and statistics on the occurrences, consequences and risk factors for intimate partner violence.
Date: 2006

Preventing Family Violence: Community Engagement Makes the Difference
Author(s): P. Catlin Fullwood
Sponsoring organization: Family Violence Prevention Fund
Describes community-based programs focused on preventing family violence.
Date: 09 / 2002

Rural Health Response to Domestic Violence: Policy and Practice Issues
Author(s): Rhonda M. Johnson
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
A brief overview and synthesis of recent efforts to improve the health care response to domestic violence in rural communities.
Date: 08 / 2000

Rural Healthy People 2010: Injury and Violence Prevention in Rural Areas
Author(s): Graciela Castillo, James Alexander
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Addresses rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area of injury and violence prevention. Covers both unintentional and intentional injuries.
Date: 04 / 2004

Rural Healthy People 2010: Injury and Violence Prevention in Rural Areas: A Literature Review
Author(s): Graciela Castillo, James Alexander
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Detailed literature review of rural health issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on injury and violence prevention.
Date: 04 / 2004

We Don’t Have the Luxury of Saying its Not Us: Domestic Violence on the Farm
Sponsoring organization: AgriWellness, Inc.
Focuses on domestic violence and how it affects farm families and rural residents.
Date: 10 / 2007

Organizations

American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
National organization
Provides training and educational materials to attorneys and other professionals who serve victims of domestic violence.

Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Promotes innovative civil and criminal justice responses to domestic violence.

Emerge: Counseling and Education to Stop Domestic Violence
National organization
Works to eliminate violence in intimate relationships. Provides training on domestic violence offender treatment nationally.

Family Violence Prevention Fund
Nonprofit/Foundation
Works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community.

Greenbook Initiative
Nonprofit/Foundation
Helps child welfare workers, domestic violence advocates and family court judges in communities across the country change their approach to family violence to better help battered women and their children achieve safety.

Minnesota Program Development: The Duluth Model
State/regional organization
Works towards the elimination of violence in the lives of women and their children. Provides national domestic abuse intervention training and offender treatment information.

National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA)
National organization
Provides state Adult Protective Services (APS) program administrators and staff with a forum for sharing information, solving problems, and improving the quality of services for victims of elder and vulnerable adult abuse.

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
Federal government
Works to reduce morbidity, disability, mortality, and costs associated with injuries. Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)
National organization
Works for the empowerment of battered women and their children and the elimination of personal and societal violence in the lives of battered women and their children.

National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)
National organization
Represents state domestic violence coalitions and is dedicated to creating a social, political and economic environment in which violence against women no longer exists.

National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women
National organization
Coalition of over 400 organizations and individuals that advocate and provide services for immigrant victims of domestic violence.

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
National organization
Provides support to organizations and individuals working to end violence in the lives of victims and their children through technical assistance, training and information on response to and prevention of domestic violence.

Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International (NNVAWI)
Nonprofit/Foundation
Works to eliminate violence through advancing nursing education, practice, research, and public policy.

Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
Federal government
Addresses legal and policy issues regarding violence against women. Part of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Success Stories

Office of Rural Health Policy Outreach Grants: Domestic Violence (PDF)
Brief descriptions of recent projects funded to address issues related to domestic violence.

Success Stories addressing abuse and domestic violence
Contains examples of success stories complied by the Rural Assistance Center.

Contacts

State Domestic Violence Resources
National Women's Health Information Center

Article Searches & Bibliographies

RAC Documents Search: Domestic Abuse

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Page last updated 4/29/2008
Topic last reviewed 10/2/2007

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holly@raconline.org

Contributors:
Marlene Miller, University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health, Suzanne Powell, Joy McGlaun, and Pamela Friedman



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