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The Domestic Violence Resource Network...
Culturally-Specific Institutes
The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence is a national training and technical assistance provider and a clearinghouse on gender violence in Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. It serves a national network of advocates, community members, organizations, service agencies, professionals, researchers, policy advocates and activists from community and social justice organizations working to eliminate violence against women. Its goals are to strengthen culturally-relevant advocacy, organize communities, and influence public policy and systems change. It analyzes and addresses critical issues, provides technical assistance, trains advocates and systems personnel, conducts primary and secondary research, and engages in policy advocacy.
The API Institute is a program of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum.
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Asian &Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence | Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
415- 568-3315
http://www.apiahf.org/index.php/programs/domestic-violence.html |
Encuentro Latino National Institute on Family Violence is one of the newest members of the DVRN and provides free technical assistance, training, and consultation that is informed through the recommendations of Latino and Hispanic survivors of domestic violence. Its goal is to help providers and others develop capacity to effectively serve Latino clients. Encuentro Latino also works to further the knowledge base in regards to Latinos and family violence through research and dissemination of culturally competent approaches. In addition, Encuentro Latino promotes best practices for Latino populations through providing information on promising techniques related to program implementation, service delivery, and evaluation.
Encuentro Latino also provides a number of web-based resources, including training modules, information on best practices, and other useful information. Encuentro Latino is a program of New Mexico State University School of Social Work, in collaboration with La Casa, Inc., a non-profit domestic violence services provider.
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Encuentro Latino National Institute on Family Violence
888-743-7545
www.latinodv.org
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The Immigrant Family Violence Institute (IFVI) is a national collaboration of six ethnically diverse immigrant service agencies located throughout the US working to enhance, document and disseminate promising practices to eliminate domestic violence against immigrant women. We are working to identify culturally appropriate outreach and engagement, prevention and intervention services for domestic violence among immigrants, and dissemination of materials nationally.
The guiding principle for IFVI is to engage in practitioner-driven community services research using the practice wisdom of a range of experts, including survivors, immigrant community leaders, attorneys, social workers, researchers, and mainstream DV providers.
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Immigrant Family Violence Institute
314-773-9090 ext. 150
http://www.iistl.org/ |
The Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC) is an organization focused on the unique circumstances of African Americans as they face issues related to domestic violence – including intimate partner violence, child abuse, elder maltreatment, and community violence.
IDVAAC's mission is to enhance society's understanding of and ability to end violence in the African-American community.
The following key objectives frame IDVAAC's work:
- Create a community of African American scholars & practitioners working in the area of violence in the African American community
- Raise community consciousness of the impact of violence in the African American community
- Inform public policy
- Organize and facilitate local and national conferences and training forums
- Identify community needs and recommend best practices.
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Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
877-643-8222
http://www.dvinstitute.org/ |
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