VAWA

Domestic Violence Backlog Lab Addresses Data Quality

NCSC works with courts to reduce domestic violence backlogs through better data quality, as described in this @theCenter news story.

Creating E-filing Systems in Protection Order Cases

NCSC hosted this webinar leveraging innovative state practices in creating safe, accessible, and effective e-filing systems for domestic violence protection order cases.

Protecting the Privacy of Domestic Violence Survivors

NCSC developed this on-demand course to provide some key best practices to guide courts and providers on improving policy and practices to protect survivors’ privacy and information them of their rights.

Over the past two decades courts have grown their leadership and institutional capacities to respond more effectively to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. VAWA and the Courts is a partnership of the National Center for State Courts and the Conference of State Court Administrators created to support courts in their continued efforts to ensure access to legal remedies and protections for victims and to strengthen the courts’ collaborative role in enhancing community safety.

The four sections below are portals to resources published by national organizations, access to technical assistance providers, resources developed by state and local courts, and training materials for court professionals. Click on learn more for each portal to view and search the information.

Resources

Filter this deep resource collection addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking to find what you need.

Training Materials

Find courses, webinars and tools, including the The Violence Against Women Point of Contact (VAW POC) handbook.

State Efforts

Explore the different ways states use VAWA funding.

This project was supported by Grant No. 2017-TA-AX-K033 awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of OVW.