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Domestic Violence, Child Welfare, and Community and Faith-Based Organizations

This section provides information on how community and faith-based organizations respond and provide support to children, youth, and families who are exposed to domestic violence.

Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Office on Violence Against Women Presents information on funding opportunities, success stories, and resources for faith-based and community organizations addressing violence against women. FaithTrust Institute Provides interested communities and advocates with the tools and knowledge they need to address the religious and cultural issues related to sexual and domestic violence. Religion and Domestic Violence: Information and Resources National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (2007) Provides information on the complex issues that religion and faith can present for victims and survivors of domestic violence and their advocates in both the faith and secular communities.

Domestic Violence Prevention and Education in Faith-Based Communities
National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women
Presents articles and information on addressing domestic violence in the following communities of faith: interfaith, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

Domestic Violence Within the Muslim American Community
Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
Provides an overview of the domestic violence issues faced by women in the Muslim community and referrals to local resources.

Engaging Religious, Spiritual, and Faith-Based Groups and Organizations
National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women & Violence Against Women Office (2001)
In Toolkit to End Violence Against Women
Lists actions religious communities can take to reach out to women and children exposed to domestic violence and provide victims with well-informed guidance and referrals for help.

Helping Rural Battered Women and Their Children: A Guide for Faith Leaders and Religious Communities
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (2002)
Contains information for faith leaders on how to talk to and support someone who is being abused by providing information on domestic violence, services that local programs can offer, and safety planning tips.

Jewish Women International
Offers information on projects, resources, and training to support the safety of women and girls, as well as ways to identify and serve victims of abuse and ideas to break the cycle of violence in Jewish relationships and homes.

Lessons Learned From a Faith Community-Based Domestic Violence Pilot Program in Forsyth County, NC
Fowler, Ellis, Farmer, & Hege
Journal of Religion and Abuse, 8(3), 2006
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Describes a faith community-based initiative to train clergy and lay leaders to respond appropriately to domestic violence and to strengthen ties to local secular providers of domestic violence services.

Strengthening Families in the Korean/Asian Immigrant Community (PDF - 723 KB)
Im (2003)
Examines the incidence and impact of domestic violence within the Korean/Asian immigrant community and the role of faith-based and service organizations in responding to such violence.

Updated on March 1, 2010