Training and public education materials & advocacy program- 40,508 adult victims of domestic violence and 7,111 child witnesses seek and receive from icadv member domestic violence agencies: emergency shelter, legal advocacy, counseling, and support accessing other assistance to help them achieve self sufficiency on a path to safety. However there are many victims who never seek assistance from a domestic violence provider. Victims have specific needs to support their safety, whether it be access to affordable housing when she leaves an abusive home, job training because an abuser has prohibited them from working or participating in skills training, or finding other means to support themselves and their children. In the course of seeking these options, they encounter other professionals who May not understand how their policies or procedures for providing that specific service May have a negative impact on a victim, prohibits them from moving forward, and possibly leaving no option but to return home to an abusive environment. We help bring awareness and education about the needs of domestic violence victims and help improve the response victims receive from those professionals by offering training and awareness materials. Our primary audience for training however are those professionals working every day in domestic violence service provider agencies, expanding their knowledge to better assist victims whose needs are different and complex. Fy 21, icadv hosted 17 virtual training events due to the current covid - 19 pandemic for 1019 participants including victim service advocates, legal/justice personnel, mental health professionals and other professionals, increasing their knowledge about the dynamics of domestic violence, how their work impacts a survivor's safety and confidentiality, and increasing their skills for responding appropriately to survivors of domestic violence and their children. In addition, icadv provided a series of online training modules as well through its learning management system. 2500 online modules were completed 509 participants. Icadv distributed 28,167 public education booklets, brochures and posters on a variety of topics related to domestic violence in multiple languages to increase accessibility to information and resources. Items were distributed to organizations who are working with survivors and their children including domestic violence providers, legal/justice organizations, mental health services, attorneys, medical organizations, government entities, and for profit groups.

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