Domestic Violence Training & Resources

SB 553 Workplace Violence Prevention Plan Compliance

Empowering the Advocates - Strengthening the Mission.

Available trainings

Workplace Safety Planning for Survivors

The research is quite clear that abusers frequently target the workplace as an extension of coercive control and surveillance.

The workplace is often one of the few places where a survivor:

Has financial independence
Has social support
Spends predictable hours
Can potentially escape the abuser's control

Because of this, many abusers intentionally interfere with employment.

Compassionate Resilience for Shelter Workers

Compassion resilience is important for shelter workers because it helps them continue providing effective, empathetic support to survivors without becoming overwhelmed by the emotional weight of the work.

Domestic violence shelter staff are routinely exposed to:

Crisis situations
Trauma disclosures
Child welfare concerns
Housing instability
Safety threats
Homicide risk assessments
Grief and loss

Inclusive Domestic Violence Advocacy Training

It is important to tailor domestic violence (DV) training for LGBTQ+ survivors because their experiences, barriers to seeking help, and interactions with support systems can differ significantly from those of heterosexual and cisgender survivors.

A one-size-fits-all approach can unintentionally overlook forms of abuse, safety concerns, and service barriers that are more common within LGBTQ+ communities.

Police & First-Responder Emotional Regulation: Domestic Violence Response

Domestic violence calls require responders to manage both public safety risks and human trauma. Emotional regulation training helps police and first responders make sound decisions under stress, improve victim interactions, reduce escalation, and sustain their own psychological well-being in one of the most challenging areas of emergency response.
For agencies facing staffing shortages, burnout, and increasing mental health concerns among first responders, emotional regulation training can serve as both a workforce wellness intervention and a public safety enhancement strategy.

What training are you interested in?

WORKFORCE WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE

Burnout prevention
(65% of DV Shelter workers met criteria for burnout)
Compassion Resilience
(30% of victim advocates met criteria for compassion fatigue)
Secondary Trauma Mitigation (1 in 2 victim advocates report experiencing secondary traumatic stress [STS])
Emotional Regulation (Reducing turnover and attrition)

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKFORCE EDUCATION

DV Awareness & Response
(1 in 3 adults have experienced some form of intimate partner violence)
Trauma-Informed Practice (One-size approaches do not fit all businesses)
Workplace Safety Planning (648 women were murdered while at work & 22% of all workplace homicides of women during 2003 to 2008 were perpetrated by a current or former intimate partner)
HR & Supervisor Training (There are 4 levels of DV that can affect your organization)

CAREER & ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR DV SURVIVORS

Career recovery planning
(50% of employed survivors report workplace harassment by the abuser)
Workforce Re-entry Support (21%–60% experience job loss related to the abuse)
Employment Retention
(Only about 35% of employers reported having a domestic violence response plan)
Career Coaching for Survivors (DV survivors struggle to get over anxiety and PTSD symptoms which slows down their career progress)

ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING & COMPLIANCE

California SB 553 Compliance
(failing to implement a compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (WVPP) costs employers penalties from $18,000 to $25,000)
Policy Review & Development
Program Design
Staff Training & Development

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Domestic Violence in the news

Mental health advocate for California tribes dies; victim in murder-suicide

Gonzales once had a grant-funded role as a suicide intervention specialist, working with local police and fire departments to recognize potential signs of an intent to self-harm. Read the story

A 24-year-old man was charged after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend multiple times.

The charges stem from a fight he had gotten into with his girlfriend the night before, according to the report. On April 19, around 10:30 a.m., his girlfriend got home from work to find Clark visibly drunk on their couch. Read the story.

Coalinga man attacks girlfriend, medics after fight

A Coalinga man was arrested after allegedly fighting another man, his girlfriend and medical personnel Monday evening, the Coalinga Police Department announced. Read the story.

Active Domestic Violence cases in the U.S.

13,000–15,000

U.S. law enforcement agencies receive an estimated 13,000–15,000 domestic-violence-related calls for service each day, although the exact number varies and is not tracked nationally.

20,800

Domestic violence hotlines nationwide receive approximately 20,800 calls on a typical day.

11,000

The FBI reported more than 11,000 domestic violence murder victims during the most recent five-year reporting period they analyzed.

30,000–100,000

The U.S. victim services workforce is estimated to include tens of thousands of professionals, with likely more than 100,000 individuals working in victim advocacy, domestic violence services, crisis response, and related support roles nationwide.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU GET A NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE OR AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS AT WORK. ACT TODAY AND PROTECT YOUR EMPLOYEES.