Reducing Risk and Preventing Intimate Partner Homicide
Domestic Violence Resource for Increasing Safety and Connection (DV RISC) is a national resource center led by the Center for Justice Innovation, Esperanza United, and Ujima Inc., that provides training and technical assistance on intimate partner violence (IPV) risk and lethality assessments.
How We Can Help
DV RISC includes a wide variety of tools and resources for multi-disciplinary teams interested in developing or enhancing their responses to domestic violence homicides in their community, including:
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Subject Matter Experts and TTA Providers
Get SupportAccess to national experts and training and technical assistance providers that specialize in domestic violence homicide prevention.
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Strategic Planning and Training
Get SupportOn-site and virtual strategic planning assistance through community readiness activities and multidisciplinary training for jurisdictions seeking to implement or enhance a domestic violence homicide prevention initiative and build effective partnerships with other agencies. Access to worksheets, webinars, videos and an online training platform are also available.
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Community Engagement
Get SupportConnection and collaboration with culturally specific training and technical assistance providers to ensure diverse and inclusive community engagement as communities develop or enhance domestic violence homicide prevention initiatives. In addition, access to resources to ensure that domestic violence homicide prevention initiatives are survivor informed and reflect the strengths and needs of the community.
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Peer-to-Peer Learning
Get SupportConnect with communities and peers from around the country that have implemented domestic violence homicide prevention strategies.
Access to national experts and training and technical assistance providers that specialize in domestic violence homicide prevention.
Get SupportOn-site and virtual strategic planning assistance through community readiness activities and multidisciplinary training for jurisdictions seeking to implement or enhance a domestic violence homicide prevention initiative and build effective partnerships with other agencies. Access to worksheets, webinars, videos and an online training platform are also available.
Get SupportConnection and collaboration with culturally specific training and technical assistance providers to ensure diverse and inclusive community engagement as communities develop or enhance domestic violence homicide prevention initiatives. In addition, access to resources to ensure that domestic violence homicide prevention initiatives are survivor informed and reflect the strengths and needs of the community.
Get SupportConnect with communities and peers from around the country that have implemented domestic violence homicide prevention strategies.
Get SupportTools, Strategies and Assessments for Identifying and Reducing Risk
Connect With Us
Request assistance through our Technical Assistance Portal.
We can assist with your domestic violence homicide prevention efforts by facilitating strategic planning, providing more information on risk and/or lethality tools, strategies and assessments, connecting with subject matter experts and culturally specific organizations, supporting peer-to-peer learning, and much more!
Featured Content
Videos on prominent risk assessment tools.
For more resources, visit our clearinghouse page.