covid-19

Action Alert: DON’T LET CONGRESS IGNORE SURVIVORS!

As the House, Senate, and White House prepare to negotiate the next and likely final COVID-19 supplemental funding package, we have an important message for them - they cannot ignore the needs of survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence!

Congress has provided trillions of dollars in supplemental funding to respond to the COVID-19 emergency, but they have provided NOTHING for survivors of sexual assault, for community-based culturally-specific organizations serving survivors in Communities of Color who are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, or for tribal victim service programs. They have provided some, but insufficient, funding for mainstream domestic violence organizations. This is despite knowing that COVID-19 has caused an increase in interpersonal violence!

Survivors, and the advocates that serve them, NEED YOUR HELP! We can’t let Congress fail survivors a 4th time. It’s time to flood Congress with phone calls, fill Members of Congress’s email inboxes, and blanket local newspapers with op-eds and letters to the editor. Social media posts are also useful, but since everyone else is also Tweeting, it is hard to break through, so please both tweet AND pick up the phone.

A toolkit with call scripts, op-ed and letter to the editor templates, sample emails, survivor and advocate stories, and social media content HERE.

Contact your Members of Congress - more than once, if you can! You can find your Senators’ contact information HERE and your Representative’s contact information HERE. Try calling district offices as well as DC offices.

Tell your Members of Congress that the next supplemental funding package MUST:

  • Prevent drastic cuts to victim services funding that would compromise programs’ ability to meet the increased need caused by COVID-19 by increasing deposits into the Crime Victims Fund and by temporarily waiving match requirements for Victims of Crime Act victim assistance grants.

  • Provide dedicated funding for culturally-specific organizations that provide domestic violence and sexual assault services through both the Division of Family Violence Prevention and Services in the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families and the Office on Violence Against Women;

  • Address the needs of survivors by funding sexual assault services;

  • Fund Tribal governments to provide domestic violence and sexual assault services;

  • Provide more funding for domestic and sexual violence programs through a VAWA formula grant directly to victim service programs;

  • Ensure that access to safety for immigrant survivors is not compromised by ensuring access to health and economic supports, as well as by restricting immigration enforcement at sensitive locations like courts and hospitals and by prohibiting the detention or deportation of survivors with pending immigration applications; and

  • Allow states to make survivors eligible for unemployment insurance if they leave their jobs due to domestic or sexual violence.

Thank you for your advocacy - it makes all the difference!

For more information, please contact Rachel Graber (rgraber@ncadv.org), Dorian Karp (dkarp@jwi.org), and Monica McLaughlin (mmclaughlin@nnedv.org).

ACTION ALERT: Contact your Senators and tell them to pass a COVID-19 response package that supports victims and survivors

Congress must acknowledge that racism is part of all of our institutions, as amply demonstrated by the disparate impact of COVID-19 on Black communities and Communities of Color. While we appreciate that the House’s HEROES Act provides funding for domestic violence programs and ensures the long-term viability of the Crime Victims Fund, it provides NO funding for culturally-specific community-based organizations that provide domestic violence and sexual assault services. This is unacceptable - and the Senate needs to hear from you.

COVID-19 has both increased the incidence of interpersonal violence and the complexity of serving survivors. Victim service providers need additional funding to provide critical services to their communities. While the HEROES Act contains vital funding for domestic violence programs through the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, it falls far short of providing adequate funding for sexual assault services. Instead of focusing solely on victim services, it funds law enforcement and prosecutors out of scarce VAWA grants, despite ample funding outside of VAWA for law enforcement. It also fails to provide critical funding for tribal domestic violence and sexual assault programs and important protections for immigrant survivors. The HEROES Act furthermore does not require states to strengthen their unemployment insurance laws by recognizing that leaving a job because of sexual or domestic violence or stalking constitutes, “good cause.” We know survivors need more. 

In late May, the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (NTF) sent a letter to Congress, signed by 450 domestic violence and sexual assault organizations, detailing the need for funding and policy changes to protect survivors. On June 8, the NTF sent a supplemental statement to Congress, reminding them of the NTF’s priorities while also acknowledging the positive provisions in the HEROES Act. In the next COVID-19 relief package, the Senate should preserve important provisions that support survivors and, in addition:

  • Provide dedicated funding for culturally-specific organizations that provide domestic violence and sexual assault services through both the Division of Family Violence Prevention and Services in the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families and the Office on Violence Against Women;

  • Address the needs of survivors by funding sexual assault services;

  • Fund Tribal governments to provide domestic violence and sexual assault services;

  • Provide more funding for domestic and sexual violence programs through a VAWA formula grant directly to victim service programs;

  • Ensure that access to safety for immigrant survivors is not compromised by immigration enforcement, by restricting enforcement activities at sensitive locations like courts and hospitals and by prohibiting the detention or deportation of survivors with pending immigration applications; and

  • Allow states to make survivors eligible for unemployment insurance if they leave their jobs due to domestic or sexual violence.

Contact your members of Congress on social media, by phone, or by email through their website. You can find your Senators and their contact information HERE. You can find Members’ social media handles HERE. If you have contacts in Senate offices, email is also an effective way to get in touch with staff who are working remotely.

A toolkit with sample call scripts, emails, Tweets, and Facebook posts can be found HERE.

For more information about reaching out to your Senators and other grassroots actions, please contact Rachel Graber (rgraber@ncadv.org), Dorian Karp (dkarp@jwi.org), and Monica McLaughlin (mmclaughlin@nnedv.org). 

For more information about the needs of culturally specific organizations serving communities of color, please contact Megan Simmons (msimmons@ujimacommunity.org). For more information about the the needs of sexual assault survivors, please contact Terri Poore (terri@endsexualviolence.org).

Action Alert: Tell Congress to address the needs of survivors in the next COVID-19 response package

Right now, survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault are at great risk. 

Act now to urge Congress to address the urgent and emerging needs of domestic violence and sexual assault survivors and the programs that serve them during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting disruptions. 

The House of Representatives is finalizing its phase four COVID-19 response package. It is critical that this package meets the needs of victims, survivors, and everyday people. We have circulated a letter to Members of Congress, outlining steps they can take to support survivors and advocates -- now we need YOUR help. Your Members of Congress need to hear from you NOW, while negotiations for the phase four package are underway. Your Senators and Representative both need to hear from you, but if you can only contact one person, right now, the priority is the House of Representatives. 

Call your Members of Congress or contact them on social media, and tell them that the phase four package must contain provisions to directly address the needs of survivors and the people who serve them. Tell them that the package must:

● Include $100 million in additional funding for the Sexual Assault Services Program (For more information on the needs of rape crisis centers and sexual assault survivors click here.)

● Include emergency VAWA funding to states for victim services with funding for Tribes and culturally specific-services; 

● Fund the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act; 

● Include funding for grants for outreach to underserved communities;

● Address the housing needs of survivors;

● Meet the economic needs of survivors;

● Address the long term impact on survivors by redirecting funds from deferred and non-prosecution agreements from the General Treasury to the Crime Victims Fund; 

● Temporarily waive match requirements for federal grants; and

● Ensure immigrants have access to health, safety, and stability, including access to testing and treatment, and restricting immigration enforcement. For more information on the needs of immigrant survivors click here. 

You can find your Senators and their contact information HERE and your Representative and their contact information HERE. You can find Members’ social media handles HERE. If you have contacts in Congressional offices, email is also an effective way to get in touch with staff who are working remotely.

Call/email script:

“Hello. My name is [your name], and I am a constituent [calling/emailing] from [your location and, if applicable, your program]. COVID-19 disproportionately impacts victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and Congress must act to support them and address their needs. This includes providing more funding for programs and  ensuring survivors have access to services, housing, and economic stability; waiving grant match requirements; ensuring immigrants have access to health, safety, and stability; and addressing the long term impacts of this crisis on survivors by addressing dwindling deposits into the Crime Victims Fund. We’re counting on you to protect victims and survivors.”

If you are emailing or communicating on social media, please include a link to the letter mentioned above. 

Sample social media posts:

.@Handle, #COVID19 disproportionately harms survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault. Support them by increasing funding, waiving match, supporting ALL communities & addressing VOCA shortfalls! More at https://tinyurl.com/ybkmnots.

.@Handle, support Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault survivors and programs by increasing resources for FVPSA/VAWA/housing, waiving match, fixing the Crime Victims Fund, and supporting ALL communities! #COVID4More at https://tinyurl.com/ybkmnots. 

For more information, please contact Rachel Graber (rgraber@ncadv.org), Dorian Karp (dkarp@jwi.org), and Emily Dahl (edahl@nnedv.org). 

Letter to Congress RE: Urgent Needs of DV/SA Survivors During Coronavirus Disease

To Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, and Minority Leader McCarthy:

The undersigned organizations which advocate on behalf of survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking, represent millions of survivors of gender-based violence and harassment, the professionals who serve these survivors, the faith organizations that support them, and the communities that care about them throughout the United States and territories. As organizations dedicated to preventing, addressing, and ending domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking, we know that addressing the needs of survivors is essential to ensuring their safety and wellbeing during this time of crisis.

We write to urge you to address the urgent needs of domestic violence and sexual assault survivors and the programs that serve them in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting disruptions. It is imperative that the third stimulus package address survivors’ needs - directly and via the programs that serve them. 

As the nation is urged to stay home to prevent the spread of this disease, we are starkly reminded that “home” is typically an unsafe place for survivors and their children. When home is dangerous, the safety net of housing, economic, legal, and healthcare, including mental health, supports should be there to protect survivors from further harm. Yet, shelters and victim service organizations are now grappling with the unprecedented challenge of communally housing and providing services for survivors just as the public health crisis requires distance and separation. Programs are moving to provide services virtually, but most program providers are not equipped to provide supports in this manner and have concerns about survivor confidentiality needs. Additionally, those survivors who have been able to access safe housing face increased risks of being unable to maintain that housing due to increased economic instability resulting from the pandemic. Survivors’ current extreme housing instability and increased economic insecurity is placing overwhelming demands on service providers. Moreover, courts are closing and law enforcement are responding to “urgent matters only.” Survivors with custody and other critical family court matters are left without any venue to seek the court’s assistance. Survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking are disproportionately impacted by this crisis, and the federal government’s response must be swift and specific to meet their needs. 

Marginalized or higher need survivors face additional threats and barriers to safety. Immigrant survivors face increased fear of exploitation, deportation, court delays, economic and housing instability, and lack of access to medical care and basic needs. Native women already experience disproportionately high rates of violence. Complex legal frameworks and the various intersections that Native survivors of violence must confront will be further exacerbated by this crisis. Survivors of color face additional threats and barriers due to historical and ongoing systemic oppression, which are also exacerbated by this crisis. Homophobia and transphobia keep LGBTQ survivors in the shadows and make it difficult for them to access safety and justice. Survivors who are older and survivors with disabilities are likewise uniquely vulnerable to domestic and sexual violence and face additional barriers to accessing services and safety, which is being exacerbated by further isolation. The impact of these barriers is being compounded by the fact that older adults and adults with certain health conditions are at the greatest risk of severe negative health outcomes if they contract COVID-19. 

Critical support for victim services is required to operate, serve, shelter and house survivors with increased, flexible resources 

Service providers are scrambling to massively change operations at record speed to meet the needs of survivors and their children, to keep staff safe and healthy, and to play their part in reducing the spread of this disease. Domestic violence and sexual assault organizations need an infusion of flexible resources to ensure continuity of their lifesaving services. Domestic violence, sexual assault and community based programs must have funds to pay for operational accommodations (technology to support remote and digital support services, cleaning supplies, staffing changes, on-demand language access, and more), continued services and staffing, as well as to provide cash assistance, rental assistance and temporary accommodation in hotels or motels for survivors. Existing funding streams must be increased and administrative burdens must be reduced to ensure that programs can meet survivors’ safety, medical, economic, housing and stabilization needs. We call on Congress to increase the following funding streams: 

  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) and Disaster Housing Assistance programs and require distribution to domestic violence and sexual assault organizations; 

  • Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Sexual Assault Service Program (SASP) by at least $100 million; 

  • Family Violence Prevention and Services Act by at least $100 million;  

  • VAWA transitional housing by $40 million; 

  • HUD Continuum of Care Domestic Violence Bonus funds by $100 million;  

  • VAWA Culturally Specific Services for Victims grant program and Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations grants by $20 million; 

  • VAWA Training and Services to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities to provide victim services by $10 million;

  • VAWA Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life to provide victim services by $10 million;

  • VAWA housing vouchers at HUD by $20 million; 

  • The National Domestic Violence Hotline by $2 million. 

Congress should also use this opportunity to bolster Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding. VOCA is a flexible funding stream that allows programs to meet a variety of victims’ urgent needs. Congress must increase deposits into the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) by requiring direct penalties and fines resulting from federal deferred and non-prosecution agreements to be deposited into the CVF. 

  • We call on Congress to ensure flexibility during this crisis by: 

  • Eliminating matching fund requirements for VOCA, FVPSA, and HUD Continuum of Care Funding; 

  • Extending the length of time states have to spend their VOCA funds to four years;

  • Reducing documentation requirements, time-limitations and any other burdens that slow down access to funds that can provide rental assistance; 

  • Allowing all relevant funds to be used to provide temporary, individual accommodation such as hotel or motel while securing permanent housing; and

  • Allowing the federal administering agencies to hire staff to help ensure efficient distribution of funds. 

Protecting survivors from economic peril in this crisis 

Survivors need specific economic protections, including access to paid safe leave and to unemployment insurance when forced to leave a job due to domestic or sexual violence, to ensure that they can live independently of their abusers. Domestic violence and sexual assault disproportionately impact women, and women are disproportionately overrepresented among low-wage workers and services workers, who are being laid off at high rates. Most of them do not have the possibility of working remotely. Congress should pass paid leave legislation that covers as many workers as possible and should recognize that survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence need access to such support to maintain their economic stability and safe housing options. 

Paid leave is less likely to be available to low wage workers, but even where it is an option, it may not work best to keep survivors and their families safe. Health requirements to shelter in place or engage in social distancing measures will place survivors, and their families in close quarters with abusers and at greater risk of violence. It is imperative that survivors who need to separate from employment because of the threat that accompanies social distancing have the option to quit their jobs and seek unemployment insurance even if paid leave is available to them. 

Survivors often rely on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) to meet their basic needs, and such assistance will become all the more critical now. Congress must improve access to TANF by increasing the drawdown amounts available, waiving work restrictions, instituting a moratorium on TANF sanctions and terminations for the duration of the crisis, and allowing additional TANF payments for emergency assistance.

If the phase three or future stimulus packages include direct cash assistance to individuals, Congress must ensure that the distribution plan accounts for survivors who are in undisclosed locations and should work with experts to develop a distribution plan. 

Access to health, safety and stability for all victims 

Narrow Medicaid eligibility is threatening public health and immigrant victims’ access to COVID-19 testing and medical care. Current restrictions in 8 U.S.C. 1611 and 1613 limit access to Medicaid for non-citizens who do not fit in the definition of “qualified alien.” There is a narrow exception in both sections 1611 and 1613 for emergency Medicaid, as that term is defined in section 42 U.S.C. 1396b(v), but COVID-19 testing does not meet the statutory definition of an emergency service. Unfortunately, the definition of "uninsured individual" in the new section 42 U.S.C. 1396a(ss) does not address any restrictions outside of Title XIX, so the restrictions in sections 8 U.S.C. 1611 and 1613 would continue to apply. Testing under the new state option should be considered treatment for an emergency condition under 42 U.S.C. 1396b(v).

Survivors of sexual assault are also facing barriers to trauma-informed medical services, because rape crisis advocates are not being allowed into medical facilities to assist survivors. The Secretary of Health and Human Services should direct health care facilities to allow sexual assault crisis advocates to accompany survivors and should afford additional protections for advocates as crisis responders.

Restrict immigration enforcement against survivors 

Immigrant survivors are facing extensive delays in the processing of their applications for immigration relief (such as VAWA self-petitions, U visas for victims of crime, T visas for victims of trafficking, asylum, and other humanitarian relief). They are also struggling to respond to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services requests for additional evidence due to increased barriers in accessing evidence survivors need for their cases. Such survivors are in jeopardy of removal or deportation. Congress should prohibit immigration detention and the removal of those with a pending immigration applications, including those under section 101(a)(15)(T), 101(a)(15)(U), 106, 240A(b)(2), or 244(a)(3) (as in effect on March 31, 1997) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); and VAWA self-petitioners, as defined in section 101(a)(51), with pending applications for relief under a provision referred to in one of subparagraphs (A) through (G) of such section, or INA section 101(a)(27)(J), until there is a final adjudication on the alien’s application for status after the exhaustion of administrative and judicial review. 

Consistent with public health officials’ calls for social distancing to curtail and slow the spread of COVID-19, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) should mitigate the risk of an outbreak in its facilities by drastically reducing the overall population of people in CBP custody and should not seek additional funding for facilities and staffing to detain migrants. Additionally, policies should prevent ICE enforcement measures at all sensitive locations, including expanding access to law enforcement assistance and court services without fear of repercussions from federal immigration enforcement. 

Access to vital court, legal, and law enforcement protections 

This crisis is creating additional stress on already fragile parenting arrangements with abusive partners, leaving children unprotected and putting survivors at risk. Custody hearings, motions to modify court orders and enforcement actions are being cancelled and postponed as “non-emergency” matters, despite the fact that dangerous circumstances exacerbated by virus-related measures require urgent judicial review. Supervised visitation centers are closing, and as daycares and schools are closing and access to other public areas are being restricted, survivors and their children have no safe public place for visitation exchanges. As law enforcement is relaxed in some areas to avoid contact for non-violent misdemeanors, custody orders are not being enforced. Abusers who are not returning children to the protective parent are doing so with impunity in the absence of enforcement by courts and law enforcement. Moreover, when a protective parent wants to cancel visitation to avoid COVID-19 exposure, there is no mechanism available for modification, leaving the protective parent at risk of contempt of court. Finally, lawyers are being forced to withdraw from cases affected by 'shelter-in-place' orders that are keeping the lawyer or client from attending hearings.

In order to maintain survivors access to vital legal protections, we recommend: 

  • Congress should declare that COVID-19, social distancing, and shelter-in-place orders are all matters of legitimate public concern of which courts should take judicial notice when issuing decisions;

  • Congress should urge state supreme courts and district chiefs to order: 

    • Courts to remain open for COVID-related custody/parenting time hearings with video conference or phone options, in addition to protection order hearings;

    • Statutes of limitation, protection order expiration dates, and all existing filing and hearing deadlines should be tolled for 60-90 days;

    • Local law enforcement must continue to respond to custody and visitation order violations, even if they are non-violent; 

  • ‘Shelter-in-place' orders should have an exception for travel to hearings, and continuances should be routinely granted whenever social distancing or shelter-in-place practices limit full participation in a scheduled hearing; and 

  • Increase VAWA STOP grants by $100 million for courts to issue protective orders and address child custody remotely, for civil attorneys to represent survivors in these matters, and for law enforcement to continue to prioritize enforcement of these orders. 

Conclusion

Survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault are facing extreme danger and risk just at a time when programs and systems will struggle to respond. We strongly urge you to address these dire needs by investing more resources to address the unique needs of survivors and securing needed policy changes as a matter of urgency. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Monica McLaughlin at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (mmclaughlin@nnedv.org), Rachel Graber at the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (rgraber@ncadv.org), and Monika Johnson Hostler at the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence (monika@endsexualviolence.org). 

Sincerely, 

Alabama Coalition Against Rape

Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center

Alianza Nacional de Campesinas

American Association of University Women

Amnesty International USA 

Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence

Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence

ASISTA 

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Battered Women’s Justice Project

BRASS, Inc

California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

California Partnership to End Domestic Violence

Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities

CAWS North Dakota

Center for Survivor Agency and Justice

Center for Gender & Refugee Studies

Closing the Women's Wealth Gap

Coalition of Labor Union Women

Collaborative Solutions, Inc.

Colorado Coalition Against Sexual AssaultConnecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence

ContactLifeline, Inc./SAND

Coordinadora Paz para la Mujer, Puerto Rico Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

Day One

DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence

DCADV

DC Rape Crisis Center

Disciples Women

End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin

Equal Rights Advocates

Equality North Carolina

Florida Council Against Sexual Violence

Futures Without Violence

Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence

GirlHQ Foundation

Global Women P.E.A.C.E Foundation

Global Rights for Women

Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse

Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault & Family Violence

Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights

Hispanic Association of Colleges and UniversitiesI

daho Coalition Against Sexual Assault & Family ViolenceIllinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Jane Doe Inc.

JCADA

Jewish Council for Public Affairs

Jewish Women International

Just Detention International

Justice for Migrant Women

Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence

Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs

Last Mile4D

Legal Momentum

Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault

LULAC

Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence

MANA, A National Latina Organization

Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Michigan Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence

Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

NA’AMAT USA

National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

National Alliance for Safe Housing

National Alliance to End Sexual Violence

National Association of Social Workers

National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development

North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault 

National Center for Victims of Crime

National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs

National Congress of American Indians 

National Council of Jewish Women

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges 

National Domestic Violence Hotline

National Equality Action Team

National Housing Trust

National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center

National Latinx Psychological Association

National Network to End Domestic Violence

National Organization for Women

National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault

National Partnership for Women and Families

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

National Women’s Law Center

Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence

Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice

Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence

New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence

New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence

New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs Inc

New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault

North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence

North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence

Ohio Domestic Violence Network

Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

Peaceful Families Project

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape

Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Rural Coalition Sexual Assault Network of Delaware

Sojourners

South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault

Tahirih Justice Center

Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence

Texas Association Against Sexual Assault

Texas Council on Family Violence

The Center for Women and Families

The Northwest Network of Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian, and Gay Survivors of Abuse

The Women’s Law Center of Maryland

Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community

Union for Reform Judaism

United Church of Christ, Justice, and Witness Ministries

Utah Domestic Violence Coalition

V-Day

Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

Violence Free Colorado

Violence Free Minnesota

Virgin Islands Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Council 

Vital Voices Global Partnership

Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs 

Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Women’s Fund of Rhode Island

Women’s Law Project

Women of Color Network, Inc.

Women of Reform Judaism

Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

YWCA USA