COVID-19 Resources for Communities

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ABA CDSV Updates 

Below is a brief summary of what we have learned from victims’ attorneys across the country during the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis.

• March 19, 2020 
• April 14, 2020

National Taskforce to End Sexual & Domestic Violence 

• FAST FACTS: Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence are at Heightened Risk Now, and Will Remain So Long After the Current Crisis

ABA CDSV/CCI Drop-In Calls 

ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence and Center for Courts Innovation (CCI) co-host a drop-in call for attorneys, advocates and domestic violence service providers every third Thursday. We disseminate the information to our listserv members. If interested, please consider applying to our listserv. 

• Thursday, April 2, 2020 2:00PM (EDT) 
  • Meeting Notes
  • Recording
• Thursday, April 23, 2020 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Recording (Password: 2S&o@Di5)
• Thursday, May 21, 2020 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Recording (Password: 1C^55Z=+)
• Thursday, June 18, 2020 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Recording (Password: 1f^*K85*)
• Thursday, July 16, 2020 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Recording  (Password: 2N%8d65y)
    
• Thursday, November 19, 2020 2:00 PM (EDT)                                                                                              * Please note that drop-in calls will now be hosted quaterly.
  • Recording
  • Meeting Notes
• Thursday, February 25, 2021 2:00 PM (EDT)
  • Recording 
  • Meeting Notes

Resources for Survivors 

• The National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233) is 24/7, confidential and free. Also available through chat
  
• The National Sexual Assault Hotline (1-800-656-4673) is 24/7, confidential and free. Also available through chat
  
• The Trans LifeLine (1-877-565-8860) provides peer support for trans folks 9am-3am CT
  
• The Deaf Hotline (1-855-812-1001)  is available 24/7 through video phone, email and chat for Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled survivors
  
• The New York City Anti-Violence host bilingual (English/Spanish) Hotline (212-714-1141) that is available 24/7 and confidential, and also has published safety tips for people experincing violence in their homes during COVID-19.
• WomensLaw.org offers an online legal hotline in addition to plain-language legal information for victims of abuse
• [ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence] Preparing for Virtual Hearings: Attorney & Client Tip Sheets - request via Technical Assistance Request Link
  
• Sanctuary for Families published a guide for survivors of sex trafficking during COVID-19 and a guide for safety-planning.
• The National Workplace Resource Center published resource for COVID-19, Survivors & the Workplace in English and in Spanish
  
• National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) 
  • Tips for helping a friend experiencing domestic abuse during COVID-19.
    
  • Seeking Help Online: National Resources & Considerations for Safety and Privacy During a Public Health Crisis
    
  • [English] [Spanish] Website Safety & Privacy
  • [English] [Spanish] Online Support Groups: Best Practices 
    
• Safety Net  provides a technology safety and privacy toolkit for survivors. 
  • Video Conferencing & Digital Communication Platforms Comparison Chart 
  • Digital Written Consent to Share Information
• General Tips for Running Video Conference Calls
• Zoom: Accessibility for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
  
• Tenant Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors During COVID-19
• The American Bar Association Tax Section's information to help promote the availability of Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) .
• In-Language Resources
  • Center for Disease Control Multilingual Resources
  • API Languages: Spreadsheet with collections of resources on topics including self-quarantine, tips for travelers, and public health updates in over 25 Asian and Pacific Islander languages.
  • Casa de Esperanza's bilingual virtual library to share important information, policies, and resources
    
  • CIELO’s Collection of Covid-19 info in 20+ Mexican Indigenous languages: 
  • San Antonio Neighborhood Health Center Video about Covid-19 in Maya Mam and Spanish
    
  • COVID-19 Multilingual Resource Hub 
    
  • Harvard Medical School’s Covid-19 Health Literacy Project 
    
  • Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum's Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander In-Language Covid-19 Resources.

Resources for Lawyers

• ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence
  • Preparing for Virtual Hearings: Attorney & Client Tip Sheets - request via Technical Assistance Request Link
    
• Tahirih Justice Center 
  • A Guide: Adapting Trauma-Informed Lawyering Best Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) 
  
  • NITA Resources for Representing Your Client Online
  • Online Trial Skills Courses
    
• National  Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI)
  • NCVLI Sample Template Letter to the Courts Standing Orders; Crime Victims' Rights to be Heard and Present in Response to Temporary Case Procedures During COVID-19; Victims' Rights to Protection, Protective Orders
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  
  • States Continue to Face Large Shortfalls Due to COVID-19 Effects
  • States Grappling With Hit to Tax Collections
  • More Relief Needed to Alleviate Hardship: Households Struggle to Afford Food, Pay Rent, Emerging Data Show
    
    • Executive Summary
    • Report 

Webinars

• American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence
  • [Recording] Remote Representation for DV Clients: Privacy & the COVID Pandemic (Presented by Alicia Aiken)
  • [Recording] Report from the Field: Domestic Violence Survivors & the Impact of COVID-19
  • [Recording] Shutting Doors: How the US is Poised to End Asylum & Turn Its Back on the Persecuted
  • [Recording] EIPs, Tax Returns, and Judicial Orders in the context of Domestic Violence during the COVID-19 Era
  • [Recording] Restorative Justice and Gender Based Violence 

• American Bar Association
  • [Recording] Civil Legal Aid Funding in the Time of COVID-19
• Battered Women's Justice Project
  • [Recording] Victim Defendants and COVID-19 
  • [Recording] Convening Conversations: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Custody/Parenting Time Cases Involving Domestic Violence 
  • [Recording] Working with Interpreters in a Court Setting
• The National Resource Center for Reaching Victims
  • [August 4] The Way Forward: Shaping the Future of Healing Justice
• Global Rights for Women 
  • [Recording] Coercive Controlling Violence with Considerations During COVID-19

Court-Related Resources

• Brennan Center for Justice
  • The Impact of Video Proceedings on Fairness and Access to Justice in Court
  • Principles for Continued Use of Remote Court Proceedings
• The National Center for State Courts 
  
  • Coronavirus & the Courts: Survivors of Domestic Violence
  • VAWA & The Court News: STOP for Courts Newsletter
• Colorado Court: Notice Regarding Limited Court Operations related to COVID-19
  
• Cleveland Legal Aid’s recommendations to the Ohio Supreme Court
• Listen Live: Supreme Court Arguments Begin Monday (05.04.20)
• National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI)
  • Courts and Executive Orders Responding to COVID-19
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)
  
  • Dependency Court and State Responses to COVID-19
  • [meeting notes] Virtual Meeting on Court Responses to COVID-19 
  • Statement from the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Regarding Safe Courts and Access to Justice During COVID-19 
    
  • Civil Protection Order Process: Considerations for Safe and Effective Responses by Courts to the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Law.com
  • 'Uncharted Territory': Judge Ends Phone Hearing After Unruly Audience Keeps Interrupting His Call

Resources for DV Service Providers and Advocates

• Department of Justice - Office of Violence Aganist Women (OVW)
  • Resources and FAQ for Grantees
• National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)
  • COVID-19: Coalition Guidance for Programs
  • Using Technology to Communicate with Survivors During a Public Health Crisis
  • Best Practices When Using Mobile Devices for Advocacy
  • How to Operate as a Remote Workplace During a Public Health Crisis
  • Choosing Digital Service Platform Step-by-Step Guide
    
  • FAQs for Victim Service Programs About HIPAA Privacy, HIPAA Security, and Technology 
    
  • [English] [Spanish] How to Talk with Survivors About Safe Methods of Contact & corresponding Safe Contact Intake Form
  • Client Information Databases & Confidentiality: A Comprehensive Guide for Service Providers 
    
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV)
  • What Domestic Violence Organizations Need to Know about Coronavirus
  • Action Alert: Contact Congress and Tell Them to Address Survivors' Needs in Next COVID-19 Stimulus Package
• Futures Without Violence
• National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)
• National Homelessness Law Center
  • COVID-19 Statement & Recommendations
• DeafHope
  • Remote Interpreting on Zoom
    
• Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (api-gbv)
  • Resources for DV/SA Survivors and Services Providers During COVID-19
• National Immigration Law Center
  • FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
    Immigrant Workers’ Rights and COVID-19  this 17-page document is designed to answer frequently asked questions from immigrant workers
  • Immigrant Workers in Low-Wage Frontline Jobs Need COVID-19 Workplace Protections Now

• The National Workplace Resource Center 
  
  • When Work is Safer Than Home: Supporting Workers Experiencing Domestic & Sexual Violence During the COVID-19 
• Women Enabled International 
  • Read and endorse statement on COVID-19 and WWD.. Women, girls, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming persons with disabilities must not be left behind in efforts to respond to COVID-19.
• National Institute of Justice
  • Advocacy Interventions for Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence
• National Women's Law Center
  • Considerations for Child Care Providers & Workers Navigating Financial Support Options During the COVID-19 Crisis
    
  • COVID-19 Is Making Women’s Economic Situation Even Worse
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  • Most States Are Using New Flexibility in SNAP to Respond to COVID-19 Challenges
    
  • New Videos Show Why SNAP Matters Now More Than Ever 

Publications

• American Bar Association
  • Task Force on Legal Needs Arising out of the 2020 Pandemic
    
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • Assessing Challenges, Needs, and Innovations of Gender Based Violence Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  • COVID-19 Special Report 
• The Center for Law and  Social Policy 
  • A Pandemic within a Pandemic: How Coronavirus and Systemic Racism Are Harming Infants and Toddlers of Color
• YWCA
  • YWCA On The Frontlines: COVID-19 IMPACT on the YWCA Network
• Council on Foreign Relations
  • A Double Pandemic: Domestic Violence in the Age of COVID-19
• FreeFrom
  • Survivors Know Best: How to Disrupt Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 and Beyond
    
  • Measuring the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Color
• National Immigration Law Center
  • SHARED CRISIS, SHARED SOLUTIONS
    State and Local Advocacy for an Immigrant-Inclusive Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
• CARE
  • Gender Implications of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Development and Humanitarian Settings 
    • Executive Summary
      
    • Full Paper
• National Alliance to End Sexual Violence (NAESV)
  • Responding to COVID-19: Rape Crisis Centers & Survivor Needs
    
  • Responding to COVID-19: Rape Crisis Centers & Survivor Needs Final Survey
    
• United Nations
  
  • United Nations Women
    • COVID-19: Emerging gender data and why it matters
      
  • United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner
    • US COVID-19 strategy failing the poor, says UN expert
      
• National Partnership for Women and Families
  
  • Know Your Rights: Emergency Paid Sick Days and Paid Leave for Child Care and Coronavirus
    
• Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • CARES Act Benefits for Tax-Exempt Organizations
• Congressional Research Service
  • Domestic Violence in the Context of COVID-19
    
• Center on Poverty & Social Policy (Columbia University)
  • Forecasting Estimates of Poverty during COVID-19 Crisis 
    
• Shriver Center on Poverty Law 
  
  • Racism Laid Bare with COVID-19
• Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) andFreedom Network USA  (FNUSA)
  • Policy Recommendations & Supplemental Appropriations Requests: Human Trafficking Victims, and Those Vulnerable to Trafficking, Need Increased Protections In Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Supporting Human Trafficking Survivors During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions
• The Human Trafficking Legal Center 
  • Prosecution at Any Cost? The Impact of Material WitnessWarrants in Federal Human Trafficking Cases
• MADRE | Demanding Rights, Resources & Results for Women Worldwide
  • From Global Coordination to Local Strategies: A Practical Approach to Prevent, Address and Document Domestic Violence under COVID-19
    
• Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN)
  • A Dangerous Intersection: The Call for Supporting Families Experiencing Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ohio
• Organization of American States (OAS) 
  
  • COVID-19 in Women´s Lives: Reasons to Recognize Differential Impacts
    
• Groundwork Collaborative  
  
  • Why the Economic Crisis is Disproportionately Affecting Marginalized Communities
• Law.com
  • Ahead of the Curve: Writing the Book on Coronavirus and the Law
• Op Ed | Melinda Gates: How rethinking caregiving could play a crucial role in restarting the economy 
• Op Ed  |  Legal aid, facing state cuts, remains crucial during pandemic 
• Op Ed | A Second Covid Crisis Is Coming: If we don’t act now, women and girls will be suffering from the pandemic’s fallout for decades to come. 

Disparate Impact

Below are some articles we received from Ayuda related to how the coronavirus is highlighting and exacerbating unjust inequalities in our society. One of the articles below quotes Dr. Monica Peek from Chicago as saying, "What pandemics, natural disasters, economic disasters do is uncover the everyday lived experience of these structural inequities that communities live with all the time." 

Black Community

• Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States
• Black DC Residents Make Up Most Coronavirus Deaths Thus Far
• Total Deaths in Washington, DC by Race
• DC's mayor urges more coronavirus data collection in communities of color
• 4 reasons coronavirus is hitting black communities so hard
• Coronavirus in black America: Living in the eye of a 'perfect storm'
• How Is The Coronavirus Affecting Black Americans?

Asian-American Community

• New Site Collects Reports Of Racism Against Asian Americans Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
• Asian Americans describe ‘gut punch’ of racist attacks during coronavirus pandemic
• As the coronavirus spreads, so does online racism targeting Asians, new research shows
• UMD Researchers to study COVID-19-related discrimination against Chinese Americans
• Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety

LGBTQ Individuals

• Coronavirus pandemic a perfect storm for LGBTQ homeless youth
• National Center for Transgender Equality Coronavirus Guide
• National LGBT Cancer Network Coronavirus Information
• Groups say LGBTQ people more vulnerable to Coronavirus

Immigrants/Limited English Proficient individuals 

• ‘We’re Petrified’: Immigrants Afraid to Seek Medical Care for Coronavirus
• Language Access Issues a Barrier During COVID-19
• An immigrant community faces a ‘catastrophic’ pandemic without help
• Coronavirus Patients Who Don’t Speak English Could End Up ‘Unable to Communicate in Their Last Moments of Life’
• Hospitals Have Left Many COVID-19 Patients Who Don’t Speak English Alone, Confused and Without Proper Care
• Equitable Access To Health Information For Non-English Speakers Amidst The Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
• Undocumented workers among those hit first — and worst — by the coronavirus shutdown

Latinx Community

• New York City's Latinx Residents Hit Hardest By Coronavirus Deaths
• Latinos' coronavirus deaths at meat processing plant raise alarms about worker safety
• COVID-19 Latino Impact Report
• Covid-19 is affecting Latinos at an alarming rate
• 'Another pandemic': In Latin America, domestic abuse rises amid lockdown

Deaf Community

• They are deaf and blind, and social distancing has now taken their ability to touch
• Coronavirus poses added challenges for deaf and hard of hearing hospital patients
• Helping Deaf Children Learn in Coronavirus Isolation
• Coronavirus Lockdowns Are Creating Big Challenges For Deaf Students Being Forced To Leave College
• Student Designs Coronavirus Face Masks For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing People
• Coping with disease and disability in the time of coronavirus