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Coerced Debt/Debt Defense Advocacy Tool Advocates Attorneys
Debt collection agent form letter

A form letter that can be sent to debt collection agents to request they stop communications regarding an account.
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Protection Orders Advocacy Tool Advocates Attorneys
The Civil Protection Order as a Tool for Economic Justice

This article urges attorneys and advocates for survivors to consider using civil protection orders as a tool for accessing economic justice.
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Consumer/Civil Legal Issues Screening/Assesment/Issue-Spotting Advocacy Tool Attorneys
Domestic Violence Screening Tool for Consumer Lawyers

A tool to assist consumer lawyers in determining who, among their clients, is a survivor of domestic violence in order to enhance legal representation and advocacy.
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Budgeting Coerced Debt/Debt Defense Advocacy Tool Advocates Organizations
Prioritizing Your Expenses: Brochure

Brochure for domestic violence survivors that includes guidelines for prioritizing debt.
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Credit/Credit Repair/Banking Advocacy Tool Advocates Organizations
Building and Repairing Your Credit History: Brochure

Brochure for survivors of domestic violence, includes information on how to repair one’s credit report and adding positive information to one’s credit report.
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Organizational & Community Change Partnership Building Survivor Centered Economic Advocacy Advocacy Tool Advocates Attorneys Organizations
Building Partnerships to Enhance Consumer Rights for Survivors: An Assessment & Resource Tool

A tool to provide a starting point for attorneys and advocates interested in enhancing their consumer rights advocacy, with self-reflection questions, suggested protocols and strategies, and additional resources
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Employment Advocacy Tool Webinar/Training Advocates Organizations
Workplace rights of applicants & employees who experience DV, sexual assault or stalking

As a part of the Obama Administration’s 2012 Equal Futures Partnership, CSAJ hosted a webinar on new guidelines regarding employment and domestic violence.
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Eviction & Foreclosure Housing Advocacy Tool Webinar/Training Advocates Attorneys
Domestic Violence in Foreclosure: The Foreclosure Process, Defenses and Alternatives for Survivors

A webinar on advocacy strategies to prevent foreclosure, including unique issues for survivors and strategies for coordinating with DV and/or foreclosure attorneys
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Survivor Centered Economic Advocacy Advocacy Tool Organizations
Advancing the economic rights of domestic violence survivors

Battered Women’s Justice Project advocacy tips handout – June 2004

This project is supported all or in part by Grant No. 2018-TA-AX-K010, Grant No. 2017-TA-AX-K065 and Grant No. 15JOVW-21-GK-02248-MUMU awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in the publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.