Health Centers Are Key to Violence Prevention
We provide technical assistance to health centers to develop and implement evidence-based strategies, protocols, and partnerships to prevent, identify, and respond to intimate partner violence (IPV) and human trafficking (HT).
Our Impact
Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation serves the nation’s network of 17,000 federally-funded health centers through training on building partnerships, policy development, and the integration of processes designed to promote prevention and increase the identification and referral to supportive services for individuals at risk for, experiencing, or surviving IPV, HT, and exploitation.
Health Partners works to build partnerships between health centers and domestic violence and sexual assault (DV/SA) advocacy programs–they are natural partners given their shared mission to improve the health, wellness, and safety of their patients and clients.
Catalyst for Change
“Catalyst for Change” is a monthly newsletter published by Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation to provide the latest on our learning opportunities and new resources.
To view past editions of “Catalyst for Change”, please check out the Archived Newsletter tab to the left.
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Intimate Partner Violence: A Health-Based Perspective (2nd edn)
This book provides comprehensive, well-cited information for researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy leaders on the complex social and health threats of intimate partner violence. Written by leading scholars in the field, the chapters are organized around historical and policy perspectives, social justice constructs, trauma science, health impacts, intervention, and prevention strategies.
This is an open access title, free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from Oxford University Press and selected open access locations.
To download, click here.
Announcements
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Building a Health Center Response to Intimate Partner Violence (for Community Health Center Role)
This webinar will be presented in English with Spanish and ASL interpretation. Este seminario web se presentará en inglés con interpretación en español y ASL.
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM PST, 1:00 PM MST, 2:00 PM CST, 3:00 PM EST (75 Min.)
Description:
Community Health Workers are trusted bridges between the clinic and the community—often hearing what patients don’t share anywhere else. Join Futures Without Violence projects, the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Health Partners on IPV +Exploitation, to learn how community health workers can support their patients who experience intimate partner violence. The webinar will highlight health center responses for California, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington (with participation from NMPCA and NWRPCA) and is open to a national audience. NMPCA is offering CEs to participating New Mexico staff.
To learn more and register, click here.
CARE IN PRACTICE TRAINING COHORT
(MAY 2026)
Care in Practice is a virtual training series that will equip workplace leaders at community health centers – such as Human Resources (HR) and executives – with the knowledge, tools, and expert support needed to prevent and respond to domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and harassment in the workplace.
With healthcare workers experiencing high rates of violence — and many incidents going unreported — this program supports workplace leaders in creating healing-centered policies and practices that protect staff, improve quality of patient care, and cultivate safer work environments.
Program Includes:
- 3 virtual learning sessions with national subject-matter experts
- Guided policy development and revision with expert and peer feedback
- 1:1 support tailored to your organization
- Networking with a peer cohort of community health center leader
Interested? Fill out this interest form!
For more information, join Futures Without Violence and Workplaces Respond to Domestic & Sexual Violence for an informational session:
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM MST / 1:00 PM CST / 2:00 PM EST
To register, click here.
Featured Resources
Increasing Health Care Enrollment for Survivors of Domestic Violence
People who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) have unique health care needs, making insurance
Using Community Referral Technology Platforms to Safely Connect Health Center Patients with Community-based Domestic Violence Services
This memo provides recommendations for health center (HC) staff as they implement, tailor, and use
Farmworker Safety Card Tool
Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, a project of Futures Without Violence, and Alianza Nacional de
Order Materials
Order hard copies of safety cards, posters, and more from FUTURES’ National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Featured Resources
Increasing Health Care Enrollment for Survivors of Domestic Violence
People who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) have unique health care needs, making insurance
Using Community Referral Technology Platforms to Safely Connect Health Center Patients with Community-based Domestic Violence Services
This memo provides recommendations for health center (HC) staff as they implement, tailor, and use
Farmworker Safety Card Tool
Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, a project of Futures Without Violence, and Alianza Nacional de
Order Materials
Order hard copies of safety cards, posters, and more from FUTURES’ National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence