Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day 2025: Integrating Domestic Violence into Emergency Preparedness Planning & Response

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: Wednesday, October 8th, 2025

Time: 8am HST/11am PST/12pm MST/1pm CST/2pm EST (60-minute webinar)

Description: 

Health Cares About Domestic Violence (HCADV) Day is an annual, nationally recognized awareness and action day that takes place on the second Wednesday of October. This year on October 8, we invite you to join us for a webinar co-hosted by FUTURES’ programs the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, Integrating Domestic Violence into Emergency Preparedness Planning & Response.

As the frequency of wildfires, hurricanes, floods, heatwaves, droughts, and various other natural disasters continues to rise across the United States and its territories, health centers and domestic violence programs can expect their operations, workforce, and clients to be increasingly impacted. Amidst these challenges, it is crucial for healthcare providers to recognize the heightened risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) and human trafficking (HT) in areas affected by such disasters.

This webinar will detail how to integrate IPV support into emergency preparedness efforts, including how to develop partnerships between health centers and local DV programs. Guest Speakers will highlight innovations from the field, key resources and approaches that can be implemented for October Domestic Violence Awareness Month and beyond.

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Name three ways that natural disasters and emergencies impact the health and wellbeing of survivors of IPV/HT
2. Describe how community-based programs and health centers can formalize partnerships to help support emergency responses
3. Identify two resources to develop and formalize partnerships between health systems and community programs

Facilitators:

• Virginia Duplessis, MSW, Associate Director, Health, Futures Without Violence
• Kenede Pratt-McCloud, Program Assistant, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation

Speakers:

• TBA

If you have any questions, please email Kenede Pratt-McCloud at kprattmccloud@futureswithoutviolence.org