Existe Ayuda: Victims' Rights Pocket Card

• NCJ Number: 234272
• Date Published: May 2011
• Length: 2 pages
• Agencies: OVC
• Corporate Author: Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
• Sale Source: OVC Resource Ctr
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Instructional Material
• Language: Spanish
• Country: United States of America
• Note: See NCJ-234271 for the English website

Annotation

This pocket card presents outreach material in Spanish to combat the problem of sexual violence.

Abstract

This pocket card contains replicable Spanish-language tools and resources for use by service providers to improve their cultural competence and the accessibility of their services for Spanish-speaking victims of sexual violence. The card contains background information on the Existe Ayuda project and the challenges faced by service providers for victims of sexual violence; Glossaries contains a list of Spanish terms related to sexual assault and trafficking; Presentations contains PowerPoint slides used in presentations to promotoras (community health workers) and victim advocates; Tools contains information on how to put together a victims' rights pocket card, sexual harassment handout, fact sheets on sexual assault, and scripts for public service announcements and outgoing answering machine messages; Message from the Director discusses the need for this site; and related resources contains links to additional resources for community health workers and service providers.