Domestic Violence Awareness Project

In 1995, the NRCDV convened several national domestic violence organizations the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline and, later, the National Network to End Domestic Violence to launch a new effort to support domestic violence programs´ awareness and education efforts for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), observed annually in October. This collaborative effort became the Domestic Violence Awareness Project (DVAP). Today, the DVAP is a diverse and unique partnership of local, tribal, state and national domestic violence organizations and networks.

The DVAP collaborates to collect, develop and distribute resources and ideas relevant to advocates´ ongoing public and prevention awareness and education efforts not only in preparation for DVAM, but also throughout the year. A comprehensive DVAM Resource Packet is annually mailed to over 4,500 individuals and organizations each year. In 2005, the DVAM Resource Packet included Domestic Violence Awareness: Action for Social Change, a new NRCDV publication, which continues to be heavily downloaded from VAWnet since its posting there.