This curriculum will include information about VAWA's recently issued regulations, immigration law, cultural issues, and ways to assist victims who want to petition for residency. The School of Dentistry and the Program Against Sexual Violence at the University of Minnesota received grant funding to produce and pilot test a training videotape and curriculum for dentists and ancillary staff on how to effectively intervene with victims of domestic violence. A comprehensive training packet that will enable dental teams to easily apply the intervention model to their own office setting will accompany the video. This program will develop an interactive online physician and health professional education program on domestic violence on the AMWA Web Site. In doing so, AMWA will utilize a curriculum developed by the Family Violence Prevention Fund.
Domestic violence hampers a victim's ability to perform in the workplace.
This project has created a blueprint to transform workplaces into a supportive environment for victims of domestic violence. The project will create materials outlining model policies and programs that can be jointly adopted by employers and labor unions. Finally, the project will work with trade and labor organizations and others to build a network for distributing the model policies and practices. These networking and collaborative activities will serve to increase public awareness of domestic violence as a workplace issue. Full Faith and Credit provision.