Health Centers Are Key to Violence Prevention
We work with health centers to support those at risk of experiencing or surviving intimate partner violence (IPV), human trafficking (HT), and exploitation, and to bolster prevention efforts.
Our Impact
Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation serves the nation’s network of 15,000 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.
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Announcements
Connect with us
Preventing Substance Use and Exploitation in Adolescence
This webinar, hosted in partnership with the School-Based Health Alliance, will equip health center providers and administrators, including school-based health centers, with strategies to address substance use, adolescent relationship abuse, and exploitation.
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Time: 9am HST/12pm PST/1pm MST/2pm CST/3pm EST (60-minute webinar)
To learn more and register, click here.
New Educational Brief: Youth with Disabilities and Human Trafficking
Youth with disabilities, including those with physical, sensory, neurological, mental health, and chronic health conditions, face increased vulnerability to human trafficking (HT). This six-page educational brief highlights the multiple factors that contribute to the elevated prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV), exploitation (E), and HT among youth with disabilities as well as how exposure to such violence impacts their health and will offer recommendations for health centers ensuring that people with disabilities have access to and can receive relevant support and services.
To read, 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
