Since its inception in 1987, the FVD has made significant progress toward its goal of improving the lives of domestic violence victims and their children. With the support of numerous government agencies and private foundations, the FVD has become a leader in developing influential publications, hosting major conferences and symposiums, conducting judicial training, and providing family violence resources.

PUBLICATIONS
FVD publications have influenced the way courts, advocates, and law enforcement work together and have led to significant policy changes at both national and state levels. Major FVD publications include:

• Family Violence: Improving Court Practice
• Family Violence: State-of-the-Art Court Programs
• Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence
• Navigating Custody and Visitation Evaluations in Cases with Domestic Violence: A Judge's Guide
• Family Violence: Emerging Programs for Battered Mothers and Their Children
• Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Cases: Guidelines for Policy and Practice
• Full Faith & Credit: A Benchcard for Judges
• Managing Your Divorce: A Guide for Battered Women, translated into Spanish, Korean, and Mandarin
• Family Violence: Legislative Update, produced yearly since 1996
• A Guide for Effective Issuance & Enforcement of Protection Orders

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIUMS
The FVD has developed and hosted major conferences and symposiums during which experts in the field provided insight and inspiration in various areas related to domestic violence. Those include:

• Families in Court: A National Symposium
• Courts and Communities: Confronting Violence in the Family
• National Conference on Family Violence: Model Legislation and Technical Assistance
• Family Violence Coordinating Council Workshop
• Full Faith and Credit: A Passport to Safety
• Domestic Violence Fatality Reviews: A National Summit
• The First National Summit: Exploring Effective Interventions in Domestic Violence & Child Maltreatment
• Changing the Buzz: From Impact of Harm to Power of Assets for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Conference
• Domestic Violence and Firearms: A National Summit for Community Safety

JUDICIAL TRAINING
The FVD provides comprehensive education to judges throughout the U.S. through the following programs:

• National Judicial Institutes on Domestic Violence
• Technical Assistance on curriculum and faculty development based on the Institute’s core curriculum
• Advanced Judicial Institutes for experienced judges

FAMILY VIOLENCE RESOURCES
The FVD provides Technical Assistance, which includes specialized family violence information packets, and training to judges and other professionals in the field of family violence through the Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody.

The FVD Statutes database is dedicated exclusively to domestic and family violence legislation and allows users to search domestic violence laws from all 50 states and the U.S. territories. It is available on-line on this website.

Family Violence Department – (800) 527-3223 or (800) 52-PEACE
Fax (775) 784-6160 – Wash. DC (202) 558-0026 – fvdinfo@ncjfcj.org