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Helping Hands: Final Report for the Stollery Foundation
Report on Helping Hands, a two year project carried out by ACWS in order to provide an enhanced level of support for young children in shelters in order to build their resilience after exposure to domestic violence.
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Making Amends: Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence in Rural Alberta
Final report for Civil Forfeiture, Alberta Justice on the Making Amends project to provide emergency funding to rural shelters and sheltering organizations in Alberta.
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New and Different Ways of Supporting Children In Shelter
Presentation to support the ACWS Children's Project
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The ACWS Children's Project: Phase I
First phase of the ACWS Children's project on supporting the development, integration, and evaluation of promising child support practices in women's shelters and sheltering organizations in Alberta.
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Elder Abuse Prevention and Intervention in Alberta: Literature and Stakeholder Review
Literature and stakeholder review on the need for relevant interventions into elder abuse in Alberta.
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Practical Frameworks for Change Presentation.
Presentation on the Practical Frameworks for Change project. Addresses promising practices in safety, health, and cultural competence, develops a learning collaborative, and contributes to promising practice knowledge base.
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Practical Frameworks for Change: Supporting Women and Children in Alberta Emergency Shelters
Final report on the Practical Frameworks for Change project. Prepared by Irene Hoffart of Synergy Research.
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Measuring Progress After the Roundtable
Report on the progress that has been made and work that still needs to be done in order to fully address violence against women in Alberta.
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Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Progress Report on Government Recommendations Relating to Shelters; Final Report
Report on measuring progress after the Premier's Roundtable on Family Violence and Bullying.
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Keeping Women Alive, Assessing the Danger
Final report on the importance of Danger Assessment tools for shelter workers.
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Keeping Women Alive, Assessing the Danger; Executive Summary
Summary based on a report prepared for the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters.
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Final Report on First World Conference of Women's Shelters
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World Conference for Women's Shelters: Backgrounder
Background information on ACWS produced for the first World Conference for Women's Shelters, Discovering the Common Core: Practical Frameworks for Change.
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Second Stage Shelters: Closing the Gap
Toolkit on second stage shelters in Alberta describing why second stage shelters are needed and how to implement a second stage project.
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Research Trends and Implications for Practice: The State of Alberta's Children
Presentation given by Janet Gladue, Jan Reimer, and Kate Woodman on children affected by domestic violence in Alberta.
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Priority for Action: Continuous Access to Education for Children in Shelter
Final grant report to the Prairie Action Foundation on the need for uninterrupted education for children in domestic violence shelters.
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Blankets, Bibles and Beads: Aboriginal Resource Manual
With close to half of the women entering shelters being of aboriginal descent, women’s shelters in Alberta wanted to ensure that their needs were met and that shelters respond in a culturally appropriate way. This manual was developed by the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters as a resource for shelters and their staff.
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Media Release: Making Amends Funding Project for Rural Shelters
Media release on the planned funding of the Making Amends project to support rural shelters in Alberta.
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Media Release: Throne Speech Promises are Empty for Alberta On-Reserve Shelters
Media release on planned INAC (Indian Affairs and Northern Affairs Canada) funding cuts to Alberta's on-reserve shelters
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Media Release: Canadian Shelters Unite to End Violence Against Women
Media release on the establishment of the National Network of Women's Shelters.
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Press Release: Women and Children Escape Abuse to Find Themselves Homeless
Press release on the need for an expanded second stage shelter network and statistics on housing affecting domestic violence survivors
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Press Release: Unique Web Sites Offer Help to Victims of Family Violence
Press release on the launch of websites designed to provide support to victims of family violence.
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Press Release: Shelter Volunteers Betrayed
Press release on the need for provincial funding for Wheatland Communities Crisis Society.
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Press Release: Abused Women Caught in the Crossfire
Press release on the proposed privatization of funding for shelter services in Alberta.
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ACWS Annual Report, 2018-2019
Annual report to stakeholders, 2018 to 2019.