The At the Intersection of Domestic Violence and Substance Use: A Toolkit for Hope, Healing and Advocacy for Family Justice Centers, is one of a series of resources developed to support the provision of more holistic, hope-centered, and trauma-informed substance use advocacy and services in Family Justice Centers.
Clinical assessment
Evidence-supported interventions
Continuing recovery planning and aftercare services
Formal treatment system
Community-based recovery resources (including mutual aid)
Gender-responsive and trauma-informed services for survivors of domestic violence & sexual assault
Promising practices in creating sustainable collaborations
Prevalence and Potential Concerns
Supporting parents and children impacted by substance use
Evidence-supported clinical interventions that support parents who use substances and their children
Overdose risk factors
Recognizing and responding to opioid and stimulant overdose
Providing education on overdose
Creating an overdose prevention plan
Information on Naloxone (the overdose antidote) including how to help survivors access it
Trauma-informed approaches to conversations about substance use
Supporting survivors who appear intoxicated
SBIRT: an evidence-based approach to screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment