Knowledge Center
The House of Ruth Maryland serves as the infrastructure supporting the Maryland Safe Futures Knowledge Center, which aims to help end relational and sexual violence by amplifying the voice of practitioners in creating and curating content on best practices and sharing information through accessible channels.
SELF-PACED LEARNING
Recognizing and Responding to Intimate Partner Violence
Learn how to identify intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence, its impact on victims and how to respond to someone experiencing power, control and abuse in their relationship.
ABOUT HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND
Concept Paper
Discover how House of Ruth Maryland helps organizations nationwide raise awareness and educate communities on intimate partner violence by designing, developing and hosting online training, webinars and self-paced courses.
WHITEPAPER
Measuring Intimate Partner Violence and Homelessness Practices for Victim Coordinated Entry
An Examination of Housing and Urban Development’s Point in Time Count and National Network to End Domestic Violence’s DV Counts Census, and the Policy That Influences Them.
About House of Ruth Maryland
House of Ruth Maryland leads the fight to end violence against women and their children by confronting the attitudes, behaviors, and systems that perpetuate it, and by providing victims with the services necessary to rebuilt their lives safely and free of fear. House of Ruth Maryland was founded in May of 1977 by a coalition of women’s organizations, religious groups, service providers, and elected officials to provide a safe haven for victims of domestic violence and their children.
House of Ruth Maryland’s vision is that one day, every woman in Maryland will be safe in their own home.
Resources by House of Ruth Maryland
GUIDE
Understanding Intimate Partner Violence
eBOOK
Common Myths and Misconceptions About Intimate Partner Violence
GUIDE
What to Say When Someone is Being Hurt by Their Partner
GUIDE
What Abusive Relationships Can Look Like
RESEARCH
Toward Empirically Based Standards for Abuser Intervention: The Maryland Model
CONCEPT MAPPING
Engaging Urban Men to Understand Community Influences on Partner Violence Perpetration
FACT SHEET
Anger Management vs. Abuse Intervention Programs
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