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Intimate Partner Violence Resources

Illinois Community Health Centers  are growing in their capacity to educate, identify, and appropriately respond to patients experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). IPHCA has compiled best practices, practice tools, and resources to support health centers to provide patient-centered care.

Illinois Community Health Centers are growing in their capacity to educate, identify, and appropriately respond to patients experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). IPHCA has compiled best practices, practice tools, and resources to support health centers to provide patient-centered care.

IPHCA Care Team IPV Tip Sheet

IPV assessment and universal education sample workflow (Futures Without Violence)

Safety cards for health care settings (Futures Without Violence)

Intimate Partner Violence Prevention, Facts, and Statistics (CDC)

Preventive medicine service codes for screening and brief counseling of DV/IPV (Futures Without Violence)

Illinois Safe Homes Act self-guided tool (The Network)

Assessing and responding to housing needs of survivors (Safe Housing Partnership)

Guidance document – Hotels for immediate safety and housing needs (Safe Housing Partnerships)

Webinar: Rural Rental Housing Options for Survivors (National Resource Center on Domestic Violence)

21st Century CURES Act: A Summary and Recommendations to Promote Patient Privacy for Survivors (Futures Without Violence)

Practical Guide on Intimate Partner Violence, Human Trafficking, and Exploitation and Technology Tools (HITEQ and Futures Without Violence)

NNEDV Safety Net Project: Trainings and TA to enhance ability of local programs, community agencies, and other groups to respond to technology and privacy-related needs of survivors (National Network to End Domestic Violence)

Session 1: Introduction to IPV (1/15/26)

IPHCA Care Team IPV Tip Sheet (2025)

Session 2 Webinar: Operationalizing a Healing and Patient-Centered Strategy to Address IPV (1/27/26)

Webinar recording (Presenter: Heidi Hart)

Session 3: Considerations for IPV in Adolescent Population (2/25/26)

Relationship Spectrum patient handout

Healthy Relationship Interactive Quiz

Teen Dating Violence Parent Resource Guide (Domestic Violence Crisis Center, 2025)

Amaze: Website with materials and videos for healthcare providers

CDC | Dating Matters: Strategies to promote healthy teen relationships

Love is Respect: Teen dating, healthy relationships and personal safety resources

One Love: Healthy relationships resources, education and training

Session 4: Considerations for IPV and Maternal Health (3/18/26)

Screening tool to assess health related social needs in pregnancy (SIPT) (Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative)

For more information, please contact Taylor Thompson, Associate Director of Community Health Initiatives