Welcome to our Resource Center
Whether you work in a bank, credit union, or non-profit, and are seeking to better understand and support your clients experiencing financial abuse and domestic abuse by their partner, you’ll find brochures, assessments, power wheels, articles, and references to help you. Everything on this site can be downloaded and used at no cost for educational and training purposes.
Brochures can be downloaded and customized with your branding and the information adapted for your community.
Always include the following attribution on all adapted versions: "Originally developed by SAFE in the Bitterroot in collaboration with Syble Solomon, Safe and Sound Info, LifeWise Strategies. Adapted with permission."
Brochures
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8.5x11 trifold brochure sample. Financial Institutions requested this with permission to customize it with their own logos as there was no easily accessible, up-to-date resource list available to the public.
Recommended use: 1) Distribute to banks, credit unions, mortgage lenders, the chamber of commerce and non-profits to display in their community resources. 2)Financial Institutes include it in packets for new accounts and loans.
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3.5 x 8.5 card. This is intended to be a quick, easy reference to be used with teens and young adults to empower them to be pro-active in having healthy relationships. Often young people are unaware of red flags that a relationship is unhealthy and they may unknowingly be more vulnerable to being taken advantage of. This is a positive way to help youth learn to connect the dots and begin conversations for safer, healthier relationships.
Recommended use:
1) Teachers and facilitators providing classes to youth related to health, life choices, and relationships in academic, public and faith-based programs. In the journey of growing up, youth want to be accepted, fear rejections or are wary of forming relationships. This is to help youth learn positive ways to recognize what may make them more vulnerable and learn strategies to proactively not be taken advantage of.
2) Counselors, social workers and advisors use this card when working with youth to bring up this topic when working with individuals or help normalize the topic to address it.
3) Make this card available in waiting rooms or with other materials to normalize the topic and raise awareness of the topic and where to get help.Any educational settings, community programs and faith-based programs are welcome to add their branding and edit information to be relevant to your clients. However, credit must be given to the original developers.
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8.5x14” quad fold brochure. This is intended for individuals to become aware of financial abuse and to know how they can get more information and help if needed to work with financial institutions and domestic violence programs.
Recommended use: 1) Distribute to banks, credit unions, mortgage lenders and non-profits for display in their community resources area. 2) Include in packets for new accounts and loans. 3) Provide to individuals as appropriate.
Banks, credit unions and other organizations are welcome to customize this brochure with your own branding and edit information to be relevant to your clients. However, credit must be given to the original developers.
Please include the following attribution on all adapted versions: Adapted with permission of the authors: SAFE in the Bitterroot and Syble Solomon, SafeandSoundInfo.org, LifeWise Strategies.
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3.5 x 8.5 card. This is intended to a quick, easy reference to be used with teens and young adults to raise awareness of what financial abuse looks like in dating relationships. Often young people are unaware of this aspect of controlling behavior that is also closely associated with physical, sexual and emotional abuse.
Recommended use:
1) Teachers and facilitators providing classes to youth related to health, life choices, and relationships in academic, public and faith-based programs. Use this card for discussion of the role of money in dating relationships and provide it as a handout.
2) Counselors, social workers and advisors use this card when working with youth for a discussion or to bring up this topic when working with individuals.
3) Make this card available in waiting rooms or with other materials to normalize the topic and raise awareness of the topic and where to get help.Any educational settings, community programs and faith-based programs are welcome to add their branding and edit information to be relevant to your clients. However, credit must be given to the original developers.
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11x17” quad fold brochure. This brochure is for distribution to banks, credit unions, mortgage lenders and financial professionals. The goal is to raise awareness of clients in abusive relationships and provide strategies for working with them more effectively.
It is recommended someone familiar with financial abuse and domestic violence provide a training to the staff using this brochure as a guide to recognize signs and learn effective strategies to handle the situation effectively, safely and professionally.
The section Common challenges of survivors: How would you respond? provides a very interactive discussion that will educate staff to institutional policies, federal regulations and survivors’ challenges and their need to stay safe. Training can be provided onsite or virtually.
The following brochures are in development. Register to receive email when the brochure is available.
Banking and Credit Union Leadership Brochure
Assessments
Money & Relationship Wellness Quiz
Often people do not realize they are being financially abused. This quiz is included in the brochure for survivors and can be used as part of financial literacy programs offered to the public as well as for staff training.
PAACE Yourself Superpower Assessment
This tool is intended for staff training and starts great, informal discussions in a very positive way to help staff work more effectively with survivors of abuse as well as other vulnerable populations.
Power & Control Wheels
These wheels provide a strong, visual, easily readable resource to use with clients and in educational programs related to the most common abusive tactics and behaviors as well as related topics.
You have permission to download and use these wheels.
Do not edit them without permission. Thanks!
DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
202 East Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802 • 218-722-2781
www.TheDuluthModel.org
The Economic Abuse Wheel
(Sharp, 2008)
The Feelings Wheel
Originally created by Dr. Gloria Willcox
Post-Separation Economic Power and Control
Jenn Glinski, University of Glasgow (2021).
This video explains the Power and Control Wheel.
Articles
A = Advocate
F = Financial Advisor
Avoiding Jargon
by Syble Solomon A F
Confidentially: It’s more than just protecting names
by Syble Solomon A F
Elder Abuse VS. Abuse by an Intimate Partner
by Syble Solomon F
Financial Abuse: What Financial Advisors Need to Know by BWJP.com F
Your Credit Score Could Save Your Life
by National Domestic Violence Hotline A F
A financial empowerment toolkit
by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau F
Financial Abuse Fact Sheet by the National Network to End Domestic Violence A F
Financial Abuse Survival Kit
by Wise Monkey Financial Coaching Community F
How Advocates can Help Survivors Prepare to Work with Banks and Credit Unions
by Syble Solomon A
Over 90 Percent of Survivors Have Experienced Financial Abuse
by National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) F
Survivor Safety Banking Guidelines for Financial Institutions by Free From F
References
The following national organizations are leaders in the field of addressing intimate partner violence and financial abuse.
Allstate Foundation has a domestic violence program to empower survivors with financial literacy and resources.
Center for Survivor Agency & Justice (CSAJ) addresses systemic barriers to economic justice to improve responses to the economic needs of survivors.
FreeFrom’s mission is to end gender-based violence by building economic freedom and safety with survivors through entrepreneurship programs and policy advocacy. They are leaders in partnering with governments and financial institutions to provide training and needed financial changes to support survivors.
Futures Without Violence addresses dating violence. Through work with coaches, teachers, parents and public service campaigns aimed at youth, the organization strives to keep teens safe and stop violence before it begins.
Helping Survivors is a legal advocacy group, partnered with RAINN, to connect survivors of abuse with civil law firms to understnad their rights and options. Juvenile detention centers have incredibly high rates of sexual victimization which is a strong predictor of IPV. Those survivors are among the people they work with.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) raises awareness and advocates for policy changes to end domestic violence, including addressing the systemic conditions that lead to domestic violence such as financial abuse.
National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) also includes The Economic Justice Project which is focused on combating financial abuse.