Toolkits

Enhance an existing plan Critical conversations to improve language access This is a process for having critical conversations within your organization in order to develop or enhance your Language Access Plan. This process will help you: articulate your purpose in providing meaningful access to services for individuals with limited English proficiency […]

Start a new plan  Developing greater language access is a process. You have to start somewhere, and in order to fulfill your mission, commitment to community, and obligations, your plan needs to continue to evolve. The following process can help move your organization from having no Language Access Plan to your […]

Planning and implementation In our efforts to assist and accommodate survivors with limited English proficiency (LEP), sexual and domestic violence programs have largely operated reactively when it comes to providing language access. We respond to survivors one at a time and find ways to support their participation in the programs when […]

Te invito toolkit Welcome to the Engaging Men and Boys Toolkit. This toolkit is a collection of resources and materials for individuals and organizations to increase awareness and engage Latino men and boys in preventing domestic violence. Here you will find information about programs that have been documented to work effectively, […]

Language Access: A planning tool for advocacy organizations Making domestic violence services accessible to individuals with limited English proficiency  Creative and dedicated sexual and domestic violence programs and advocates have always found ways to improve our work toward safety, healing, and justice for those harmed by violence, and to end and prevent violence at […]

Organizational capacity assessment tool  Esperanza United created this organizational capacity assessment for community-based organizations to evaluate their strengths and challenges to create a plan to strengthen the organization’s capacity. We can provide technical assistance, training, resources, and referrals to assist in the strengthening of organizations to best support our communities.  Instructions […]

Building evidence toolkit Welcome to the Building Evidence Toolkit. You may be visiting this site because you are starting to build evidence for the work that you do, are interested in enhancing your current structure for building evidence or just simply interested in learning more. Our goal is that this toolkit […]

Our community says NO MÁS How do families raise children who can engage in healthy communications, relationships, and sexuality? Children have questions, are themselves sexual beings, experience peer pressure, and absorb all kinds of messages about relationships and sex from their families, peers, community, and media. These sources of information influence […]

In early 2014, Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza) conducted a national assessment of the language accessibility of court systems to survivors of sexual and domestic violence (S/DV), who have limited English proficiency (LEP).  

Please join Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza) as we release the Building Evidence Toolkit, a free, bilingual, online tool designed to strengthen the evaluation capacity of Latino-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) working in the field of domestic violence. It was developed in partnership with four CBOs working with unique Latino communities […]