TIPS AND TOOLS

How to Find the Facts
This set of tips outlines how to obtain records of domestic violence calls and other statistics from police departments and other public offices.

Sample Letter for Finding the Facts
This fill-in-the-blank letter serves as a model for requesting data from official sources.

Sample Community Attitudes Survey
This tool offers clearly-worded survey questions for assessing community members' familiarity with and concerns about domestic violence and dating violence.

Tips on How to Use a Community Survey
This information sheet describes five ways a CAT can use survey data in community mobilization work.

Teen Attitudes Survey
This attitude survey provides a means of gathering information about teens' knowledge and understanding of, and concerns about, relationship abuse and dating violence.

Most Helpful Types and Sources of Official Data
This set of tips is designed to guide the search for public records and sources of information about local conditions.

How to Write a Public Records Act Request
'How to Write a Public Records Act Request' includes specific instructions for gathering information and statistics from local public officials, with sample letters for different types of requests.