Activity details
Provide education and awareness campaigns for veterans and their families to provide opportunities for eligible persons who choose to use violence, or are at risk of using violence, to access funded services and supports.
Implementation progress update
The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Family and Domestic Violence (FDV Strategy) covers the period 2020-2025. An annual activity plan is developed for each program year to identify the key priorities and actions that will be delivered for the 12-month period under the FDV Strategy. An action item under the Defence and Veteran Family Wellbeing Strategy 2025-2030 is to evaluate the FDV Strategy and use the findings to develop a new strategy.
Education and awareness for veterans and their families remains a key activity under the annual activity plans, with the first educational resources released in November 2021. For more information, including the Strategy, see Family and Domestic Violence Strategy | Department of Veterans' Affairs.
DVA promotes awareness of the unique veteran family experience through broader campaigns such as the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence.
More information
- Learn about the National Plan to End Violence against women and children 2022-2032.
- Read the First Action Plan 2023-2027.
- Browse the First Action Plan 2023-2027 Activities Addendum update.