Tools
To help our community become more informed and take action to end the backlog, we’ve shared our favorite tools and resources here. You can track six pillar legislation, learn about investigating cold cases, best practices for victim notification, examine the neurobiology of trauma, find funding opportunities, and learn about advocacy.
Legislative Tracking
Six Pillar Reform Legislative Tracker
Want to see what states are considering six pillar bills? Through our Quorum legislative tracker, we can share with you what bills were introduced, which ones we are supporting, our bill summary, the bill sponsors, and the bill’s status.
Statute of Limitations Reform Legislative Tracker
Check out our statute of limitations (SOL) reform bills tracker, also via Quorum. While Joyful Heart’s main focus is our six pillar bills, we also know that SOL reform is badly needed to open the doors to justice for survivors and we are increasing our engagement in this work.
Resources
Since 2016, End the Backlog has been a national repository for information on the rape kit backlog and legislative work to end it. The following is a non-exhaustive collection of resources to learn more about the backlog.