Teen Dating Violence

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM)

From LoveIsRespect.org

The 2026 TDVAM campaign theme is Real Love Respects: "This year's theme cuts through the noise by focusing on what real love should look and feel like. In a world full of mixed messages, this theme centers around one truth: respect is non-negotiable. It empowers youth to recognize harmful patterns early and to expect more from love. Because respect is everything, it's earned, it’s honest, and it never makes you question your worth. Remember: If it's real, it's respectful." Click here or see below for their Action Guide and Social Media Guide.

Hope House is available to give free presentations on healthy relationships, healthy breakups, and dating violence to teens and to parents/guardian and training seminars to school staff, faith leaders, and other youth service providers. We also provide free services to teens affected by dating violence, including supportive counseling, support groups, legal help, and safety planning. Please call us at 1-800-584-6790 to learn more.

Wear Orange Day on February 10th

Hope House staff and one of our volunteers wearing orange last year for Wear Orange Day!

For Love Is Respect’s Respect Week, Hope House will be participating in Wear Orange Day on Tuesday, February 10th to show that every young person is deserving of a safe and healthy relationship. We invite you to do the same!

Get decked out in orange, take photos, post to Facebook or Instagram, tag us @hopehousescw, and post about why you are choosing to wear orange.

Hope House's Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) Bitmoji Classroom

For 2026, we've updated our TDVAM bitmoji classroom for students, parents, school staff, and youth service providers to explore! Inspired by librarians and educators, this bitmoji classroom links to books for teens, coloring pages, self-care tips, and loads of resources on healthy and unhealthy relationships! We encourage you to share this on your websites or social media platforms. For links to books in the library systems in Juneau & Marquette Counties, see our other versions of this bitmoji classroom: Juneau County and Marquette County.

Hope House's TDVAM TV Graphics

Like the graphic? Feel free to use this one and the others Hope House created. Adapted from Love is Respect, our images were made to fit TVs so that schools and other organizations can display them in February. Thank you for helping us spread awareness!

#TalkAboutItTuesday Video

Hope House posts videos on our Instagram and Facebook pages for our #TalkAboutItTuesday series. For February last year, Jess, our Community Education Program Manager explains how we can strengthen our relationships by understanding the 5 Love Languages®. Check it out and share today!

Staffing resource tables during lunch

Everyone deserves healthy relationships! On a day in February last year, Hope House’s Community Education Program Manager Jess was at Webb Middle School in Reedsburg and Jack Young Middle School in Baraboo talking to students over their lunch periods about what they think makes a relationship healthy. Students could write down their ideas on the heart-shaped Post-It notes to add to our display and take healthy relationship coloring pages, fortune tellers, bookmarks, and information. Thank you students for being engaged in these conversations!

Here are more resources to help promote teen dating violence awareness in February and throughout the year:

LoveIsRespect.org

LoveIsRespect is the go-to website for teen dating violence. They have a helpline, texting helpline, and online chat for those seeking help and lots of information on healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationships. For Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, their Respect Week is February 10-14 with Wear Orange Day on February 11. You can learn more in their Social Media Guide and Action Guide here. Check out their TDVAM Self-Care Playlist on Spotify. Are you a parent or guardian of a teen or tween? Check out this Parent Discussion Guide on Healthy Relationships.

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Room to Be Safe

"Is a state-wide initiative designed to educate about healthy and unhealthy relationships in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) communities in Wisconsin." Check out their youth section for information on healthy and unhealthy relationships, helping friends in unhealthy relationships, facts, and FAQs.

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One Love Foundation

Educates "young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships, empowering them to identify and avoid abuse and learn how to love better." Check out their videos, blog posts, 10 Signs of a Healthy Relationship and 10 Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship that you can also download as a pdf, and a quiz to find out which signs of a healthy relationship might be most important to you. New this year is their Parent/Caregiver and Educator Guides to dive deeper into supporting teens in having healthier relationships.

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Dare 2 Know

Dare2Know is a challenge and a movement for teens in Wisconsin to rally around healthy relationships. Download their resources, learn about their Teen Ambassador program, take their Likes or Yikes quiz, and more.

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Hope House's TDVAM Church Bulletin Insert

Hope House has created a bulletin insert for churches to use in February. Please let us know if you used it by emailing us here or call 608-356-9123 and select Community Education Team.

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