Transitional Housing
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Transitional Housing Toolkit
This toolkit is meant to provide transitional housing providers with easy access to information and resources to enhance services to survivors. The information provided here addresses frequently asked questions, common challenges, best practices, templates for adaptation, and resources for additional information and assistance. Please select a category to access the resources for that topic. Contact Us for […]
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Alaska Report
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Acceso de las personas sobrevivientes de agresión sexual a los servicios del Programa de Subvenciones de Viviendas de Transición de la Oficina sobre la Violencia contra la Mujer (Spanish)
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Sexual Assault Survivors’ Access to Services under the Office on Violence Against Women Transitional Housing Grant Program (English)
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نموذج رسالة إلى المالك
This Template Letter to the Landlord (Arabic) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Guía para la creación o revisión de políticas y formularios
This Guide for Policy and Form Creation or Revision (Spanish) is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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정책과 서식의 작성·수정 지침
This Guide for Policy and Form Creation or Revision (Korean) is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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نموذج أفضل الممارسات: مجموعة المعلومات التعريفية
This Template Welcome Packet (Arabic) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Modèle de bonnes pratiques : Dossier de bienvenue
This Template Welcome Packet (French) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Modelo de práticas recomendadas: Processo e formulário de queixa
This Template Grievance Procedure (Portuguese) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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نموذج أفضل الممارسات: دليل التخطيط الشخصي
This Personal Planning Guide (Arabic) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Mokanda ya modèle epai ya nkolo ndako
This Template Letter to the Landlord (Lingala) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Modelo de carta para o proprietário
This Template Letter to the Landlord (Portuguese) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Spanish – Coordinated Entry: Confidentiality Requirements in Practice
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Spanish – Creating Access for Survivors: Category 4 Hearth Homeless Designation: Fleeing, or Attempting to Flee, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking and Human Trafficking
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Korean – Choosing a Comparable Database: Aligning Data and Confidentiality, A Case Study for Domestic and Sexual Violence Coalitions
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Korean – Creating Access for Survivors: Category 4 Hearth Homeless Designation: Fleeing, or Attempting to Flee, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking and Human Trafficking
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COVID-19 Coalition Calls (April 2020)
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Listening to Survivors – Essential Steps for the Intake Process
This tool assists dual/multi-service programs with restructuring their intake forms and procedures to align with approaches that are more survivor-focused and trauma-informed. Recommendations include building forms and procedures from a place of establishing relationship, safety, trust, cultural relevance, choice, collaboration and empowerment with survivors.
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Housing First Approach
These resources are from the National Alliance to End Homelessness and the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Explaining the Housing First Approach FAQs About Housing First Approach Domestic Violence Housing First Video: The Family Resource Center
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COVID-19 Coalition Calls (March 2020)
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Kansas Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Florida Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Nevada Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – New Hampshire Report
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参加者確認レターのテンプレート
This Template Participant Verification Letter (Japanese / 日本語) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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最佳做法模板：接见指南
This Template Intake Guide (Simplified Chinese / 简体中文) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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ベストプラクティステンプレート：パーソナルプランニングガイド
This Personal Planning Guide (Japanese / 日本語) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Jambol in Ekatak eo Eman Tata: Eok Māke Tōl in Jibāñ Eok Māke Būḷāān
This Personal Planning Guide (Marshallese) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Credit History and Access to Housing for Survivors
This resource is to understand the role of consumer reports in accessing rental housing and help survivors to obtain and understand credit and tenant screening reports. (Resource from the National Housing Law Project)
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Understanding the Basics of the Voluntary Services Approach
This resource provides an overview of the voluntary services approach.
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There’s No Place Like Home: State Laws that Protect Housing Rights for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
A report by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty.
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Spanish – Tip Sheet: Best Practices for Setting Eligibility Criteria
This template form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Coordinated Assessment: Meeting the Needs of Homeless Domestic Violence Victims
This document addresses the 2012 HUD-issued interim rule on the Continuum of Care (CoC) process for McKinney-Vento homelessness programs.
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Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness
This is a summer 2014 publication of the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness. Uncensored: American Family Experiences with Poverty and Homelessness (Vol. 5, Issue 2)
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National Center on Employment and Homelessness
In 2014, with the support of the Oak Foundation and the Melville Charitable Trust, Heartland Alliance’s National Initiatives on Poverty & Economic Opportunity built the framework for a national hub dedicated to ensuring that employment is a key element in the fight to prevent and end homelessness. Author/source: Heartland Alliance.
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State Housing Laws for Survivors
This compendium of state and local laws, enacted as of October 2016, provides information about provisions that affect the housing rights of domestic violence survivors. Author/source: The National Housing Law Project Housing Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors: A State and Local Law Compendium
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RSP and NSVRC Organizational Assessment for Advocates/Agencies Working with Victims of Sexual Violence
The work of responding to sexual assault and helping survivors rebuild their lives is done by advocates in an array of organizational structures throughout the US and its territories. The work can be taxing, and sometimes it is difficult to know if an agency is maximizing all of its strengths in service to sexual assault […]
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Power and Control Wheel
Developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project; this resource explains the various methods of power and control.
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Developing Housing for Survivors of Domestic Violence
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임시주거 툴킷 문서 용어집
This Toolkit Glossary (Korean) is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Plantilla: formulario sobre la divulgación de información limitado para usar con un cliente
This Template Client Limited Release of Information Form (Spanish) is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Guía de admisión de la vivienda de transición
This Template Intake Guide (Spanish) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Plantilla de política/procedimientos para la retención de documentos de clientes
This Template Document Retention Policy (Spanish) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Excepción para la duración de alojamiento
This Template Housing Extension Waiver (Spanish) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Template Appeal Process
This Template Appeal Process (English) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Template Letter to the Landlord
This Template Letter to the Landlord (English) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Toolkit Glossary
This Toolkit Glossary (English) is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program Overview
Overview of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program (Resource from the National Housing Law Project)
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Privacy and Safety Planning with Survivors: Tips When Relocating
This document offers tips for survivors and advocates around relocation. Author/source: NNEDV and Greater Boston Legal Services.
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11th Annual Census Full Report (High Resolution)
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Grants & Funders
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Grants Management
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Collaboration
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Trauma
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Children Exposed to DV
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Economic Justice
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Emergency Shelter
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Survivors with Low or No Income
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Systems Advocacy
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Housing Advocacy
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The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Homelessness
This article addresses the intersection of domestic violence and homelessness (by the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence).
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Advancing the Economic Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors in Protection Order Proceedings
Provides effective strategies to end violence against women by promoting economic security and restitution for survivors. Publication from the Battered Women’s Justice Project
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Building Partnerships to Enhance Consumer Rights for Domestic Violence Survivors
This tool aims to provide a starting point for attorneys and advocates interested in enhancing consumer rights for domestic violence survivors.
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Case Manager’s Guide to Economic Security
This is a guide for advocates to understand economic security. (Resource from Wider Opportunities for Women)
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Consumer Rights Screening Tool for Domestic Violence Advocates and Lawyers
This publication provides information about consumer rights screening tools for domestic violence advocates and lawyers.
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Economic Security for Survivors
This publication is a step-by-step tool for transitional housing professionals on how to comprehensively address the economic security of survivors.
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Prioritizing Your Expenses
This brochure provides guidelines for prioritizing debt.
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The Civil Protection Order as a Tool for Economic Justice
This article is from The Advocate’s Quarterly, the newsletter of the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice.
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How the Earth Didn’t Fly Into the Sun
Publication from the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence – Missouri’s Project to Reduce Rules in Domestic Violence Shelters (revised April 2020)
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Spanish – Tip Sheet: Best Practices for Transitional Housing Applications and Intakes
This template form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Transitional Supportive Housing Programs: Battered Women’s Perspectives and Recommendations
This article reports on interviews with 55 key stakeholders of these programs (direct service staff, current participants, former participants, and shelter residents) to examine the degree to which TSH programs fulfill the needs of the women who use them.
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Criminal Records and Employment Rights: A Tool for Advocates Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence
Many survivors of domestic violence find themselves with criminal records, oftentimes due to coerced criminal acts, experienced at the hands of their partner. This resource helps advocates better understand employment rights of survivors with criminal records with tips and resources for survivors.
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Housing Protections for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence
This resource provides state-by-state law guide for housing protections (by Legal Momentum)
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HUD Notice on VAWA 2013 Housing Protections
This notice provides an overview of the applicability to HUD programs of the recently enacted Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.
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VAWA 2005 and 2013 Comparison Chart
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VAWA 2013 Housing Protections
Summary of Housing Protections for the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization of 2013.
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Fair Housing Rights of Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivors
This presentation covers Fair Housing Act protections for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as advocacy strategies. Author/source: National Housing Law Project and ACLU Women’s Rights Project.
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Subsidized Housing and Battered Immigrants
Transitional Housing providers can use the Tip Sheet to guide them in setting eligibility criteria. Author/source: The National Housing Law Project.
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Subsidized Housing: A Basic Overview for Advocates
This document provides an overview of public housing. Author/source: The National Housing Law Project.
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Understanding HUD’s Homelessness Programs
This presentation covers the HEARTH Act, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program, and Continuum of Care (CoC) Program. Author/source: National Alliance to End Homelessness.
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Domestic Violence and Voter Registration: Safety Considerations
This document address the intersection of domestic violence, voter registration, and safety. Author/source: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.
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Myths and Realities of Identity Change
This document addresses 7 myths around changing one’s identity. Author/source: NNEDV and Greater Boston Legal Services.
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Privacy and Safety on Facebook: A Guide for Survivors of Abuse
This guide is aimed at helping survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking with how to use Facebook in a way that ensures that they stay connected with friends and family, but control their safety and privacy to help prevent misuse by abusers, stalkers, and perpetrators to stalk and harass.
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Plantilla de buenas prácticas: Solicitud de vivienda
This Template Application (Spanish) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Herramienta para establecer metas
This Personal Planning Guide (Spanish) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Plantilla: carta al propietario
This Template Letter to the Landlord (Spanish) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Plantilla: carta de verificación del participante
This Template Participant Verification Letter (Spanish) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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¡Bienvenida al programa de vivienda transicional!
This Template Welcome Packet (Spanish) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Apelación de una negación de solicitud de servicios del programa de vivienda transicional
This Template Appeal Process (Spanish) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Procedimiento para quejas en la vivienda transicional
This Template Grievance Procedure (Spanish) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Template Application
This Template Application (English) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Template Client Limited Release of Information Form
This Template Client Limited Release of Information Form (English) is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Template Document Retention Policy
This Template Document Retention Policy (English) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Template Grievance Procedure
This Template Grievance Procedure (English) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Template Housing Extension Waiver
This Template Housing Extension Waiver (English) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Template Welcome Packet
This Template Welcome Packet (English) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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Tip Sheet: Best Practices for Setting Eligibility Criteria
Transitional Housing providers can use the Tip Sheet to guide them in setting eligibility criteria.
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Tip Sheet: Best Practices for Transitional Housing Applications and Intakes
Transitional Housing providers can use the Tip Sheet to guide them in creating housing applications and intakes for their program.
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HEARTH Act Regulations and Domestic Violence
In May 2009, Congress passed the HEARTH Act (Public Law 111-22, title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.)) to update and reauthorize the federal McKinney-Vento homelessness programs. The law made significant changes and has required substantial guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Special Needs […]
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Overview of Federal Housing Programs
This document includes a chart with Federal Housing Programs. Author/source: The National Housing Law Project.
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Rural Development Programs Overview
This document provides an overview of Rural Development (RD) Subsidized Programs. Author/source: The National Housing Law Project.
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Working with Public Housing Agencies to Improve Survivors’ Access to Housing
This toolkit outlines the steps that advocates can take to improve local public housing agency (PHA) policies that affect survivors of domestic and sexual violence. This Toolkit is designed to provide an overview of the PHA planning process as well as detail various ways advocates can influence PHA policies. The Toolkit contains several sample documents […]
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Abriendo Nuestras Puertas: Desarrollo de Servicios Sólidos para la Asistencia a Víctimas de Agresión Sexual en Agencias de Servicios de Auxilio y Servicio Duales/Múltiples
Esta guía explorará diez componentes del servicio de alta calidad de asistencia a víctimas de agresión sexual en agencias de auxilio de servicio dual/múltiple. Estos componentes, junto con las herramientas de evaluación del Proyecto Centro de Recursos e Intercambio Nacional de Violencia Sexual, pueden ser los cimientos de un servicio de asistencia a víctimas de […]
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Bases fuertes para la sanación: refugios y la violencia sexual
Este artículo de la Coalición Nacional contra el Agresión Sexual (NSAC por su siglas en inglés) y El Proyecto Nacional de Recursos Compartidos (RSP por sus siglas en inglés) proporciona antecedentes sobre la relación entre la violencia sexual y la falta de vivienda segura, así como varias listas de verificación para ayudar a l@s sobrevivientes […]
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Fortalecer Nuestras Practicas: Las Diez Fortalezas Esenciales de los Defensores de Víctimas de Violencia Sexual en Agencias de Auxilio de Servicio Dual/Múltiple
Esta guía tiene como objeto ayudarlo a abrirse camino por el trabajo difícil y extraordinario de proveer servicios ante violencia doméstica y violencia sexual e incluso otros servicios además de esos. Describe los diez atributos o destrezas que son esenciales para los defensores duales que trabajan con sobrevivientes de violencia sexual, y ofrece actividades, ejercicios […]
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Opening Our Doors: Building Strong Sexual Assault Services in Dual/Multi-service Advocacy Agencies
This guide will explore ten components of high-quality sexual assault service in dual/multi-service advocacy agencies. These components, along with the assessment tools from the Resource Sharing Project (RSP) and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), can be the building blocks of your excellent sexual assault services. Author/source: Resource Sharing Project and National Sexual Violence […]
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RSP and NSVRC Personal Assessment for Advocates Working with Victims of Sexual Violence
The work of responding to sexual assault and helping survivors rebuild their lives is done by advocates in an array of organizational structures throughout the US and its territories. The work can be taxing, and sometimes it is difficult to know if you are maximizing all of your strengths in service to sexual assault survivors. […]
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RSP y NSVRC Evaluación organizacional para Defensores y Agencias que Trabajan con Víctimas de Violencia Sexual
El Proyecto Nacional de Recursos Compartidos (RSP por sus siglas en inglés-The National Resource Sharing Project) y el Centro Nacional de Recursos de Violencia Sexual (NSVRC por sus siglas en inglés) han desarrollado esta herramienta de evaluación para ayudar a aquellos que trabajan con víctimas de violencia sexual a identificar sus puntos fuertes y estrategias […]
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RSP y NSVRC Evaluación Personal para Defensores y Agencias que Trabajan con Víctimas de Violencia Sexual
El Proyecto Nacional de Recursos Compartidos (RSP por sus siglas en inglés-The National Resource Sharing Project) y el Centro Nacional de Recursos de Violencia Sexual (NSVRC por sus siglas en inglés) han desarrollado esta herramienta de evaluación para ayudar a aquellos que trabajan con víctimas de violencia sexual a identificar sus puntos fuertes y estrategias […]
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Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative – Final Report
The Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI) was created to enhance sexual assault outreach, services, and community partnerships in dual/multi-service programs. Six sites across the nation engaged in a four-year process of assessment, planning, and implementation of new and enhanced services and organizational capacity building. The Final Report provides concrete lessons learned and recommendations for funders, […]
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Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative – Key Lessons Overview
The Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI) was created to enhance sexual assault outreach and services in dual/multi-service programs.Six sites across the nation engaged in a multi-year process of assessment, planning, and implementation of new and enhanced services and organizational capacity building supported by the Office on Violence Against Women, the Resource Sharing Project, the National […]
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Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative – Resources and Publications
The Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative (SADI) was created to enhance sexual assault outreach and services in dual/multi-service programs. Six sites across the nation engaged in a multi-year process of assessment, planning, and implementation of new and enhanced services and organizational capacity building supported by the Office on Violence Against Women, the Resource Sharing Project, the […]
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Strengthening Our Practice: The Ten Essential Strengths of Sexual Violence Victim Advocates in Dual/Multi-Service Advocacy Agencies
This guide is meant to help advocates find their way through this difficult and amazing work. It describes ten attributes or skills that are essential to dual advocates working with sexual violence survivors. It offers activities, exercises, and questions to help you practice skills and explore new areas of your advocacy practice. Together with Opening […]
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HUD Continuum of Care and Emergency Solutions Grant Grantee Monitoring for Victim Service Providers
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Choosing a Comparable Database: Aligning Data and Confidentiality, A Case Study for Domestic and Sexual Violence Coalitions
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Coordinated Entry: Confidentiality Requirements in Practice
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HUD Continuum of Care and Emergency Solutions Grant Grantee Monitoring for Victim Service Providers
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Addressing Discriminatory Housing Barriers For Victims of Domestic Violence: A Toolkit for Advocates
Toolkit for advocates to address housing barriers for victims of domestic violence. Developed by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (2013)
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Banking Options
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Understanding Credit
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Training Curricula for Housing Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors
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Retirement Considerations
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Understanding Financial Abuse
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Five Ways to Make Sexual Assault Services More Accessible Using Assistive Technology (Spanish)
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Five Ways to Make Sexual Assault Services More Accessible Using Assistive Technology
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Succession Planning
“All nonprofit sexual assault and domestic violence organizations can benefit from succession planning, regardless of their size… Developing and implementing a succession plan can further build and strengthen your organization by enhancing and creating a learning orientation for your board and staff, building the capacity of your organization’s operations, and enhancing your organization’s services to […]
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Paid Time Off (PTO) Policies
“Domestic violence prevention and intervention is a high-stress field. To prevent burnout and reduce turnover of high-quality, effective employees, the… coalition intends to offer eligible employees sabbatical leave as a means to rejuvenate and return to work a more effective employee.” Here you will find resources relating to the paid time off policies at various […]
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Mission and Vision Statements
“We, the RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence and our member agencies, will achieve this vision through collaboration, advocacy, creativity and by working to end all forms of social and economic oppression that allow domestic violence. We embrace these challenges with a unified voice.” This section contains mission and vision statements from some of the state […]
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Boards of Directors
“In contrast, nonprofit organizations do not have shareholders but instead have stakeholders that represent the communities that they serve, including donors, funders, and survivors. The nonprofit board of directors will generally represent their varied constituency and make decisions based on these multiple interests.” This section includes resources for and about nonprofit boards, particularly boards of […]
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Identity Theft
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Education Options
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Match Savings & IDAs
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Alabama Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Arizona Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Arkansas Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – California Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Colorado Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Connecticut Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Delaware Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – District of Columbia Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Texas Report
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টেমপ্লেট অংশগ্রহণকারী যাচাইকরণ চিঠি
This Template Participant Verification Letter (Bengali / বাংলা) form is part of the Transitional Housing Toolkit and meant to provide transitional housing providers with a variety of resources and templates to enhance their work.
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Iowa Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Kentucky Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Louisiana Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Maine Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Michigan Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Minnesota Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Mississippi Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Maryland Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Nebraska Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – New Jersey Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – New Mexico Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – New York Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – North Carolina Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – South Carolina Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Ohio Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Oklahoma Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Oregon Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Pennsylvania Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Rhode Island Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – South Dakota Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Tennessee Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Utah Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Vermont Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Virginia Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Virgin Islands Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Washington Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – West Virginia Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Wisconsin Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Wyoming Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census Report – High Resolution
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – Missouri Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – North Dakota Report
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14th Annual Domestic Violence Counts Census – National Summary
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[COVID-19] Residential Services during a Pandemic
This link is from a recent Transitional Housing TA call where Dr. Josh Barocas, a specialist in infectious disease from Boston, answers questions from local domestic violence residential programs about how to provide services during the pandemic.
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Servicios Integrales para los Sobrevivientes de Violencia Sexual
Esta guía explora cómo los programas de servicios duales o de multiservicios pueden proveer servicios comprehensivos que atienden la gama completa que los sobrevivientes con experiencias variadas experimentan –yendo más allá de una respuesta inmediata a una crisis, a realmente cubrir, en su totalidad, la amplia gama de situaciones que afectan a los sobrevivientes, tanto […]
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Adiós al Menú: Cómo Ampliar el Alcance de la Intercesoría
Este recurso recomienda que los programas duales o de multiservicios reconsideren el concepto de intercesoría, para responder de mejor manera a las necesidades diversas y de amplia gama que los sobrevivientes de la violencia sexual presentan, revisualizando la intercesoría de tal manera que se extienda hasta cubrir más allá del cuidado y apoyo que se […]
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La Cultura de la Atención Integral
Esta guía provee información para apoyar los programas de servicio contra el asalto sexual, reforzando sus respuestas tanto individuales como organizacionales hacia los sobrevivientes de violencia sexual, a través de un enfoque informado en el trauma. Este enfoque ofrece una perspectiva de los principios centrales de un cuidado informado en el trauma, así como puntos […]
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Consejos para Quienes Trabajan en la Linea de Crisis y Apoyo
Esta guía fue inspirada por programas rurales que existen alrededor del país y la intención es utilizarla cuando respondas a las llamadas de la línea directa de crisis y apoyo. Un lado te provee respuestas útiles que puedes utilizar mientras brindas apoyo a sobrevivientes en la línea directa de crisis y apoyo. El otro lado es para […]
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Action, Engagement, Remembering: Services for Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
To design and provide responsive and effective sexual assault services, it is important to grasp the varied and complex impact of sexual violence. This paper will consider the practices of rape crisis centers and coalitions as they act, engage, and remember with adult survivors of child sexual abuse. It will discuss the incidence and dynamics […]
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Anti-Racism is Fundamental to Sexual Assault Services
This conversation with three Technical Assistance Providers reflects on how to both personally and organizationally, regularly build new skills in order to build new practices that are embedded with a deep commitment to unlearning and disrupting all forms of oppression—and very specifically racism in order to enhance our sexual assault services to survivors.
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Culturally Relevant Services for Tribal Communities and Communities of Color
This roundtable discussion explores conversation about the effectiveness of culturally specific services provided to sexual assault survivors and the outreach strategies for our communities.
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Building Cultures of Care
This guide, redesigned in 2017, provides information to support sexual assault services programs in strengthening their organizational and individual responses to survivors of sexual violence through the use of a trauma-informed approach. It provides an overview of the core principles of trauma-informed care and guiding points and questions to help organizations build cultures grounded in […]
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Self-Care and Trauma Work
This document provides a brief overview of vicarious trauma and how to take care of yourself when working to address sexual violence.
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Trauma-informed Advocacy and Services: Recommended Reading
This annotated bibliography is for advocates, policy makers and allies to help inform their work of meeting the needs of sexual assault survivors. This document provides the best available research to explore sexual assault program services and the challenges with meeting sexual assault survivors needs in multi-service programs.
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Comprehensive Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence
This guide explores how dual/multi-service programs can provide comprehensive services that address the entire scope of survivors’ experiences — going beyond immediate crisis response to supporting a wide range of both immediate and long-term issues that affect survivors’ whole selves.
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Crisis and Support Line Tip Sheet
This guide was inspired by real rural programs around the country and is meant to be used while you answer the crisis and support line. One side provides helpful responses to use while you are supporting sexual assault survivors on your rural crisis and support line. The other side is for after you have completed […]
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The Benefits of Active Listening
This document outlines the benefits of active listening as a core support services for survivors of sexual violence.
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Listen Up! Active Listening as Advocacy
Through interactive scenarios and discussion this course will introduce you to the key principles and various active listening skills we can use to enhance the ways in which we connect with and serve survivors of sexual violence. The course also offers additional handouts with scenarios and exercises for practicing our active listening skills.
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VAWA 2013 Sexual Assault Survivor Housing Protections
This document briefly reviews basic information about the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) housing protections to include sexual assault survivors that occurred in 2013
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Picturing Your Program: Planning for Organizational Growth
Taking a thorough look at how programs have structured services for survivors of sexual violence is an essential part of how we care for survivors. This toolkit provides guidelines to explore program values, resources, and structures related to sexual violence services.
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Foundations for Advocacy: Training Manual for Advocacy
Training for new advocates is an important undertaking in community advocacy programs. This manual offers tools to equip new advocates with core knowledge and skills for supporting survivors of sexual violence. We recognize that there is a wide breadth of information and learning that is critical to strong advocacy programs. Consider this just a start […]
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Listening to Our Communities: Assessment Toolkit
This toolkit from the National Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative focuses on key tools and skills for conducting community assessments in order to strengthen services for sexual assault survivors. It is written specifically for multi-service programs, but will be useful for most victim service programs.
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Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse is complex and can affect survivors’ physical health, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, social relationships, and sense of safety well into adulthood. Far too many adult survivors of child sexual abuse suffer in silence, neglect, and isolation. These resources can help rural programs navigate advocacy for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
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Throw Away the Menu: Broadening Advocacy
This resource recommends dual/multi-service programs reconsider the concept of advocacy to be more responsive to the diverse and wide-ranging needs of survivors of sexual violence, and re-envision advocacy to expand beyond the care and support provided on helplines, in courtrooms, or hospitals, to also include the critical long-term emotional support survivors need in a range […]
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It Matters! How Defining Sexual Violence Defines Advocacy Programs
How advocacy programs view and define sexual violence shapes their identity and impacts the concrete ways they offer services and speak to the community. This resource explores how by widening our view of sexual violence, we can open our doors to a wider diversity of survivors.