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.

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Transitional Housing Toolkit (Resource Downloads)

• Templates & Tip Sheets for Program Policies & Guidelines
• Enhancing Services for for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Transitional Housing
• Implementing & Sustaining Voluntary Services (A Trauma-Informed Approach)

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Templates & Tip Sheets for Program Policies & Guidelines

• Template Application
  • Plantilla de buenas prácticas: Solicitud de vivienda
  • 모범관행 서식: 주택 신청서
• Personal Planning Guide
  • Herramienta para establecer metas
  • 모범관행 서식: 개인 목표 계획서
• Template Grievance Procedure
  • Procedimiento para quejas en la vivienda transicional
  • 모범관행 서식: 고충 처리 절차와 양식
• Template Intake Guide
  • Guía de admisión de la vivienda de transición
  • 모범관행 서식: 인테이크 안내서
• Template Welcome Packet
  • ¡Bienvenida al programa de vivienda transicional!
  • 모범관행 서식: 환영 패킷
• Template Housing Extension Waiver
  • Excepción para la duración de alojamiento
  • 모범관행 서식: 거주 기간 연장 요청서
• Toolkit Glossary
  • Glosario de los documentos del conjunto de herramientas la vivienda de transición (TH)
  • 임시주거 툴킷 문서 용어집
• Guide for Policy and Form Creation or Revision  
  • Guía para la creación o revisión de políticas y formularios 
  • 정책과 서식의 작성·수정 지침 
• Template Appeal Process
  • Apelación de una negación de solicitud de servicios del programa de vivienda transicional
  • 임시주거 프로그램 서비스 신청 거절에 대한 진정서
• Template Client Limited Release of Information Form
  • Plantilla: formulario sobre la divulgación de información limitado para usar con un cliente
  • 서식: 클라이언트 제한적 정보 공개 양식
• Template Document Retention Policy
  • Plantilla de política/procedimientos para la retención de documentos de clientes
  • [예시] 문서 보존 정책과 절차
• Template Letter to the Landlord
  • Plantilla: carta al propietario
  • 템플릿: 집주인에게 보내는 편지
• Template Participant Verification Letter
  • Plantilla: carta de verificación del participante
  • 템플릿: 참가자 확인 서신

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Enhancing Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Transitional Housing

• Meeting the Needs of Survivors of Sexual Violence in Transitional Housing
  • Meeting Sexual Violence Survivors’ Housing & Support Services Needs in Your Transitional Housing 
  • Satisfaciendo las necesidades de vivienda y servicios de apoyo para lxs sobrevivientxs de la violencia sexual en la vivienda de transición
  • 전환주거에 있는 성폭력 생존자의 주거 및 지원 서비스 니즈 충족
• Trauma-Informed Advocacy
  • Building Cultures of Care Publication (2017)
    • La Cultura de la Atención Integral
  • Self-Care and Trauma Work
  • Trauma-informed Advocacy and Services: Recommended Reading
  • Change Starts Within – Strengthening Services Through Supervision

• Anti-Oppressive Advocacy & Culturally Relevant Work
  • Anti-Racism is Fundamental to Sexual Assault Services
  • Culturally Relevant Services for Tribal Communities and Communities of Color

• Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative Overviews
  • Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative – Final Report
  • Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative – Key Lessons Overview
  • Sexual Assault Demonstration Initiative – Resources and Publications
    

• Active Listening
  • Listening to Survivors – Essential Steps for the Intake Process
  • Comprehensive Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence
    • Servicios Integrales para los Sobrevivientes de Violencia Sexual
  • Crisis and Support Line Tip Sheet
    • Consejos para Quienes Trabajan en la Linea de Crisis y Apoyo
  • Tips for Active Listening
  • The Benefits of Active Listening
  • Listen Up! Active Listening as Advocacy

• Support Services for Sexual Violence Survivors
  • Foundations for Advocacy: Training Manual for Advocacy
  • Throw Away the Menu: Broadening Advocacy
    • Adiós al Menú: Cómo Ampliar el Alcance de la Intercesoría
  • It Matters! How Defining Sexual Violence Defines Advocacy Programs
  • Opening Our Doors: Building Strong Sexual Assault Services in Dual/Multi-service Advocacy Agencies
    • 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
  • Strengthening Our Practice: The Ten Essential Strengths of Sexual Violence Victim Advocates in Dual/Multi-Service Advocacy Agencies
    • Fortalecer Nuestras Practicas: Las Diez Fortalezas Esenciales de los Defensores de Víctimas de Violencia Sexual en Agencias de Auxilio de Servicio Dual/Múltiple

• Individual, Organizational & Community Assessments 
  • RSP & NSVRC Organizational Assessment for Advocates/Agencies Working with Victims of Sexual Violence
    • RSP y NSVRC Evaluación organizacional para Defensores y Agencias que Trabajan con Víctimas de Violencia Sexual
  • RSP & NSVRC Personal Assessment for Advocates Working with Victims of Sexual Violence
    • RSP y NSVRC Evaluación Personal para Defensores y Agencias que Trabajan con Víctimas de Violencia Sexual
  • Picturing Your Program: Planning for Organizational Growth
  • Listening to Our Communities: Assessment Toolkit

• Adults Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
  • Action, Engagement, Remembering: Services for Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
    

• Other Helpful Toolkits
  • Rural Sexual Assault Services Training and Technical Assistance Toolkit

• Holistic Healing
  • Holistic Healing SASP Paper
    • Servicios de Sanación Holística Para Los Sobrevivientes
  • Holistic Healing SASP Paper Research Addendum

• Recursos en español
  • Bases fuertes para la sanación: refugios y la violencia sexual

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Implementing & Sustaining Voluntary Services (A Trauma-Informed Approach)

• How the Earth Didn’t Fly Into the Sun
• Understanding the Basics of the Voluntary Services Approach

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