Survivors Know Best: How to Disrupt Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 and Beyond

In April 2020, FreeFrom launched a Safety Fund to support survivors in getting and staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the Safety Fund, FreeFrom collected data from 1,300 survivors in 36 states and Puerto Rico on their financial health, the financial cost of experiencing abuse, what their needs are right now—including how much cash they need to stay safe—and how our society can best support them through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Survivors Know Best: How to Disrupt Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 and Beyond details these findings and serves as a call to action for greater investment in and support for the long-term financial security and safety of survivors everywhere.