Nontraditional Programming Content Topic Results

In November 2020, FreeFrom launched the second round of their Safety Fund and prioritized distributing grants to queer, trans, Black, Indigenous and Latinx survivors. This report details what FreeFrom learned from the process. 

The intersection between domestic violence, housing instability, and homelessness continues to be a pressing issue for the field. To this end, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence conducted a two-part needs assessment project to assess survivors' current and emerging housing needs, particularly in Black and Brown communities, and to document innovative community-based solutions.

In this webinar from the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, presenters from the Indiana Coalition will discuss the processes for working together, data collection strategies, key findings, limitations, and next steps.

Survivors of intimate partner violence and their advocates have long searched for alternatives to the legal justice system. This report from the Center for Court Innovation outlines pathways for developing restorative and community-based approaches to intimate partner violence.

In NRCDV's June 2020 TA Question of the Month, guest writer Laura Chow Reeve from the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance discusses connections between domestic violence work and transformative justice.

This report provides an overview of findings from case studies of programs addressing intimate partner violence and sexual assault through restorative and transformative approaches. These programs generally prioritized promoting safety and empowerment, ending violence, changing social norms. The report concludes with information on guiding principles and practice recommendations for the field.

Creative and strategic community collaborations can create opportunities for supplementing traditional relocation funding and/or providing assistance when survivors do not qualify for these funding options. As one such strategy, NRCDV's July 2019 TA Question of the Month highlights examples of partnerships to provide free moving services to survivors.

This Technical Assistance (TA) Bundle includes TA Questions (TAQs) featuring creative programming ideas that advocates can adapt or replicate in their agencies to support survivor empowerment and healing. These TAQS are intended to inspire advocates to think outside the box and to build bridges and forge new alliances with non-traditional partners.

Taking time to create and play with the arts can be incredibly empowering and can promote healing for survivors. NRCDV's March 2019 TA Question of the Month offers strategies for incorporating the arts in domestic violence programs as a tool for healing and social change.

Therapeutic horticulture can be implemented in a broad range of settings, including domestic violence shelters, often as an adjunct to core services and programming. NRCDV's July 2018 TA Question of the Month highlights the benefits of establishing voluntary garden and farm programs for shelter/safe house staff, residents, and domestic violence agencies.

The A-Z Advocacy Model captures a do-everything-it-takes approach by undertaking an inventory of practices and analyzing their underlying principles in API-serving programs. 

This webinar reviewed 1) ways to provide safe shelter to survivors and their pets, 2) details regarding National SAF-T day, 3) new legislation that protects victims and pets from further abuse, and 4) an overview of the Safe Havens Mapping Project.