Residential / Shelter Services Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
Special Collection
Special Collection
November 2017
Serving Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Despite the fact that people who identify as trans or non-binary experience violence at alarming rates, there are still significant gaps in services for these survivors of domestic and sexual violence. This collection supports advocates and agencies seeking to provide accessible, sensitive, and relevant services that are inclusive to survivors of all genders.
Special Collection
May 2017
Housing and Domestic Violence
This collection offers a doorway to the resources available through Safe Housing Partnerships, a project of the federal Domestic Violence and Housing Technical Assistance Consortium. The resources and tools included here are provided to advance your work at the critical intersection of domestic violence, sexual assault, homelessness, and housing.
Special Collection
March 2014
Open Doors: Domestic Violence Shelter Development
The NRCDV receives a large number of technical assistance requests related to domestic violence program development. Part 1 provides resources for building, sustaining and enhancing shelter programs to meet the diverse needs of domestic violence survivors.
Special Collection
May 2012
Enhanced Services to Children and Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence: Promising Practices & Lessons Learned
This Special Collection provides lessons learned and related resources from nine HHS-funded 3-year demonstration projects to enhance services to children and youth who have been exposed to domestic violence.
Special Collection
November 2011
Meeting Survivors' Needs Research Project
This collection complies information and resources from both Meeting Survivors' Needs studies, documenting our movement work to provide both residential and non-residential services to survivors of domestic violence and their loved ones.
Special Collection
July 2010
Housing and Sexual Violence
This collection includes resources to assist communities in developing more effective strategies to address the multi-layered and complex relationship between sexual violence and housing.
Special Collection
November 2009
Conflict Resolution Tools for Domestic Violence Shelter Staff
This collection includes selected materials and resources intended to equip advocates with a contextual framework and practical skills to better resolve conflicts that often arise within a shelter environment.
Materials
Materials
- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
August 2026
WEBINAR: NRCDV Policy & Research Briefing: The Intersection of Substance Use and Safe Housing for Survivors
Publisher(s):This webinar focuses on substance use coercion as a form of abuse that impacts housing stability for domestic violence survivors. Featuring Women in Transition, the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health, and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, this session highlighted a national survey of survivors, service provision for those experiencing domestic violence and substance use, and policy recommendations to ensure safe housing for survivors with behavioral health needs.
Materials
- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
May 2026
What’s the connection between domestic violence, foster care, and homelessness?
Publisher(s): Domestic violence, homelessness, and foster care entry are all preventable. This TAQ outlines three ways that service providers can work to support survivors and their children to maintain safety and housing.
Materials
- General Material
April 2026
How Can Supportive Housing Improve Outcomes for Families in the Child Welfare System?
Publisher(s):This strategy brief from Casey Family Programs highlights supportive housing, which combines affordable housing and wraparound services designated to help individuals and families work on their health, recovery, and personal growth within the platform of stable housing. As housing instability can be a contributing factor to a family's child welfare involvement, this housing intervention can help families with housing instability avoid the unnecessary and lengthy removal of children.
Materials
- General Material
March 2026
Domestic Violence Counts: 20th Annual Report
Publisher(s): For the twentieth consecutive year, on September 10, 2025, the National Network to End Domestic Violence conducted the Domestic Violence Counts Survey: a one-day, unduplicated count of adults and children seeking domestic violence services in the United States. The Domestic Violence Counts Report summarizes this data and is instrumental in raising awareness about domestic violence and the incredible work local domestic violence programs do every day, providing lifesaving services to survivors and their families.
Materials
- General Material
- NRCDV Publications
June 2025
Community Engagement Special Collection - Building Stability, Healing, and Justice: Innovative Housing Solutions for Survivors
Publisher(s): This report highlights three alternative housing models to helping survivors of inter-personal violence (IPV) achieve more equitable housing outcomes. The housing models discussed here include: a state coalition that is building permanent housing using Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs); a regional IPV program that is leading community workforce and housing development; and finally, immigrant-led organizations that are developing housing, employment, and child-care cooperatives to resist gentrification and housing discrimination.