NRCDV's Safe Housing Capacity Center's Policy and Research Briefing 10/26/22
Commemorating Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence's Safe Housing Capacity Center presented its biannual Policy and Research Briefing on Wednesday, October 26th. Included was a focus on the importance of responding to DV and homelessness by centering economic security and permanent housing solutions for survivors. The following was highlighted:
- A presentation from STTARS Indigenous Safe Housing Center on the needs of Indigenous survivors that are culturally rooted
- Expanded findings from NRCDV's 2022 Housing Needs Assessment presented by Funmi Ayeni, PhD
- Findings from a 5-year study on Domestic Violence Housing First and the effectiveness of culturally specific responses to violence presented by Cris Sullivan, PhD
- A presentation from FreeFrom on their work in reframing DV as a structural economic issue that intersections with other systems of oppression, and
- A policy overview presented by Shenna Morris, NRCDV's Director of Policy
The Policy and Research Briefing recording is available in Spanish: Sesión Informativa sobre Políticas e Investigación del Centro de la Capacidad de Vivienda Segura de NRCDV
Resources
- English PPT
- Spanish PPT
- Caption Transcript - English
- NRCDV's 2022 Needs Assessment Report
- NRCDV's 2022 Needs Assessment Infographic
- FreeFrom's Support Every Survivor Report
- FreeFrom's Trust Survivors Report
- Domestic Violence Housing First Toolkit
- A Guide for Using the Trauma-Informed Practice (TIP) Scales (English)
- Guía para usar las Escalas que miden las Prácticas con Conocimiento del Trauma (TIP)
- NRCDV's 2022 Policy Brief: Emerging Solutions to Increase Affordable Housing Options for Survivors
Supportive Resources