Resources Category: Homelessness Prevention

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Resources Category: Homelessness Prevention

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Tool / Toolkit

Housing and Sexual Assault Toolkit

Housing is a priority for survivors of sexual assault. Housing-related requests are growing in both frequency and scope, yet it remains the most unmet need. Based on feedback from the field, the National Sexual Assault…

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  • Article / Publication

Article / Publication

How Do Homelessness and Housing Instability Impact Families Involved With Child Welfare?

This issue brief from Casey Family Programs highlights the impact that homelessness and housing instability has on families in the child welfare system, and explores the role that child protection agencies can have in connecting…

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Article / Publication

How Can Supportive Housing Improve Outcomes for Families in the Child Welfare System?

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…

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  • Media / Webinar

Media / Webinar

DVBeds: Empowering Advocates with Real-Time Shelter Availability

DVBeds is an easy to use, web-based tool that provides real-time shelter bed availability for participating domestic violence and sexual assault organizations. First created by advocates in Texas, DVBeds is now an official program of…

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  • Media / Webinar

Media / Webinar

Transforming Shelter Access: Practical Tools for Program Coordination

This webinar highlights The Grove, ReloShare’s tool designed to allow housing programs to see and share bed availability in real time, bringing providers together to coordinate placements quickly, without requiring the personal information of survivors….

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Tool / Toolkit

Worksheet: Menu of Housing Interventions for Families

This worksheet from CSH, Casey Family Programs, and Chapin Hall provides an overview of the most common housing models and interventions, from short-term housing to long-term housing. It is important to provide families with timely…

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  • Article / Publication

Article / Publication

Domestic Violence and Housing Insecurity: A Crisis for Black Immigrant and Refugee Survivors

Domestic violence (DV) is a major factor contributing to housing instability and homelessness. Survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence are disproportionately affected, with studies showing that they are four times more likely to experience…

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  • Article / Publication

Article / Publication

Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing for Survivors of Domestic Violence

This paper describes how communities are increasingly using homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing approaches to meet the needs of domestic violence survivors, helping survivors avoid homelessness altogether or quickly re-establish housing in the community to…

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  • Media / Webinar

Media / Webinar

The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Homelessness

This webinar explains the connections between domestic violence and sexual assault, homelessness and housing and underscores that domestic violence related homelessness is family homelessness.

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Media / Webinar

Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness: Ensuring Housing & Educational Stability for Survivors of Domestic Violence & their Children

A comprehensive slide presentation that includes information about housing protections for survivors as well as protections for children and youth. Provides guidance toward best practices with these populations.

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