1. Informing Practice: A DV Lens on Service Provision
NAEH Conference
7/18/17

2. Good Practice: Individual Level
Trauma Informed
Survivor Driven/Client Centered
Safer versus Safe

3. Trauma Informed Approach
Physical and emotional
Awareness of potential triggers
Safety
Relationship with provider is key
Transparency, clarity, consistency, and healthy boundaries
Trust
Rebuild control
Choice
Not trauma treatment 3

4. Trauma Informed Approach, cont.
Avoid hierarchy
Share power and act as partners
Collaboration
Strengths-based
Build clients’ skills, not just doing things FOR them
Empowerment 4

5. Survivor-Driven Advocacy
Working flexibly and in the community with survivors.
The process is led and defined by survivors, not the program or the advocate/case manager.
Space and time for authentic connections between advocates/case managers and staff and for survivors to think and weigh options.

6. Also…
Advocacy not only helps negotiate systems but also educates and advocates for survivors in systems.

7. Safety Risks generated by person doing harm Risks generated by life
Such as finances, poverty, housing instability, and homelessness
Jill Davies and Eleanor Lyon

8. Good Practice: Program Level
Trauma-informed:
Ensuring staff have what they need—training (including DV/SA/Stalking/Trafficking), emotional support, tangible tools
Reflective of and Responsive to Community:
Culturally-specific and/or fully integrating cultural humility; weighs implicit bias

9. Collaborative:
A strong partner in community planning and work. Includes time and funding in work week for staff to participate.

10. Good Practice: Systems—DV and Homeless
Crisis/Hot Lines: Initial support and triage
Homeless Prevention/Shelter Diversion
DV Emergency, Confidential Shelter
Homeless Shelters—Staff well trained in dynamics of DV/SA/Stalking/Trafficking
Transitional Housing: Scattered site transition in place and facility-based created community

11. Systems, cont. Rapid ReHousing: Progressive or Flexible Engagement
Permanent, subsidized housing
Permanent, supportive housing
Another option: Non time-limited housing with targeted services available (2-5 years)
Immigrants and Refugees—especially those undocumented
Mentally/Physical disabilities, including trauma needs
Chemical dependency challenges

12. Approaches to Supportive System
Housing First Philosophy
Coordinated Entry, Triage and Prioritization that considers safety, privacy, and trauma needs of survivors
Flexible Financial Assistance on all levels
Community Engagement!
No one system or program can do it all!

13. Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Linda Olsen, M.A., M.S.W.
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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