![]() We appreciate your support as we oversee the organization. Public confidence in SafeHouse Center is essential to fulfilling its mission to effectively serve survivors. These are challenging times and we thank you for your continued support of Safe House Center. Callers are also encouraged to call SHC for additional support and also to call again to check future shelter availability if needed. If SHC is unable to offer shelter, the caller is offered other resources such as phone numbers to other area shelter programs including domestic and sexual violence shelters in surrounding counties, additional Safe House Center services including legal advocacy and personal protection order information, crisis support services, and safety planning, and information and referrals to other community resources. If SHC is able to offer shelter based on screening and the ability to provide shelter at the time, the caller will be offered shelter. Those who call the 24-hour Help Line seeking shelter services complete a shelter screening over the phone. We have maintained our current eligibility requirements for our temporary emergency shelter program with a focus on those being in immediate threat of being hurt or killed. Further, the shelter kitchen will undergo a major renovation project later this month but we will continue to safely provide services and shelter to residents during this renovation. The shelter program has recently become fully staffed, and SHC is working hard to train new staff so that SHC will be able to shelter survivors at increased levels in the next few months.Īdditionally, we have been improving and remodeling our shelter spaces which includes the living room and kitchen, as well as all of the shelter bedrooms. Like many other organizations during the pandemic, SHC experienced a staffing shortage that began in mid-summer, and continued through fall and early winter, which has impacted the ability to safely shelter and support survivors at full capacity. We also continue to provide services in several other areas such as legal advocacy, crisis support and support groups, and emergency response to area hospitals. Currently, there are six families residing in the SHC shelter. The shelter program is open and continues to provide temporary shelter to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault despite ongoing challenges. We will continue to do all we can to fulfill our mission. The number one priority of SHC has been, and will continue to be, serving the survivors in our community. We also want to respond to recent inquiries about the services SHC is providing. We are providing this information so that you, our supporters and community partners, have the latest updates about the SafeHouse Center shelter services. The capacity-building support required by some of the programs to successfully utilize these funds is outlined, as well as approaches the wider field can consider to minimize common funding barriers BIPOC organizations face to accessing flexible funding for the survivors they serve.Statement from the SafeHouse Center Board of Directors ![]() This case study highlights HCDVCC’s strategy to get flexible funding to BIPOC survivors who were less likely to access COVID-19 relief funds and other resources from mainstream institutions or through channels outside their cultural community or natural support system, including survivors who were undocumented and those still living with the harm-doer. Marjaree Mason Center provides emergency and longer-term Safe Housing, along with a wide variety of support services for victims of domestic violence in Fresno. As the funding intermediary, HCDVCC centered the needs of BIPOC survivors by looking outside the mainstream victim service sector when selecting the fourteen flexible funding program grantees. This case study examines how the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council (HCDVCC) in Houston, Texas used a variety of COVID-19 relief funding sources to provide over three million dollars of flexible funding grants to survivors in their region. Working with Underserved or Marginalized Survivors.Voluntary Services and Trauma-Informed Approaches.Federal, State, and Local Laws and Protections.Building Collaborative Relationships to Address Family Homelessness.Rapid Re-Housing, Housing First, Housing Tax Credits, and Other A.Coordinated Entry and Intake/Assessment Tools.Partnering with and Participating in Homeless Continuums of Care.Facilitating Access to Safe Permanent Housing.Case Studies for Building Successful Partnerships.
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