Home safe home : housing solutions for survivors of intimate partner violence /
Housing matters for everyone. Decent housing provides shelter, security, privacy, stability and, for homeowners, a means to build assets. For survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), housing takes on an additional meaning. It is the key to establishing a new life free from abuse. IPV survivors...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Violence against women and children.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface and acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Why long-term housing for survivors of intimate partner violence?
- "Why doesn't she leave?" Intimate partner violence and housing instability
- "How does housing help?" A "services-light" long-term housing model
- The current policy and service environment : how did we get here?
- First stop : emergency shelters and transitional programs
- Mismatch between U.S. social policy and intimate partner violence
- An evolving approach : long-term housing
- National overview : legislative response and program variations
- Developing program theory and goals : long-term housing with services
- Survivor perspectives on program theory and models
- Next steps?
- Moving forward : research and policy
- Epilogue : a practitioner's perspective
- Appendix.