As staff and supervisors of domestic violence programs, we all have experience working with trauma. However, COVID-19 has introduced a new type of global trauma that not only impacts the survivors we work with but is impacting all of us in new and challenging ways, some of which we might not even realize yet. We…
WSCADV has been implementing DV Housing First for 10 years! There have been many lessons learned along the way, with changes and improvements to each component. We’re updating our toolkit with lessons learned and survivor informed approaches. Come and join us for this series and bring your toughest questions and challenges for the conversations to…
WSCADV has been implementing DV Housing First for 10 years! There have been many lessons learned along the way, with changes and improvements to each component. We’re updating our toolkit with lessons learned and survivor informed approaches. Come and join us for this series and bring your toughest questions and challenges for the conversations to…
Join WSCADV staff to connect, check-in, and breathe with your people across the state. We’ll be offering a lunch check-in call every other Monday starting June 1 through the end of July. Hop on the zoom meeting to connect with friends and colleagues from across the state, breathe together, and take some time to chat…
WSCADV has been implementing DV Housing First for 10 years! There have been many lessons learned along the way, with changes and improvements to each component. We’re updating our toolkit with lessons learned and survivor informed approaches. Come and join us for this series and bring your toughest questions and challenges for the conversations to…
WSCADV has been implementing DV Housing First for 10 years! There have been many lessons learned along the way, with changes and improvements to each component. We’re updating our toolkit with lessons learned and survivor informed approaches. Come and join us for this series and bring your toughest questions and challenges for the conversations to…
Calling all new (and new-ish) directors! If you are a brand-new, kind of new, or still-feeling-new E.D. or program director, you are invited to the WSCADV New Directors Orientation. This is your opportunity to connect with peers in a supportive environment, ask questions, and gain insights and practical resources to support your day-to-day work. New…
Join us for Within Our Reach: Meeting The Challenges of Anti-Oppression Practice In Our Work – And Beyond, a webinar presented by Michelle Osbourne. This webinar is designed to deepen the work that you are already doing acknowledge the existence of racism and oppression in America shift the paradigm of oppression provide skills necessary to…
Join WSCADV staff to connect, check-in, and breathe with your people across the state. We’ll be offering a lunch check-in call every other Monday starting June 1 through the end of July. Hop on the zoom meeting to connect with friends and colleagues from across the state, breathe together, and take some time to chat…
Please join us for a special training with Jill Davies designed specifically for seasoned advocates. Victim-defined advocacy is a practice that requires constant learning and is done best in community. Jill will take us beyond the basics and help us tackle the questions at the heart of advocacy that embrace the complexity of survivors’ lives.…
This meeting is intended for DV directors and shelter managers (or others who make major organizational decisions). WSCADV will share guidance for DV programs as the Governor dials down (and probably, back up) the COVID-19 stay-home executive orders. WSCADV will also soon share out guidance with membership as a whole; this meeting is just the…
Join us for our next MoneyTalk on May 11 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. This quarter we will be talking about the economic impact of COVID-19 on survivors and what emergency supports are in place to help. There will also be time to discuss what you are seeing survivors needing most regarding finances during…
As Shelter Managers, we have an endless supply of challenges and problems to solve, and somehow, we manage to make our work look flawless. We understand the Coronavirus has moved into our communities and has impacted us in many ways. Our goal is to continue to find ways to support you during these challenging times.…
Due to COVID-19, we have updated our classic Advocacy for Rookies training into a six-part webinar series! Part 1: Orientation Wednesday, April 22 10 AM - 12 PM Part 2: Trauma & Resilience Wednesday, April 22 1 PM - 3 PM Part 3: Confidentiality & Advocacy Thursday, April 23 1 PM - 3 PM Part…
Join us for Lunch Like This! A webinar series where we talk DV prevention. These short webinars will be a place to share prevention tips and resources and connect with other preventionists from across the state during your lunch hour. This year, each webinar will have guests from a rad prevention program from across the state.…
Explore practical strategies to cope with what you know and what you don’t know about the financial impact the COVID pandemic will have on your organization! Identify and evaluate the financial choices your organization will need to make relatively quickly to protect your staff, the survivors you serve, and the long-term financial health of your organization.…
Join us for a call to connect with other legal advocates and discuss how we can best support survivors and sustain our advocacy during these difficult times. Let's talk about: Legal challenges coming up for survivors right now How is your advocacy changing as legal options are limited What support do you need as an…
Are you curious about current birth control methods? Are you unsure of how to talk about birth control with survivors of domestic violence or sexual abuse? Have you wondered why some survivors might be hesitant to use birth control? Join us and deepen your understanding of birth control basics and methods that are less likely…
In light of COVID-19, we decided to create a webinar for directors, supervisors, and managers to address the challenges you all may be facing during this difficult time. This webinar will be hosted by Connie Burk, former Executive Director of the NW Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse, and Deadria Boyland, WSCADV's Director of Membership…
Housing First! Flexible Financial Assistance! Mobile Advocacy! All Things Survivor-Driven and Trauma Informed! Are you wondering how to develop the protocols, procedures, and forms to put this into place? Join us as we provide some maps for travel guides when distributing and documenting money provided for survivors and their children to achieve safety and stability…