The Safe Shelter Collaborative: An Innovative Approach to Locating Emergency Shelter for Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Survivors. (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Danis, Fran S.; Keisel-Caballero, Kate; Johnson, Catherine Hurd
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 25:Number 7(2019)
• Page Start: 882
• Page End: 899
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: emergency housing -- human trafficking -- domestic violence shelters -- technology innovation; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/1077801218805585
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

When your residential program is full, finding emergency shelter for human trafficking and domestic violence survivors can be challenging. Advocates often spend hours calling one agency after another to locate an appropriate placement. The Safe Shelter Collaborative is an innovative technological approach to locating emergency shelter. By sending out a blast alert to certified users within a geographic network, agencies provide faster access for a greater number and diversity of survivors. This article reports on an evaluation of the Safe Shelter Collaborative and the ways it has transformed the process of finding emergency shelter.