Doorways For Women & Families Inc

Homestart supportive housing program: to support families in exiting shelter, doorways' homestart supportive housing program offers rapid rehousing and long-term supportive housing for individuals and families who need assistance to leave shelter and obtain safe housing of their own. Homestart offers residential stability (through rental subsidies), and intensive support focused on skill-building, case management, and safety planning to prevent the recurrence of homelessness and domestic violence. In fy25, homestart impacted clients in the following ways:- homestart housed and supported 149 people (69 adults and 80 children) in 58 households. - of the families exiting homestart, 80% maintained their housing at program exit and were able to meet their basic financial needs.

Revive domestic and sexual violence counseling program: revive, doorways' community-based counseling program, provides trauma-focused mental health counseling, crisis intervention, safety planning, and advocacy services for clients of all ages. Services are free, confidential, and offered in multiple languages. In fy25, revive impacted clients in the following ways:- revive provided supportive counseling and safety planning for 240 people (204 adult survivors and 36 children and teens). - revive therapists provided 2,519 individual therapy sessions and 81 support group sessions.- of revive clients surveyed, 100% reported increased understanding and knowledge of the impact of trauma and domestic violence/sexual assault, and 100% reported that they have learned coping skills to manage symptoms related to trauma.

Prevention and outreach program: based on the primary prevention framework, doorways' prevention efforts aim to change the social norms that tolerate and perpetuate violence via meaningful outreach and prevention curricula developed for youth of historically oppressed and marginalized groups at individual, community, and societal levels. The goal is to create a culture where everyone has the tools to build healthy relationships based on respect, equality, and safety. By increasing protective factors in youth and future generations, and by challenging societal norms, doorways is part of creating a culture that serves to prevent sexual and intimate partner violence by ensuring everyone has the tools to build healthy relationships. During fy25, the prevention and outreach program impacted the community in the following ways:- the prevention and outreach team facilitated 111 community workshops and events, educating 1,267 individuals in the arlington area on topics that support the development of healthy relationships.

Community engagement: in fy25, doorways engaged in virtual and in-person efforts aimed at educating our community about homelessness, domestic violence, and sexual assault, and doorways' response to these issues. These efforts can be categorized into a few key areas: - community outreach presentations - doorways' staff reached more than 3,229 people through presentations, events, and activities. - general information sessions - doorways hosted 12 sessions which were attended by 206 adults. - volunteer training - doorways provided 684 hours of trauma-informed training on domestic violence, sexual assault, homelessness, and service delivery. - doorways engaged an online community, including 6,751 email subscribers; 3,454 followers on facebook; 2,819 on x (formerly twitter); 1,908 on instagram; and 1,187 on linkedin. Doorways' content also reached additional community members across each of these platforms.