Shelter, Safe Home, & Transitional Housing Policies and Procedures

Victoria Ybanez, Red Wind Consulting, Inc.

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Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Project Introductory Manual 2003 1

The Advocate’s Role: THE DOS AND DON’TS OF ADVOCACY1 DO: DO NOT: • Advocate for the personal sovereignty

and safety of women and their children, including provision of safe space and any resources that necessary for a woman to regain control of her life.

• Act without the express informed consent or participation of the woman who has been battered, or withhold or create barriers to safety and resources because we judged her “unworthy in some way.

• Ask, listen to, believe and respectfully act on what women state they need and want.

• Believe we should mind-read what she needs or wants, or believe that we know better than she does.

• Clearly and persistently send the message: violence is unacceptable; battering is a crime, and is never the fault of the woman who has been battered.

• Minimize or blame her for the violence, collude/make excuses for the batterer’s behavior, or treat the violence as a private or mental health issue.

• Validate the individuality, experience, decisions and strengths of women who have been battered.

• Treat all women the same, as incapable of making decisions, “sick” or incompetent.

• Act and treat women who have been battered as relatives.

• Label, or act as if women who are battered are “cases”, “those women”, clients or patients.

• Model courage and resistance in the face of oppression, intimidation and fear.

• Get women to cooperate with other agencies or “follow rules” that don’t honor her safety or sovereignty.

• Provide leadership ensuring women’s safety is a priority in coordinated community response that promote and enhance the spiritual and cultural traditions of the sacredness of women and children.

• Allow task forces, meetings or initiatives to focus on the behavior of women, instead of the accountability of offenders and systems.

• Focus attention on the intent of safety and integrity of women and renewal of traditional life ways as guiding principles throughout systems dealing with violence against women.

• Diverting attention to mental health or other issues not directly related to battering as a violent crime, safety and Native women’s sovereignty, or that reinforce external or internal oppression.

• Ensure all women who have been battered/sexually assaulted have 24 hour access to support, accurate information, crisis intervention and other advocacy.

• Speak for or on behalf of battered women, unless they are not safe enough to do so themselves, or without their permission.

1 By Sacred Circle, with credit to Ellen Pence & Anne Marshall.

Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Project Introductory Manual 2003 2

DO: DO NOT: • Educate personnel within systems about

the most effective responses to violence regarding batterers, victims, and at-risk family members, prioritizing victim safety and offender accountability.

• Ignore or create barriers that prevent or limit access to safety or resources.

• Be conscious of the educational role within all advocate activities.

• Forget violence ends through social change that includes systems work focused on accountability for provision of safety and offender accountability.

• Remain accountable to the women who have been battered/sexually assaulted including maintaining confidentiality.

• Dismiss the reality that conflicts and creation of working relationships are “teachable moments” for all involved, including advocates.

• Allow limited budgets, policy, funders or our “check signers” to compromise advocating for the safety and sovereignty of women who have been battered.

Women’s Realities – Scenario 1  A woman is meeting with you and requesting services from your program.  You know her from the community and she has a history of drinking quite a bit. Her eyes look glassy and you suspect she might have been drinking today.  She has obviously been physically hurt. She has bruises on her arm and face.  She tells you she just needs a place to stay for a few days, “I am really tired and just need to rest.”  What are the potential issues here?  How can policy address this?       Women’s Realities – Scenario 2  A woman is seeking shelter. She does not have any visible injuries. She has never called the police or had a court order for domestic violence.   What are the potential issues here?  How can policy address this?       Women’s Realities – Scenario 3  The son of a tribal council member is arrested for domestic violence. The son is demanding to know where his wife and kids are. They are in safe housing and receiving services. The “son” gets a placement of children order from the tribal court. The police then try to serve this order at your program and demand that you tell them the location of the woman and children.   What are the potential issues here?  How can policy address this?    

Women’s Realities – Scenario 4  One of the women in your transitional housing program tell you that one of the women has a man living with her. He is staying over night all the time.  She is irritated that the program hasn’t kicked her out and wants to know whey she gets to have him live with her.    What are the potential issues here?  How can policy address this?       Women’s Realities – Scenario 5  A woman in your transitional housing program has 4 children. Ages 12, 7, 4 and 2.  The woman left the 12 year old babysitting.  She was gone about 6 hours.  You found out because the 12 year old called you when she locked her self out of the house.    What are the potential issues here?  How can policy address this?