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Futures Without Violence

San Francisco, CA
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Part 1: for more than 30 years, futures has been providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world. - Part 3: to pioneer new strategies to end violence against women and children at home and abroad.

Futures Without Violence
100 Montgomery Street The Presidio
San Francisco, CA 94129
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Categories Family and gender-based violence

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Strategic initiatives - the idea incubation and development arm of the organization, futures continues to strive to identify critical social issues that contribute to violence against women and children, and develop groundbreaking programs and campaigns to transform social norms and create new collaborations to develop comprehensive strategies to end and prevent violence against women and children. In 2021 we introduced our first class of grantee partnerships for all in for kids, a remarkable collaborative we launched with community partners in the san francisco bay area to strengthen the social, emotional and physical well-being of children and their families. We also selected 17 organizations nationwide to receive grants from our domestic violence response fund for the purpose of supporting organizations that serve black, indigenous and people of color who are survivors of domestic and sexual violence who had an increased need for services during the pandemic.

Children/youth/young families - the team at futures without violence focused 2021 on field building, leadership development, and policy work. We provided up to date, ready for use content and promising innovations about centering lived experience in program and policy design, culturally responsive and equity driven practice, and effective strategies for working with abusive partners. We developed and delivered 32 unique conference presentations, webinars, or trainings, designed and implemented two survivor-led national policy listening sessions, and participated in a national roundtable on engaging and intervening with people who use violence. Our efforts reached over 6,300 professionals nationally and internationally, while our social media endeavors resulted in 150+ new followers and amassed over 150k website visits. Calendar year 2021 also saw the development of 4 new podcasts for professionals working with abusive partners, bringing the total number of available podcasts about this important work to 11. To date these podcasts have been downloaded a total of 5,029 times and counting! Throughout the year, we offered monthly ta calls to leaders, managers, court personnel, and frontline staff in child welfare and community-based dv organizations, strengthening the capacity of the field to serve the unique needs of children and their families across 21 states.

Health - as the national health resource center on domestic violence (hrc) since 1993, futures has been a leader working across sectors to advance quality health care and safety support for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. We provide access to the latest research, training, and resources and help bridge the gaps between domestic and sexual violence advocates, health care professionals, and health policy leaders to promote a more holistic approach to health care and advocacy for survivors of violence. In 2021, we provided direct training to over 12,174 professionals and led or attended 99 meetings, workshops, webinars, or conferences. Additionally, we responded to more than 5,054 technical assistance requests by phone and email, including requests for resources, and disseminated over 327,960 provider and patient educational materials. Our virtual resources, "expanding the continuum" podcast, has received 1,431 plays across all episodes; and our video series training titled "voices from our movement" has received 31,284 views since published in 2018.