We must turn towards the recent reports of violence in Idaho and see the connections – high school football players racially abusing and raping their teammate who has a disability, college football players sexually assaulting a young woman, men targeting and killing a gay man, a young man committing a domestic violence-related homicide, and more.We have a shared responsibility to ask what we must do differently to end domination and violence in our communities.
Talk with your family, neighbors, and community about the worth of every human being, why everyone should be valued and accepted for their authentic selves, and how differences should be celebrated.
Listen to girls and women and people who are gender nonconforming, people of color, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTQ most impacted by domination and violence; listen to their stories of the truth of their histories and lived experiences.
Turn towards those being harmed and interrupt discrimination or abuse.
Implement school-wide anti-bias approaches on gender, race, ability, and sexual orientation and prevention strategies on gender violence – abuse and rape – to make our schools more just, equitable and safe.
Develop meaningful and accountable relationships with communities most impacted by hate and violence to work towards shared power, equity, and compassionate communities.
The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence can help create shared safe spaces, school anti-bias and prevention approaches, and works to catalyze partnerships. Let us know how we can help inspire change.
Web Resources
GlobalGirlMedia.org: Empowering young women from under-served communities through digital journalism and media training to bring their powerful perspectives to the global media stage. Mic.com: Mic’s approach to news is as unique as our generation. Young people will define the future and we deserve a news outlet that offers quality coverage tailored to us. Colorlines.com: is published by Race Forward, a national organization that advances racial justice through research, media and practice. Everydayfeminism.com: Our mission is to help people dismantle everyday violence, discrimination, and marginalization through applied intersectional feminism and to create a world where self-determination and loving communities are social norms through compassionate activism. Blackgirldangerous.org: seeks to, in as many ways as possible, amplify the voices, experiences and expressions of queer and trans people of color.
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Accessing Transitional Housing Funds
Attend (or review) the required web-based training;
Sign and submit Agreement & Certification Form (required to access funding);
Complete and submits ACH Vendor Enrollment Form;
Certify that survivor is eligible for the transitional housing program using Initial Amount Request Application;
Work with survivor to identify what individual transitional housing needs are;
Complete and submit initial paperwork requesting access to funds on behalf of the survivor (required);
Idaho Coalition approves or denies request;
If request is approved, program or community partner makes payment for housing needs identified (and approved) in the Initial Amount Request Application;
Program or community partner submits monthly invoicing and supporting documentation to Idaho Coalition for approved transitional housing reimbursements (required);
Idaho Coalition approves monthly invoicing as submitted and makes reimbursement payment to program or community partner;
Program or community partner submits Exit form when survivor exits or is terminated from transitional housing program (partner must contact the Idaho Coalition prior to terminating a survivor from the program);
Program or community organization submits Follow-Up Support Services Verification form once follow-up support services have been provided for the required period of time.
