Implementation of Trauma-Informed Care in a Housing First Program for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Case Study
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The intersection of trauma with the need for safe, stable, sustainable, and long-term housing is important when working with survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV advocacy agencies are advised to use a trauma-informed approach to help practitioners understand the impact of IPV on individuals. Housing First, a model addressing homelessness that provides permanent housing without preconditions, has been found to increase housing stability for survivors of IPV. Thus, we used a case study approach to examine how practitioners and administrators implement trauma-informed care in a Housing First program for IPV survivors. Trauma-informed care principles and the Housing First model were found to be complementary. The majority of clients in this program retained housing up to 3-months after services ended and increased their safety and knowledge of domestic violence. Combining Housing First with trauma-informed care may increase success for survivors of IPV.
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It is both what is done with survivors and how it is done that promotes housing stability for survivors.
“Such findings provide evidence that it is both what is done with survivors as well as how it is done that promotes housing stability for survivors.”
From Separate and Cumulative Impacts of Trauma-Informed Practices and a Housing Intervention on the Safety, Housing Stability and Mental Health of Domestic Violence Survivors Over Two Years (2025) · cites this paper as Ward-Lasher et al., 2017
The Connecting Trauma and Housing section describes both housing-stabilization services and how practitioners deliver them with attention to survivors’ trauma and safety. The Study Site & Client Description section reports clients’ housing situations at program exit, but the case study does not establish that both aspects of service delivery promoted lasting housing stability; the Discussion calls for longitudinal research on housing sustainability. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredStaff implementing DVHF reported that using trauma-informed approaches guided the strategies they employed to better align their housing advocacy with survivors' needs.
“staff implementing DVHF noted that using traumainformed approaches guided the strategies they employed to better align their housing advocacy with survivors' needs (Ward-Lasher et al., 2017 ).”
From Separate and Cumulative Impacts of Trauma-Informed Practices and a Housing Intervention on the Safety, Housing Stability and Mental Health of Domestic Violence Survivors Over Two Years (2025) · cites this paper as Ward-Lasher et al., 2017
DVHF is predicated on being survivor-driven, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive.
“DVHF is predicated on being survivor-driven, traumainformed, and culturally responsive (Sullivan & Olsen,”
From Separate and Cumulative Impacts of Trauma-Informed Practices and a Housing Intervention on the Safety, Housing Stability and Mental Health of Domestic Violence Survivors Over Two Years (2025) · cites this paper as Ward-Lasher et al., 2017
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- Authors
- Ward-Lasher, A., Messing, J., & Stein-Seroussi, J.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Arizona State University (US)
- Venue
- Advances in Social Work
- Publisher
- IUPUI University Library
- Published
- 2017-09-24
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 202-216
- ISSN
- 1527-8565 (ISSN-L)
- 2331-4125
- OpenAlex
- W2757333863
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4
- FWCI
- 3.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Advances in Social Work (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Homelessness and Social Issues
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- trauma-informed care, Housing First, intimate partner violence, IPV survivors, homelessness, housing stability, domestic violence, program implementation
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