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Domestic Violence Support Services Rate Study
Domestic Violence Support Services Rate Study

Domestic violence (DV) affects an estimated 20% of women in Los Angeles, and people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals carry an even greater burden. DV affects many aspects of a survivor’s life, and survivors often lack sufficient resources and services to seek support. Proper support is vital to empowering survivors to seek justice and protection, to improve their overall wellbeing, and to transition into safe living situations. PHS partnered with LA County Office of Women’s Health (OWH) and High Top HR to conduct a rapid-response study providing a long overdue analysis of the reimbursement model and rates needed to provide crucial DV support services. Together with participating providers and key informants, we helped identify promising reimbursement models for OWH to better serve DV survivors and the agencies who support them.

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Community Safety and ViolMelissa KingCommunity Engagement, Landscape and Policy Analysis, Health Care and Policy Research
Oregon Human Trafficking Vignettes Project
Oregon Human Trafficking Vignettes Project

PHS collaborated with Oregon Department of Justice Trafficking Response and Intervention Program (TRIP) on a community intervention to respond to human trafficking. The TRIP team worked with survivors, advocates, and service providers to compile their stories. PHS in turn designed story cards and a facilitator’s guide to make the stories accessible. The materials are being used to train service providers who engage with survivors of sex trafficking.

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Community Safety and ViolMelissa KingHuman-Centered Design, Curriculum Development
Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Homelessness During COVID-19
Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Homelessness During COVID-19

At the start of the pandemic, PHS formed partnerships with numerous community organizations to uplift voices of survivors to prevent violence and homelessness. In October 2020, we published a study with Hub for Urban Initiatives entitled “Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Homelessness in Los Angeles County during a Time of COVID-19.” It was the product of an intensive four months of rapid-response research with the help of community partners TransLatin@ Coalition, Positive Results Center, and Downtown Women’s Center.

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Housing and Economic Stab, Community Safety and ViolMelissa KingHealth Care and Policy Research, Participatory Research