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 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.
Over the six-month rapid-response project, the PHS team led a policy and legal review; a comparative case study of DV program reimbursement models nationwide; and four DV agency focus groups. High Top HR, our project partner who specializes in rate studies, led a provider survey and cost analysis.
The following are links to the presentation slide deck and summary report:
For more information about common payment models, check out our PHS Payment Model Primer.