Best Practices Compendium

Voluntary Services

National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health 

• Creating Trauma-Informed Services: Tipsheet Series

 Texas Council on Family Violence

• In Our Hands: Everyday Trauma Informed Advocacy – A ReCentering Toolkit  

VAWnet

• Conflict Resolution for Domestic Violence Shelter Staff 
• How the Earth Didn’t Fly into the Sun: Missouri’s Project to Reduce Rules in Domestic Violence Shelters (Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence)

Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• Best Practices for Shelters
• Best Practices for Grievance Procedures 
• Building Dignity: Designing Strategies for Domestic Violence Shelters
• Trauma Informed Self-Assessment