"Let's change the narrative"
Community Connections
The Places We Connect to That Help Us Change the Narrative
As of the 2020 data of vital statistics, IDPH serves 3.1 million Iowans annually. IDPH has collaborated with us for the 2nd consecutive year for the STOP VAWA federal grant. This funding allows us to deliver FREE training to Centers of Trust and Centers of Must.
This publication has a nearly 4K+ readership and is a staple of communication within the greater DSM area. It is read in Iowa, and other states nationally, as well as other countries. We have been writing monthly articles since 2021 to educate Black women and its community on what DV truly looks when it attacks our women. This collaboration allows us to inform our community directly while simultaneously expanding the knowledge of our work within it.
We are thrilled to have been asked to add our culturally-informed curriculum in a format that will fit within the DV/SA certification training that should be updated by end of 2022! What a splendid way to get equip new advocates with the right way to productively approach and assist Black women in crisis.
Iowa Department of Human Services
African American Case Consultant Team
The State of Iowa serves over 1 million annually. The Department of Human Services has an African American Case Consultant Team that reviews cases involving Black families to provide solutions based on culturally informed approaches and supports. We serve on this team and provide our expertise. It is all too frequent for Black women survivors to be punished by systems to have their children removed because their partners abused them. This collaboration allows us to help change that narrative.
We have started a collaboration to bring our sister nonprofit program curriculum to its residents! We have conducted 1 pilot and are in the process of starting our 1st full cohort shortly. We are thrilled to start bringing empowerment after DV to Black women dealing with homelessness, addiction, and other barriers that bring them to this setting.