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Cover for the "Prioritizing Financial Security In The Movement To End IPV: A Roadmap" report. The cover also includes an illustration of winding road with four circle sign posts that signify wealth growth, mutual aid, nourishing support and innovative policies.

Quote from Prioritizing Financial Security In The Movement To End IPV: A Roadmap: "[H]ow can you teach someone something you don't even understand yourself or you don't live by? So, if I'm educating a client on finances, on credit repair, on budget, I should know how to make a budget. I should know how to understand credit."

Cover for the "Trust Survivors: Building an Effective and Inclusive Cash Assistance Program" report. The cover also includes an illustration of a diverse group of people interacting with one another.

Quote from Trust Survivors: "I want [my representatives] to [...] put themselves in our shoes for a moment and trust that the best person to make decisions about how to allocate the money that is given is that specific individual."

Cover for the "Survivors Know Best: How to Disrupt Intimate Partner Violence During Covid-19 and Beyond" report. The cover also includes an illustration of a diverse group of people wearing masks and interacting with one another.

Quote from Survivors Know Best report: "I am currently at least $1,750 out of pocket for relocation expenses. I also do not have access to food and other household items that I could not bring with me, so I have to replace those until I can safely access my apartment again."

Cover for the "Making Safety Affordable: Intimate Partner Violence is an Asset-Building Issue." The cover also includes an illustration of two people hoisting up a bag of money with one person reaching upward to put a coin into the bag.

Quote from Making Safety Affordable report: "Leaving made me a single parent overnight. I can't even begin to get my life back together until I make sure my kids are OK. I had to let my vehicle registration lapse in order to cover day care this last month so I can work."

Cover for the "Measuring the Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Survivors of Color" report. The cover also includes an illustration of a woman with curly brown hair, wearing a purple mask and a patterned shirt.

Quote from Measuring the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Color report: "The roof is caving in and my house is filled with mold but I have nowhere to go."

Cover for the "Survivor Safety Banking Guidelines." The cover also includes an image of two pair of hands holding a piggy bank.

Quote from Survivor Safety Banking Guidelines: "When my mom wanted to give me money to pay my medical bills, my husband and I went to open a new account. He told the bank employee that under no circumstances was I to have access to the account. The bank employee did as she was told an opened an account just in my husband's name."

Cover for the "Prioritizing Financial Security In The Movement To End IPV: A Roadmap" report. The cover also includes an illustration of winding road with four circle sign posts that signify wealth growth, mutual aid, nourishing support and innovative policies.

Quote from Prioritizing Financial Security In The Movement To End IPV: A Roadmap: "[H]ow can you teach someone something you don't even understand yourself or you don't live by? So, if I'm educating a client on finances, on credit repair, on budget, I should know how to make a budget. I should know how to understand credit."

Cover for the "Trust Survivors: Building an Effective and Inclusive Cash Assistance Program" report. The cover also includes an illustration of a diverse group of people interacting with one another.

Quote from Trust Survivors: "I want [my representatives] to [...] put themselves in our shoes for a moment and trust that the best person to make decisions about how to allocate the money that is given is that specific individual."

Cover for the "Survivors Know Best: How to Disrupt Intimate Partner Violence During Covid-19 and Beyond" report. The cover also includes an illustration of a diverse group of people wearing masks and interacting with one another.

Quote from Survivors Know Best report: "I am currently at least $1,750 out of pocket for relocation expenses. I also do not have access to food and other household items that I could not bring with me, so I have to replace those until I can safely access my apartment again."

Cover for the "Making Safety Affordable: Intimate Partner Violence is an Asset-Building Issue." The cover also includes an illustration of two people hoisting up a bag of money with one person reaching upward to put a coin into the bag.

Quote from Making Safety Affordable report: "Leaving made me a single parent overnight. I can't even begin to get my life back together until I make sure my kids are OK. I had to let my vehicle registration lapse in order to cover day care this last month so I can work."

Cover for the "Measuring the Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Survivors of Color" report. The cover also includes an illustration of a woman with curly brown hair, wearing a purple mask and a patterned shirt.

Quote from Measuring the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Color report: "The roof is caving in and my house is filled with mold but I have nowhere to go."

Cover for the "Survivor Safety Banking Guidelines." The cover also includes an image of two pair of hands holding a piggy bank.

Quote from Survivor Safety Banking Guidelines: "When my mom wanted to give me money to pay my medical bills, my husband and I went to open a new account. He told the bank employee that under no circumstances was I to have access to the account. The bank employee did as she was told an opened an account just in my husband's name."

News

Launching our Savings Matching Program / Lanzamiento de nuestro programa ¡Crece tus Ahorros!

Launching our Savings Matching Program / Lanzamiento de nuestro programa ¡Crece tus Ahorros!

October 26, 2021

FreeFrom celebrates 5 years of working toward safety and abundance with survivors

FreeFrom celebrates 5 years of working toward safety and abundance with survivors

October 26, 2021

FreeFrom is awarded $4MM from the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge

FreeFrom is awarded $4MM from the Equality Can’t Wait Challenge

August 17, 2021