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| Organization Name | Resilience: Advocates for Ending Violence |
| Please tell us the amount of funding you are requesting Aware to raise for your organization from the Aware annual fundraising event. | Resilience: Advocates for Ending Violence is requesting $10,000 to support our emergency intervention services for victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence. |
| If your organization received Aware funding in the previous years, how many clients were serviced and/or how many services were provided with those funds. If you receive Aware funding this current year, how many clients will be serviced and/or how many services will be provided with these funds? | In fiscal year 2022, Resilience: Advocates for Ending Violence responded to 3,453 calls for assistance on our 24 hour helpline; we provided face-to-face crisis intervention, advocacy and emotional support to 404 emergency walk-in clients; safe shelter as well as meals, advocacy and emotional support were provided to 57 adults and their 70 children; our team of specially trained, on-call nurses provided 61 confidential and discreet forensic exams where evidence was carefully collected and stored. Nurses worked closely with local law enforcement and testified in court for sexual assault cases when needed. We anticipate responding to more than 2,500 requests for assistance through these programs in the upcoming year. |
| Please provide a listing of the Officers and Board members of your organization. | Sandra Trammell, President |
| Your Contact Information | Teresa Schraudt |
| Phone | 616-494-1752 |
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| 1. Description of the Organization (maximum 5 points, please limit to ½ pages) | For more than 45 years, Resilience: Advocates for Ending Violence has been providing comprehensive services to respond to, reduce, and prevent domestic and sexual violence in Allegan and Ottawa Counties. From emergency shelter for families fleeing violence at home, to providing medical exams and collecting forensic evidence for victims of a sexual assault, we are here around the clock to provide critical, lifesaving services confidentially, and at no cost to survivors. Our menu of services addresses the complex needs of adults and children who have experienced the trauma of abuse. We empower those we serve to find their unique voices by walking alongside them as they find a path to safety and resilience. While our direct intervention services will always be central to our mission, we are proud of the advancements we have made to successfully integrate evidence-based prevention programming throughout our service area. |
| 2. Funding Request (maximum 35 points, total, please limit to 1 page) | Resilience: Advocates for Ending Violence is requesting $10,000 from West Shore Aware to support our emergency intervention services for victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence. These services include our 24-hour help line, emergency safe shelter, sexual assault forensic nurse exams, and emergency walk-in services. Domestic violence is a severely under-reported crime, largely due to shame and widespread victim-blaming around these issues. Also, victims often fear that friends, family, the police, and other systems designed to help won’t believe them. Furthermore, seeking assistance often puts victims at risk of further violence. Leaving an abusive relationship is typically the most dangerous time. Domestic violence homicides are far more likely when a victim is attempting to flee or end the relationship. 41.8% of Michigan women and 23% of Michigan men experience intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner rape and/or intimate partner stalking in their lives.(1) Lesbian, gay and bisexual people experience sexual and domestic violence at similar or higher rates than heterosexuals. Within the LGBTQ community, non-binary people, transgender people and bisexual women face the most alarming rates of sexual violence: about half will experience sexual violence at some point in their lifetimes.(2) Resilience proudly serves all genders. Our team recognizes the intersectional way sexuality and gender oppression contributes to survivors' barriers to safety, and we work to break those barriers in ways that are most helpful for the survivor. The Resilience service philosophy is empowerment-based, trauma-informed and survivor centered. We create safe spaces for survivors to heal and grow. Our message is consistent: We believe you, we are here to help, and the violence was not your fault. We recognize that many survivors that we encounter have endured multiple traumatic experiences throughout their lifetime. With careful assessment, we help each survivor tell us what their immediate needs are. Assessing safety concerns is our priority in every situation. All these victim services are ongoing. (1) National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (2016). Domestic violence in Michigan. Retrieved from www.ncadv.org/files/Michigan.pdf. |
| 3. Funding Justification (maximum 40 points, please limit to 1 page) | Resilience’s emergency intervention services are funded as follows: A $10,000 grant award from West Shore Aware would represent 1% of our overall emergency intervention services revenue budget. |
| 4. Summary | From emergency shelter and sexual assault forensic exams to school-based prevention programs, we work at every level to advance our mission: to respond to, reduce, and prevent domestic and sexual violence. We offer high quality, confidential care at no charge, ensuring that all survivors have access to the support they need to build resilience and find a path to healing. The Resilience service philosophy is empowerment-based, trauma-informed and survivor centered. We create safe spaces for survivors to heal and grow. Our message is consistent: We believe you, we are here to help, and the violence was not your fault. While we are fortunate to receive funding from government grants, these funds alone do not cover the cost of offering our critical programming around the clock. Local individuals and groups, dedicated to making positive change in our community, make our work possible. We are respectfully requesting $10,000 from West Shore Aware to support our emergency shelter, 24-hour helpline, sexual assault forensic exam program, and emergency walk-in services. |
| Application Agreement | This is an application, otherwise known as a Request for Funding (RFF), from
West Shore Aware. This RFF is a request from your organization to Aware, for Aware to host a
Fundraising Event for your organization. By completing this RFF, your organization is requesting to be considered by Aware’s membership for an Aware fundraising event to be held during the summer of this year, also known as the White Party.
If your organization is chosen for a fundraising event by the Aware membership, your organization will agree to the following terms and conditions for the said fundraising event. 1. Aware will be given and provided full credit for the fundraising event in all of you organization’s publicity and advertising for said event, to include but not limited to event posters, newspaper advertising, handouts, radio and television advertising for the event, and organizational announcements concerning the event. 2. Your organization will only use the funds raised by Aware from said event for the purpose described in the RFF submitted to Aware. 3. Your organization understands that West Shore Aware is a philanthropic organization of LBGTQ+ individuals and their supporters, and that the funds your organization receives from Aware will be coming from the West Michigan lakeshore community. 4. The funds received from Aware as a result of the fundraising event will be net, after expenses for said fundraising event are paid. 5. Aware may use the name of your organization in its own advertising and publicity as a recipient of funds.. 6. Your organization will supply Aware with written approval to hold, or be part of a fundraising event held by Aware. 7. West Shore Aware reserves the right to audit any organization that receives funding to determine whether the funds were used as described in its RFF. 8. Your organization will allow West Shore Aware to use you organization’s name on the West Shore Aware website. In addition, if your organization has a website, you will link that website to the West Shore Aware website and allow West Shore Aware to link to your organization’s site. West Shore Aware’s web site link must remain on your web site for a full year from the date of the monetary disbursement. Failure to do so will disqualify you from requesting future funding. Once you have completed the RFF and agreed to the aforementioned, please submit it. Please sign this document below, indicating acceptance of the aforementioned terms and conditions. By signing the document, you acknowledge your organization is a registered 501(C) 3 Charitable organization. |
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| Date | 04/26/2023 |
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