• Employment Assistance

Survivor Support Network will provide practical skills training such as resume workshops and interview skills and training classes. Student volunteers will also serve as valuable community liaisons between survivors and local employers.  Volunteers will educate employers about the unique challenges that victims of domestic violence face.  Volunteers will also inform the employers of the support system in place to ensure that if victims are given the opportunity for employment, their abuse-related problems would be far less likely to arise in the future.  Student volunteers will assist the survivors in researching job availability in the area.

•  Financial Planning

Our student volunteers will provide financial planning assistance to survivors of domestic violence.  They will help survivors create budgets and learn how to secure loans for housing, school, cars, etc.

• Counseling Services

Graduate students in the School of Social Work will provide counseling services under the supervision of licensed counselors.  Should a client need psychiatric care and/or medication, the student volunteers will work to pair clients with affordable, reliable psychiatrists in the area to provide further mental health services.

• Tutorials for children

Student volunteers from many disciplines will provide tutorial sessions for the children of domestic violence survivors to aid them in their school work.