Plus, how homelessness impacts the 1 in 30 school-age children who experience it. Request a workshop for your youth group to help them build safe relationships. Learn More Taking Action during Awareness Months During awareness months like Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) in February and Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) in April, Doorways helps our community learn about the issues, how to access support, and how to build safer, more respectful relationships. TDVAM 1 in 3 teens experience dating violence. Doorways' Prevention Program aims to change that. Join us! Learn more about the program Download educational programming catalog Request a free workshop Learn More Scotney Young, Doorways' Prevention and Outreach Program Manager, visited students at local schools including Wakefield High School in collaboration with Project PEACE! SAAPM Here are 8 ways to support survivors, take a stand against sexual violence, and create change in your community. Learn More In the News Senators announce a deal to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act "According to the senators' release, their bill, which would reauthorize VAWA through 2026, includes provisions to strengthen rape prevention and education efforts, provide legal funding and increase support for marginalized communities like LGBTQ survivors and 'expand special criminal jurisdiction by tribal courts to cover non-Native perpetrators of sexual assault.'" Read More "People may become homeless if they are evicted but also if they age out of foster care, leave prison or a nursing home without support or seek to escape domestic violence. Many live precariously for long periods before an unexpected change upsets the balance of their lives: a death in the family, the loss of a job, a new child. Nationally, the age when people face the highest risk of a shelter stay is infancy." The Man Who Fought Homelessness and Won (Sort Of) "The Covid-19 pandemic has renewed a sense of a nationwide homelessness crisis." "It has also renewed outdated myths about what homelessness looks like." Read More The Cure for Child Homelessness: Affordable Housing "Discussions about homelessness often focus on mental health as a cause for the loss of housing. Studies, however, have shown repeatedly that housing unaffordability is the main driver of homelessness. In fact, the stress of homelessness often causes mental health to deteriorate." Read More The State of Affordable Housing for Renters with the Lowest Incomes "There are only 37 affordable and available homes for every 100 renters with extremely low incomes." Read More Homelessness Linked to Poor Mental Health Among LGBTQ Youth, Report Finds "Homeless LGBTQ youth are two to four times more likely to report depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal thoughts compared to housed LGBTQ youth." Read More "More than 1 in 4 LGBTQ youth have experienced homelessness or housing instability at some point in their lives, a new report from The Trevor Project shows, including nearly half of Native/Indigenous LGBTQ youth and nearly 40 percent of transgender and nonbinary youth." Drive-Thru Deeds │ Fridays 11-1 Deliver urgently needed supplies for clients Swing by our office on Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to drop off items, or purchase items from our Amazon wish list and ship them directly to our offices. Here are our most urgent needs this week: Size 5 and 6 Diapers Laundry Detergent Pods Dishwashing Soap Kids Shampoo and Conditioner Thank you for your support! Order Online Do you need support? Do you know someone else who might? Call Doorways to speak with an advocate any time. 24-Hour Domestic & Sexual Violence Hotline: 703-237-0881 New to Doorways? Welcome! Learn more about: Volunteering Giving Fundraising Doorways | P.O. Box 100185, Arlington, VA 22210 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!