Legal Advocacy
This court process allows survivors to provide input before sentencing
victim impact statement
What is step one in the Client Grievance Procedure?
Try to resolve the issue with the staff person, giving specific information about your complaint
This center helps survivors with disabilities or older adults access community resources, coordinate services, and get support for housing, healthcare, and legal needs
ADRC
When is your data due?
At the end of the week, but no later than by the end of the month. Data team enters date by the 6th of the following month.
This evidence-based tool helps assess risk of intimate partner homicide
lethality assessment
After filing a TRO, what must be completed before the injunction hearing?
service of paperwork to the respondent
When advocates adjust how they interact with survivors—asking permission before touching, offering choices, and pacing questions—they are practicing this approach
What is trauma-informed care
Unlike a typical police station or hospital, this type of center is designed to minimize repeated questioning of a child victim and coordinate care across agencies.
Child Advocacy Center
The period when a survivor is at highest risk of lethal violence.
during separation or immediately after leaving
This type of custody refers to decision-making authority about major issues like education and healthcare
legal custody
This professional conducts specialized exams designed to minimize trauma and maximize safety for survivors while collecting forensic evidence.
SANE nurse
Name 3 of the 5 reasons we list on the Agency-Initiated Termination of Services to end a service with a client.
This ethical principle ensures that survivors are not pressured into decisions and fully understand potential consequences
What is it called when an advocate tells a survivor “You should accept this settlement because it’s the only reasonable outcome”
legal advice
This professional works within the criminal justice system to provide support, information, and resources to survivors throughout the court process
Victim Witness
Name 3 of the 7 categories/themes discussed in the Community Living Expectations.
Safety, Confidentiality, Visitors, Smoking, House Search, Alcohol/Drug Use, and Length of Stay
This type of custody refers to where the child primarily lives
placement
A survivor of domestic abuse fears reporting their spouse because they are undocumented. Under this law, they can apply for immigration relief independently. What law makes this possible?
VAWA (Violence Against Women Act
Unlike cultural competence, which assumes mastery of another culture, this approach emphasizes self-reflection, curiosity, and partnership
cultural humility
When a survivor decides to report a crime, this office reviews the case and determines whether to file criminal charges
DA’s office
Name 5 of the 8 reasons we would disclose information without a release of information, as listed on the Privacy and Non-disclosure form.
The disclosure is directed by a court order such as an arrest warrant or a subpoena.
Law enforcement authorities will be notified if your behavior causes harm to or endangers your life or that of your children, other Safe Harbor clients or staff.
Law enforcement authorities will be notified when you or your children commit a crime on the premises or threaten to harm another individual or yourselves.
Child Protective Services will be notified if your child has been abused or neglected or there is suspicion child maltreatment has occurred.
You do not return to shelter and there is concern for you or your children (imminent danger/abandonment, etc.).
You bring legal or other administrative action towards Safe Harbor.
The disclosure is made to medical personnel in a medical emergency.
The disclosure is made to qualified personnel for audit, program or research evaluation.
A funder asks how many survivors accessed safety planning and case management last quarter. Missing or incomplete entries make it impossible to answer. What could be a possible outcome of this?
Non-compliance, funding loss, auditing issues, lack of effectiveness,