Press release from the Redwood Institute of Social Research:

Help Strengthen Domestic Violence Services Across California—Your Voice Matters

Redwood Institute of Social Research (RISR) is reaching out to ask for your support in an important statewide project. We are seeking input from advocates, service providers, and people with lived experience of domestic violence/ intimate partner violence. Your voice is essential in helping to identify current needs, challenges, and opportunities to improve domestic violence services across California.

Our team is conducting the California 2025 Intimate Partner Violence and Domestic Violence Services Needs Assessment for the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (the Partnership). Your participation will have a direct impact on the training, resources, and support made available to advocates and service providers working to address intimate partner violence across the state. How can you help?

• If you are a social service provider, please complete the Provider Survey (approximately 20 minutes) and/or share it with your colleagues

• If you have lived experience with domestic violence, please complete the Survivor Survey (approximately 20 minutes), or share with survivors that you know and/or work with

• Promote the project through social media and/or pass along to other organizations

• Share your organization’s data. RISR is collecting information from organizations throughout California to gather current trends and demographics. This could include data from program evaluations and surveys you have completed in your own organization. If you have data to share please fill out this form and RISR will be in contact with you.

You can access resources to assist with outreach and communication efforts by visiting our online resource folder. Thank you for supporting this important initiative!