From 2013 to 2015, NCDVTMH worked with state and territory domestic and sexual violence coalitions to measure changes in their member programs’ capacity for engaging in work from a trauma-informed perspective. As part of this initiative, NCDVTMH developed the Member Programs’ Survey (MPS) for state/territory domestic and sexual violence coalitions. It has sections on organizational approaches to becoming more trauma-informed; availability of trauma-specific, culturally specific, and trauma-informed services; challenges and strengths in responding to the trauma-related needs of survivors; and supports available for program staff members. This report provides baseline results from the MPS’s core sections, which show the remarkable depth, range, and diversity of trauma-informed practices being used by 211 domestic and sexual violence programs across 10 states.
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