Peer Roundtable Discussion - Elevating Grassroots Voices for Survivors
Are you a church, grassroots organization, or rural-based group providing critical support to survivors of domestic violence, especially those not connected to a Continuum of Care (CoC)? If so, we invite you to join the Peer Round Table Discussion.This virtual event is hosted by the Safe Housing Alliance, Collaborative Solutions, and the National Network to End Domestic Violence.
This national peer space is designed to:
- Share how YOU support survivors fleeing domestic violence
- Identify barriers and improve access to coordinated housing services
- Highlight trusted, community-rooted solutions
đź—“ INTEREST MEETING
March 3, 2026 – 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
Join us to learn more about the Peer Round Table Discussion Forum, ask questions, and connect with other organizations.
👉 (Register here for the Interest Meeting – Peer Round Table Interest Meeting Registration)
WHY THIS MATTERS
These conversations will help surface and elevate the expertise of organizations that larger systems often overlook. Together, we’ll explore:
- Housing challenges rural, grassroots, and faith-based orgs face that others miss
- Community-based practices that work but aren’t widely recognized
- Barriers to joining a CoC and what support (funding, training, policy, peer learning) could make engagement possible
- How Safe Housing Alliance can ensure grassroots and faith-based voices are genuine collaborators, shaping outcomes, and not symbolic participants
Your voice is critical in designing survivor-centered housing strategies that reflect community realities.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Registration Opens (All Round Table Sessions): March 19, 2026
- Round Table #1 (Eastern Consortium): April 9, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT
- Round Table #2 (Mid to Western): April 28, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT
- Large Group Convening: May 14, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CT
HELP US AMPLIFY VOICES
Please share this invitation with other grassroots, faith-based, or rural organizations in your network. Together, we can ensure that diverse, community-rooted perspectives shape the future of housing support for survivors.
Safe Housing Alliance
Our mission is to ensure that survivors of domestic and sexual violence have a full range of safe housing options, through improved access, increased resources, and innovative solutions, ultimately catalyzing a safe housing movement.
Our vision is to create a world where safe housing and racial justice are human rights shared by everyone.
Safety Starts with
Anti-Racism
The Safe Housing Alliance remains
firmly committed to the belief that
safety starts with anti-racism.
Read our joint statement with the
consortium TA team on how this forms the
foundation of our work here.
Responding to the Pandemic
The public health crisis caused by the ongoing pandemic exposes individuals experiencing housing insecurity due to domestic and sexual violence to additional dangers. Advocates working in local programs and shelters also face challenges and increased demand as they seek to continue uninterrupted services for survivors.
In response to the request for guidance and resources for emergency preparedness, the Safe Housing Alliance has created this resource page.
About Us
The Safe Housing Alliance was established to ensure that survivors of domestic and sexual violence have access to a full range of housing options. Remarkable work is being done by so many homeless and survivor services providers around the country. The challenge these organizations face today is how to provide safe housing and services to the many survivors who are in desperate need and in danger of falling through the cracks. SHA intends to fill this breach through collaborative efforts to help survivors rebuild their lives safely and free from violence and abuse.
We advance our mission by:
Aligning systems and changing public policy to promote safe housing.
Engaging communities and supporting partnerships to support safe housing.
Advocating for programs and innovative practices to facilitate safe housing.
The Safe Housing Alliance‘s purpose is to shift the culture toward safe housing for survivors, families, and communities.
We reach a broad audience of stakeholders including domestic violence, sexual assault, and survivor-specific housing programs, as well as housing and homeless service providers and homeless Continuums of Care. Through training, technical assistance, policy development, research, and advocacy, SHA’s work focuses on local-level solutions, with support to community, municipal, state, and federal entities to facilitate success.
Safe Housing Equity™
Our mission success is measured through the development of Safe Housing Equity™ for communities – value created through the establishment of safe housing policies, programs, and best practice outcomes that reduce homelessness for survivors and their families, and ultimately improves community security, safety, and health. The Safe Housing Alliance’s work enhances the value of communities by reducing the impact of homelessness resulting from domestic or sexual violence and increasing overall well-being.