Emergency funding and assistance is needed for sexual assault programs, housing for survivors & immigrant survivors: Your civic action to-do list for 5-11-20
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Here's what JWI did in the past week to support our community through the COVID-19 crisis:
JWI sent bouquets of flowers to domestic violence shelters nationwide, delivering a loving reminder that survivors are not forgotten on Mother's Day.
The co-chair of JWI’s Clergy Task Force, Rabbi David M. Rosenberg, published an op-ed in eJewishPhilanthropy titled “Addressing Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community at this time of Covid-19”.
JWI's Senior Advocacy and Policy Manger, Dorian Karp, participated in a Community Faith Roundtable hosted by the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
We alerted 50,000 JWI activists to news of the Trump Administration's rollbacks to Title IX, a law that protects people from discrimination on the basis of sex in educational settings.
JWI hosted the second section of our three-part series, “Recalibrating Your Finances During COVID 19”, helping our Young Women’s Leadership Network community navigate unexpected changes.
...and here's what you can do this week to keep the momentum going:
3. Domestic violence and sexual assault programs are in desperate need of funding to improve technology, provide emergency assistance to survivors, and meet the needs of vulnerable populations like immigrants, homeless survivors, and communities of color.
In a nutshell: Nearly 90% of programs are in need of emergency stimulus funding and 40% of programs have experienced increased demand for services since the onset of the coronavirus.
Take action: Call your Representative and tell them to support $100 million in emergency Sexual Assault Services Funding (SASP) in the House’s next stimulus package, CARES 2.
2. Direct service providers are grappling with the unprecedented challenge of housing survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault while following social distance guidance.
In a nutshell: Existing funding must be increased to make sure that all survivors have access to housing.
Take action: Call your Representative and urge them to support $100 million for shelter or alternative housing, $40 million for transitional housing, and $100 million for specialized housing for homeless survivors in the CARES 2 package.
1. Even before the pandemic immigrant survivors faced additional barriers to accessing safety, but now those barriers have increased substantially.
In a nutshell: The next stimulus bill must respond to the coronavirus pandemic by ensuring immigrants have access to COVID 19 testing and treatment and allowing everyone who filed taxes (even those without a social security number) to receive their recovery rebate.
Take action: Urge your Representative to ensure immigrants are treated equally in the next stimulus package.
