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Integrating Asset-Building Strategies into Domestic Violence Advocacy
Publication Date: July 2009
Publisher(s): Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Author(s): Kovach Andrea
Funder(s): John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Funder(s): John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Series: Volume 43, Nos. 3-4
Special Collection: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Topic: Social conditions (Poverty and homelessness)
Keywords: economic development; financial education; asset-building; domestic violence
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Creating long-term asset-building policies that cognitively and financially empower survivors can be a powerful tool in domestic violence advocacy. Financial dependency and lack of financial knowledge are disincentives to leaving abusive relationships. Case studies here demonstrate that asset-building strategies can and should be integrated into advocacy on behalf of domestic violence survivors.