Our Impact

Research and Publications

We center client dignity and transparency as we study the impact of our programs and share knowledge with the human services field and beyond. 

Our research work focuses on deepening the understanding of our programs and enhancing Safe Horizon’s anti-racist, trauma-informed, and client-centered practices. In collaboration with internal and external partners, we undertake research that shapes the movement.

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The Lang Report

5 Recommendations To Better Support Domestic Violence Survivors

Guide

Empowerment-Based Domestic Violence Programming Within a Family Court Setting

A guide for researchers and practitioners interested in implementing a family court-based intervention

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Global Collaboration Against Human Trafficking Report

Fourteen essential principles for working with human trafficking victims

Safe Blog

Post-election Survey Results: Survivors Need a Government That Protects Them

Following the 2024 presidential election, Safe Horizon partnered with Untold Research to conduct a national poll surveying survivors of violence about their voting behavior.

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The Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention Impact Report

In 2008, Safe Horizon and the Childhood Violent Trauma Center at Yale Child Study Center joined forces to adapt a brief, evidence-based intervention for traumatized children and their involved caregivers, implementing it at Safe Horizon’s CACs.

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Child Trauma Response Team (CTRT) Pilot Program

CTRT is a collaborative model designed to reduce the negative impact of children's exposure to domestic violence. From March 2016 to April 2017, a pilot program was implemented in East Harlem for families in the 23rd precinct.