Families in Transition is a member program and accredited by the Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ACASA) and the Anti-Human Trafficking Resource Center to provide services to victims of human trafficking and sexual assault. For more information about ACASA, click the logo.
Families in Transition is also part of the Council on Sexual Assault Response (CoSAR) for Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis, Lee, Phillips and Monroe Counties.
Families in Transition is a member program of the Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence. As a member program, we are required to meet coalition program and fiscal standards to guide domestic cviolence shelter programs in Arkansas with providing the highest level of service to survivors of domestic violence. Standards reflect dedication to a voluntary service model that is consistent to federal funding requirements. The standards also ensure accountability that improves the quality of services for all victims receiving services.
The Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Fund was created by Congress in 1984 to provide federal support to state and local programs that assist victims of crime. VOCA uses non-taxpayer money from the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) for programs that serve victims of crime, including state-formula victim assistance grants. These funds are generated by fines paid by federal criminals to support services for over 6 million victims of all types of crimes annually through 6,462 direct service organizations such as domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, and child abuse treatment programs. Sustained VOCA funds are needed to respond to the dangerous lack of available services for victims.
Families in Transition is a member program of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
United Way of the Mid-South serves the greater Memphis area in improving the lives of Mid-Southerners by mobilizing and aligning community resources to address priority issues. As part of a strategy for creating equitable access to the fundamental resources and supports needed for people in the Mid-South to achieve their hopes and dreams, United Way of the Mid-South implemented a two-generation strategy, Driving The Dream (DTD). Driving The Dream is a functional coordinated network of effective community-based services and supports to help families advance from where they are to where they dream to be.
Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence
The Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence (ACCRDV) is a statewide organization dedicated to combating violence across the abuse continuum. Families in Transition meets ACCRDV annual standards of compliance to receive funding through the Social Services Block Grant (SSBG). SSBG is a flexible funding source that allows states and territories to tailor social service programming to their population’s needs. Through the SSBG, states provide essential social services that help achieve a myriad of goals to reduce dependency and promote self-sufficiency; protect children and adults from neglect, abuse, and exploitation; and help individuals who are unable to take care of themselves to stay in their homes or to find the best institutional arrangements.
Families in Transition receives funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to aid in the provision of rent and utility assistance to victims of domestic violence who are or are at-risk of being homeless. Assistance is provided until awarded funding runs out each year.