Kansas
Serves Ellis County
The Center for Empowering Victims of Gender-based Violence is a research and collaboration center focused on promoting the connection between social entrepreneurship and economic freedom for domestic violence and human trafficking victims. One of the Center’s goals is to facilitate a social movement using entrepreneurial approaches to give power and freedom to survivors. The Center will examine the cost of gender-based violence victimization in the upcoming two years, including both tangible and intangible costs, through a research project focusing on service providers' perceptions. The Center will also generate a report on innovative approaches to tackling issues in rural communities on the Center's website. The Center will provide consulting services to victim advocates and agencies in rural communities by providing workshops and webinars in the next five years. Ultimately, the Center aims to facilitate a social enterprise alliance where survivors in rural Kansas will have opportunities to access both employment and long-term residential care. The coalition will be a collective force involving research and policy analysis produced by the Center, support from local businesses and community stakeholders and victim advocacy groups.