Building healing systems
together.
VBA partners with foundations, universities, health systems, and corporations who share our commitment to survivor dignity, trauma-informed care, and systemic change. Our partnerships are not transactional — they are integrated, accountable, and built to last.
What makes VBA a partner worth choosing
A structured five-pillar ecosystem supporting survivors beyond crisis — through therapy, embodied healing, community, advocacy, and long-term navigation.
Licensed facilitation, professional governance, trauma-informed standards, and clear accountability frameworks — built for partners who need to demonstrate impact.
Impact mapped to our five pillars with evaluation readiness — giving partners the data they need to report results to boards, funders, and communities.
Founded and led by a survivor with lived expertise. VBA brings authenticity, community trust, and relationships that no external program can replicate.
Active programming in Los Angeles and Cape Town — with a model designed to scale to new cities, campuses, and communities through partnership.
All partnerships are built on shared principles — survivor-centered, trauma-informed, consent-driven, and accountable to communities, not just funders.
Fund the ecosystem,
not just the moment.
VBA offers foundations a rare opportunity — to fund a holistic, survivor-led ecosystem with evaluation readiness, transparent reporting, and a model designed to scale. We welcome general operating support, program-specific grants, and multi-year commitments.
- →Multi-year general operating support
- →Program-specific grants (therapy, retreats, advocacy)
- →Collaborative program design and co-investment
- →Capacity-building and infrastructure grants
- →Research and learning partnerships
Survivors accessing licensed therapy who previously had no pathway. Programs reaching new cities. A nonprofit with the infrastructure to be a long-term anchor in survivor care.
- ✓ Transparent quarterly impact reports
- ✓ Evaluation-ready data and outcomes mapping
- ✓ Named recognition in annual reporting
- ✓ Direct access to VBA leadership
- ✓ Site visits and program immersions
Students and faculty with access to trauma-informed healing programs on campus. Clinical trainees placed with a leading survivor org. Research that advances the field.
- ✓ Practicum and internship placements
- ✓ IRB-eligible research collaboration
- ✓ Campus programming and workshops
- ✓ Co-authored publications and presentations
- ✓ Community engagement credit for students
Bring healing to
your campus.
One in four college women and one in sixteen college men experience sexual assault during their academic career. VBA partners with universities to bring trauma-informed healing programs directly to campus — and to train the next generation of clinicians in survivor-centered care.
- →Campus-based healing circles and wellness events
- →Clinical practicum and internship placements
- →Joint research on survivor outcomes
- →Title IX support programming and referral pathways
- →Faculty and staff trauma-informed training
Close the gap between
crisis and care.
Most survivors leave emergency care with no follow-up pathway. VBA partners with hospitals, SANE programs, and health systems to create warm handoffs, clinician referral pipelines, and trauma-informed training — so survivors don't fall through the cracks after discharge.
- →SANE program collaboration and referral pathways
- →Warm handoff protocols from ED to VBA care
- →Trauma-informed training for clinical staff
- →Integrated care coordination for high-need patients
- →Community health worker collaboration
Survivors discharged from emergency care with a VBA care navigator already assigned. Clinical staff trained to respond without retraumatizing. Measurable reductions in survivors lost to follow-up.
- ✓ Structured referral and warm handoff protocols
- ✓ Staff trauma-informed training certification
- ✓ Community benefit documentation support
- ✓ Outcome data for quality improvement reporting
- ✓ Joint press and community recognition
Employees who feel supported and seen. A workplace culture that takes trauma seriously. A CSR story that goes beyond check-writing — with measurable survivor impact to show for it.
- ✓ Named sponsorship and co-branding opportunities
- ✓ Employee giving and matching gift programs
- ✓ ERG partnership and education activations
- ✓ Transparent impact reporting for ESG
- ✓ Media and press recognition
Make your CSR
mean something.
One in three of your employees has been impacted by sexual or domestic violence. VBA partners with companies whose values demand more than a donation — who want to build trauma-informed workplaces, support their people, and create measurable community impact.
- →Survivor support sponsorship — fund direct program access
- →Employee giving and workplace matching programs
- →Wellness and education activations for staff
- →ERG partnerships and trauma-informed leadership training
- →Event sponsorships and retreat underwriting
The first door survivors
walk through matters.
Licensed therapists, SANE nurses, EMTs, and law enforcement are often the first — and sometimes only — contact a survivor has. VBA partners with clinical and first responder networks to build warm referral pathways, deliver trauma-informed training, and ensure survivors are connected to ongoing care from the very first moment.
- →Licensed therapists offering pro bono or sliding-scale hours through VBA
- →Clinical supervision and practicum support for VBA's therapy programs
- →Warm referral pipelines from SANE nurses and hospital advocates
- →Trauma-informed training for law enforcement and EMT teams
- →First responder protocols that connect survivors to VBA care at point of contact
- →Peer consultation and continuing education for clinical partners
A survivor leaves the emergency room with a VBA care navigator already assigned. A licensed therapist delivers healing to someone who couldn't otherwise afford it. A first responder knows exactly what to say — and where to send someone — in the first critical minutes after trauma.
- ✓ Meaningful community clinical practice
- ✓ CEU and continuing education opportunities
- ✓ Network of trauma-informed clinician peers
- ✓ VBA referrals back to partnered clinicians
- ✓ Recognition in VBA's clinical partner network
- ✓ Trauma-informed response training and certification
- ✓ Clear VBA referral protocols and resource cards
- ✓ Ongoing consultation and community support
A collaborative, values-aligned process
An initial conversation to understand your goals, values, and capacity for meaningful partnership. No commitment required.
Collaborative design of a partnership that serves both your organizational goals and the survivor communities who need it most.
Implementation with clear milestones, accountability frameworks, and transparent outcome reporting — for your board, funders, and community.
We welcome aligned partners
Tell us about your organization and how you envision working together. Our partnerships team will be in touch within 5 business days.
Or email us directly — info@voicesbeyondassault.org