Sustained Collaboration Network Podcast – Ep 4: DVBEDS: An Alliance Supporting Domestic Violence Survivors

By NNSI Editorial Team

In this episode, host Michelle Shumate talks with  Paige Flink, former CEO and board member of The Family Place, and Suzanne Smith of Social Impact Architects. They share the story of DVBeds and discuss how alliances can offer better-shared services to clients through coordination. 

DVBeds is a network of independent domestic violence shelters in Texas. Under a systems alignment theory of change, the program aligns the capacities of the organizations to serve the most individuals and families. The network records real-time bed availability and ensures a warm handoff so that domestic violence survivors don’t have to call a list of shelters to find safety.

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