Guide to Starting an Emergency Family Shelter

By Holly Madden

This resource will cover the basics of how to start an emergency family shelter in your community.

Trauma Training Takeaways: When activated, people react and respond inside their trauma. Behind those reactions are humans with complicated stories of survival and struggle. This is true for individuals and for families. Every family that is experiencing shelter instability is in the middle of trauma. Sensitivity and compassion to all that is seen and most which is not seen is critical in this work.