Help with projects

The staff of Design Resources for Homelessness may serve as project consultants, providing trauma-informed guidance to shelters, supportive housing, or other projects.

We advocate for the application of trauma-informed care and trauma-informed design principles within built spaces. Doing so can make spaces secure for clients, their families, and their possessions, staff, and volunteers, in ways that

• support the organization’s processes and therapies

• provide space-based environmental psychological cues that support the project’s             desire for clients to make progress

• convey a sense of dignity and respect in the space to support exiting homelessness

• support an atmosphere of calm and optimism

• support intuitive wayfinding

• reduce effort of staff to assist clients

• assist with community and peer support

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Contact us at

designforhomelessness@gmail.com