The Coordinating Council sets policy and creates a forum for ongoing discussion. Members include public sector and nonprofit leadership, representatives from member organizations, and topical experts. The council is co-chaired by leaders from:

• Office of Domestic Violence Strategies
• WOAR – Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence
• Philadelphia Legal Assistance

Short-term projects are completed by working groups.

Current working group projects include:

• Better Serving Religious Survivors. This project is making a calendar and guide on how to serve religious survivors of relational violence during religious observances.
• Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Gun Violence Video. This project is creating a video for health care professionals about the intersection of IPV and gun violence.
• LGBTQ+ Working Group. This project aims to recruit LGBTQ+ focused organizations into Shared Safety. It will also help onboard and integrate them into the Coordinating Council.
• Philadelphia Region Medical Conference. This working group is planning a one-day, in-person conference for health care professionals. It will cover topics about caring for patients who are survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
• Trauma-Informed Discharge Document. This working group is creating a template discharge document for healthcare settings.

Email SharedSafety@phila.gov if you are interested in supporting or learning more about any of the working groups. Or sign up for the Shared Safety newsletter to receive updates.

If your organization would like to join Shared Safety, email us at SharedSafety@phila.gov.

Our members include:

• African Family Health Organization
• Center for Advocacy for the Rights & Interests of Elders
• Congreso de Latinos Unidos
• Courdea
• Crescenz VA Medical Center IPV Assistance Program
• Dawn’s Place
• Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services/ Community Behavioral Health
• Department of Human Services
• Dinah
• Health Federation of Philadelphia
• Health, Education, and Legal assistance Project: A Medical-Legal Partnership (HELP: MLP)
• HIAS PA
• Joseph J. Peters Institute
• Lutheran Settlement House
• Maternal, Child, and Family Health (Philadelphia Department of Public Health)
• Mayor’s Office of Engagement for Women
• Mazzoni Center
• Nationalities Service Center
• National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
• Office of Domestic Violence Strategies
• Office of Homeless Services
• Philadelphia Legal Assistance
• Philadelphia Sexual Assault Response Center (PSARC)
• Purple House Project PA
• Salvation Army, A New Day to Stop Trafficking
• SEAMAAC
• Senior Law Center
• Villanova Law Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation
• Wes Health System
• WOAR – Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence
• Women Against Abuse
• Women In Transition