Survivors Liv is a nonprofit organization founded by Alivia Sale to help domestic violence survivors gain independence. It aims to eliminate domestic violence cases in Maryland and help mothers and children recover from trauma. Services include counseling, legal assistance, emergency support, and programs to aid stability. The organization follows an open systems theory and is structured into departments for children, survivors, legal, emergency, and community services. Evaluation of clients and programs is done through surveys, documentation, and regular meetings.

1. Survivors Liv
Founded by Alivia Sale
“Survivors of domestic violence,
deserve the chance to live again” -
Alivia

2. WHAT IS SURVIVORS LIV ?
Survivors Liv is a non profit organization that focuses on the societal issue of intimate partner
violence, also known as domestic violence.
Our Mission….. To eliminate the numbers of domestic violence cases in maryland. To get justice for
Partner violence cases that were ignored by the law.
Our Objective…. To help the mothers gain their independence and stability back through
services of support. To help the children through their trauma and help build their own
personality again.
Our Goal….. My goal for this organization is to help victims, such as the women and
children from being victims of domestic violence and to give them a sooner and safer
chance to escape. To service the survivors who are living in poverty or
low-income communities and struggling to get their lives back on track independently.

3. Political, Economic, Social Factors That Affect
Victims of Abuse
❖ 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe abuse from there intimate
partner. It can be experienced through physical violence, sexual violence,
and stalking. Resulting in impacts such as injury, fearfulness,PTSD, use of
victim services, and possibility of contracting an STD. (NCADV, 2022)
❖ 1 in 5 female victims and 1 in 20 male victims become in need of medical
care. (NCADV,2022)
❖ Female victims of abuse sustain 3x more injuries than male victims.
(NCADV,2022)
❖ 1 in 5 female victims and 1 in 9 male victims become in need of legal services.
(NCADV,2022)
❖ 23.2% of women and 13.9% of men have experienced severe domestic
violence by a partner during their lifetime. (NCADV,2022)

4. Additional statistics from NCADV on the economic
factors that impact the victims
❖ Victims of domestic violence lose a total of 8.0 million days of paid work
each year.
❖ The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $8.3 billion per year.
❖ Between 21-60% of victims of abuse lose their jobs due to reasons
stemming from the abuse.
❖ Between the years of 2003 and 2008, its estimated that 142 women were
murdered in their workplace by their abuser. Resulting in 78% of women
killed in the workplace during this timeframe
NCADV. (n.d). Statistics. Retrieved from https://ncadv.org/STATISTICS

5. Cultural and Diversity
The program will be culturally inclusive by assessing the needs of the community
by researching the demographics of my local community.
I would research such as the population, areas of poverty and
who is most affected, and areas known for crime involving
children. I believe doing detailed research and collected
data would help assess what to do and where it is
needed the most.

6. The Organizational Theory and Design
Organizational theory that would be put into place is the “open systems theory”. It
demonstrates that all organizations are unique because of targeted environment they
operate in. They are structured to accommodate the unique issues and opportunities
for targeted audience or environment. This open system theory operates off of four
major influences, cultural values, economic conditions, legal and political environment,
and quality of education. These are all the elements that are valued within Survivors Liv.

7. Program services and structure
This organization would withhold the following services:
❖ Domestic violence survivors group meetings
❖ Trauma counseling for mothers and children
❖ Defense workshops for victims of DV
❖ DV prevention program- able to travel to colleges are high schools to educate about domestic violence
and share testimonies
❖ Medical clinic for victims and children
❖ A hotline for an emergency domestic violence disputes Dash including a text future for instances of the
victim needing to quickly or discreetly escape the situation along with the tax sending a police escorts

8. ❖ I would also provide daycare and education services for the children along with a child development program.
❖ Survivor Liv thrift store to give and receive donations. The proceeds that are gained from selling the items go
straight to the organization and program members.
❖ To provide a legal team for victims to have support and fight in dv cases and other legal issues.
❖ I would also like to develop an app for people to use worldwide to get references and resources. There would
also be a journal future on there to document any attacks or concerns in your journals and your entries in the
app automatically get sent directly to the organization. Other features on there would include your name
youTor address and different phone numbers in case of instances of an emergency happening that we have
documentation of you reaching out for help
Program services and structure pt2

9. Programs structured into 6 departments
Children Service Department
❖ Daycare, education
❖ Child development / building workshop
❖ Children’s trauma counseling
Survivor Service Department
❖ Trauma counseling
❖ DV prevention program
❖ Defense workshops for the victims
❖ ‘I am a survivor’ group meetings
❖ Stability services; housing, transportation,
food, clothing, references and resources for
work
Legal Department
❖ Assist with filing dv or battery charges
❖ Emergency custody
❖ Child support
❖ Protective or restraining orders
Emergency Department
❖ Hotline
❖ Medical clinic
❖ Survivors Liv app control and monitoring

10. Program structure pt2.
Community services
❖ Fundraiser events
❖ Survivors fair
❖ Survivors Liv thrift store
❖ Donations
❖ Volunteers
Survivors Liv office and administration
❖ Receive applications
❖ Apply or seek resources
❖ Sponsorships
❖ Board meetings
❖ Client consultations
❖ Organization planning
❖ Finance monitoring

11. Emergency Department…………$50,000
Community service
Deparment………… $25,000
Survivors Liv Office
and Administration …………. $50,000
TOTAL BUDGET : ~$ 550,000
Budget to run Survivors Liv
Office Space........... $ 100,000 - $125,000
Electric and Gas, Water........... $ 50,000-75,000
Children Service Department ........... $ 50,000
Survivor Service Department ........... $ 75,000
Legal Department ........... $ 100,000

12. Information that will be documented includes…..
❖ The number of people we are serving, services they need, and documenting the quality-of-life
condition changes in the clients. Mainly involving interactions and responses from the client
personally. Client evaluations will be conducted at the beginning of them receiving help from the
organization. It is important go over the particular issue as to why they are receiving help, go over
mental health and medical history, potential insecurities, their plan for the future.
❖ Community and client satisfaction surveys
❖ Collected demographic data of the surrounding community we serve
❖ Financial reports; Amount of money spent on the resources and programs vs what is left
❖ Donations and proceeds that the organization collects vs what and how many donations the
organization gave away
❖ Staff evaluations
Information System

13. Program Evaluation
❖ The way I would measure the accomplishments of objectives is by posting a bulletin board that
displays the objectives of the organization success. I would organize the board by listing long term
objectives, such as yearly objectives, and then I would display the monthly goals and numbers. I
think it would also be great to have morning and evening group meetings to go over the objectives
listed and go over whether they were accomplished or not. I would also conduct frequent meetings
to go over documentations and prepare for upcoming evaluations
❖ will evaluate the success of the program by conducting client evaluations at the beginning of them
receiving help from the organization. I would want to go over the particular issue as to why they are
receiving help, go over mental health and medical history, potential insecurities, their plan for the
future. I would want the meetings to be conducted weekly in the start of their service by a selected
therapist. After each time a client has made significant progress, the meetings would be down to
two weeks, then monthly. During all of these meetings they will be documented with evaluation
paperwork and progress reported. Although the meetings may shorten between time, we still would
make sure to conduct check ins through phone calls. This process provides the client with utmost
support and tracking their quality-of-life progress without disrupting their independence and
letting them have room to grow.

14. Conclusion
Survivors Liv is a non- profit organization
that has a mission to save women and
children from being victims of domestic
abuse. Victims of abuse need more
resources and places of support. We want
to make a change and increase the
awareness of the importance if domestic
violence after care. When escaping and
surviving an abusive relationship, the next
question is “What do I do next?” Those
next steps can be hard, we are here to
guide you and help you live again.