Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse (SRFVA)

Residential facility for victims of abuse of person, type

Residential facility for victims of abuse refers to an establishment that provides housing to individuals who have experienced abuse, regardless of length of stay (days, months, or years). Includes, but is not limited to, shelters for victims of abuse, transition homes, interim housing, and safe home networks. The primary mandate of the facility must be to provide residential services to victims of abuse, as opposed to facilities primarily mandated to provide housing services to individuals, who may or may not have experienced abused (e.g. homeless shelters, emergency shelters).

Not to be confused with the more general 'Shelter'. 'Shelter' refers to an establishment for persons lacking a fixed address or for persons needing transitional shelter or assistance. Included are shelters for persons lacking a fixed address (such as homeless shelters or shelters for street youth), shelters for abused women and children, and transition homes or halfway houses for ex-inmates or persons on conditional release.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Residential facilities for victims of abuse, type of accommodation