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When trainings are funded by non federal funds, staff add a slide with a disclaimer that no federal funds were used for the creation, research, or travel for this presentation.

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Staff creatively using terminology to continue to speak about access, equity, health, and safety for products to be approved by a federal funder

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EU staff are meeting monthly with Development to examine the impact our work has on the community to prepare us to access non-federal funds

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Coping with the uncertainty, grief, fear, and trauma both personally and vicariously while continuing to do meaningful work. Maintaining empathy without burning out.

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Negotiating a contract to present to health clinic for $7,000.

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We are actively pursuing unrestricted revenue for TTA. NJ Judges paid us $5,000 plus travel for three days of work.

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securing funding, both federal and private

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In policy: Dividing issue areas so each person/org can thoroughly track and analyze their portfolios and share info/resources/advocacy needs and opportunities with the team/coalition/group to maximize our impact while mitigating burnout

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Private funding!

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Seeing organizations come together to stand up against the administration and the cuts to funding. Other national organizations have created toolkits around how to support. I have not seen Esperanza United share these toolkits or post on social media about these cuts and how they are directly affecting survivors and employees.

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There has been more of a concentrated effort on applying for non-restrictive funds such as foundations to fund Promotora work.

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Getting creative on ways to talk about cultural responsiveness

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co-op model! It provides community safety, brings community together and offers strategies folks need at this time to resist/endure

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being in unprecedented times not knowing what will come next

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CSO have received death threats since January 2025.

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Important partnerships we've worked a long time building being on hold (or no longer present) due to executive orders and how they restrict our work within the organization

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not knowing whether to leave the organization or stay due to funding uncertainty

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Expanding language to continue the work for example Encuentros in place of panel

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CSO have downsized closing satellite offices and keeping one central office.

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Advocating and hoping for the positive change and services survivors and communities deserve, while also preparing for the worst and our current reality. For example, the Hotline is sharing widely a document with instructions on how to roll over hotline numbers to their organization for those who have lost funding.

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Roll Over Instructions to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.pdf

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Increased levels of burnout.

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Immigrant and undocumented survivors have been afraid to reach out for services because of ICE raids

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Advocacy groups and nonprofits organized and hosted a webinar for the organizations who lost funding on how to advocate to access funding when the funds were reinstated. EU staff reached out to culturally specific organizations to let them know of this opportunity.

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Lack of approval and necessary funding to move forward with projects and tool creation that support organizations and direct service providers that work with survivors (we're not being able to show up and genuinely support and assist those who support)

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Cancelling trainings for grantees who have requested them and feeling hopeless that we can't support them, or make a difference in our work

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Using the federal funding cuts to bolster donor stewardship.

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Seeing how partner agencies are being defunded specifically.

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Safety planning in nontraditional spaces - local businesses for example

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Having to rewrite grant reports because of language. Double work

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not being able to talk about the work / provide TTA in an authentic way for the sake of self-preservation

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More one-on-one TA to circumvent funder review and approval

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Seeing our partners diminish. Staff being laid off, programs in danger of closing

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Safety planning around local and state immigration enforcement

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Culturally specific organizations and community based organizations do not have unrestricted funds that could cover the cost the OVC funding covered. This meant cease all work immediately and layoff staff. Even though funds were reinstated, organization could not access the funds.

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Verifying language with leadership for what we can and can't use in training

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Little to no alternative funding sources (outside of federal funding)

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timelines affected leads to extra work

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safety planning around potential ice raids with larger group programming. Setting up protocols in case something does happen

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Strengthening their networks to address challenges collectively (i.e. asambleas, etc.)

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it's hard to support grantees when we are in the same boat

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Accessing resources due to fear

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Uncertainty in funding has changed the direction of our projects and our daily work

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Eliminating programing initiatives to meet executive orders on paper and shifting this work without a paper trail (e.g. DEI taskforce)