National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health
Public Policy OfficesIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health operates within the public policy sector, focusing on transforming systems that affect survivors of domestic and sexual violence and their families. Based in Chicago, Illinois, the organization supports advocates, mental health and substance use treatment providers, legal professionals, and policymakers through training, support, and consultation aimed at improving agency and systems-level responses to survivors and their children. Its work is survivor-defined and anchored in social justice, with the aim of reducing both systemic and individual trauma and promoting healing and equity. As a national resource center affiliated with federal funding streams, it participates in a network of organizations dedicated to addressing domestic violence, trauma, and related services. The organization serves a range of stakeholders within public policy offices and allied fields, seeking to advance policy and practice improvements that affect survivor safety and well-being.