The transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (transitional housing program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12351), has as…

The Office on Violence Against Women awarded $500,000 to Tides of Change on October 1, 2025, under the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (CFDA 16.736) to establish the Tillamook Survivor Housing Project.

Tides of Change, a nonprofit organization doing business as Women's Resource Center and based in Tillamook, Oregon, will provide twelve scattered-site transitional housing residences for survivors and their families in rural Tillamook County. The project delivers victim-centered transitional housing and supportive services including rental assistance, victim advocacy, housing advocacy, financial and employment counseling, individual and group counseling, and legal advocacy. Clients receive assistance for a minimum of six months and a maximum of twenty-four months, with the goal of moving survivors experiencing homelessness to permanent housing.

The award runs through September 30, 2028. Tides of Change will hire one additional staff member to implement the program and provide follow-up support. The organization collaborates with Community Action Resource Enterprises on project implementation. Performance occurs in Tillamook, Oregon.

The transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking program (transitional housing program, authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12351), has as its primary purpose the provision of transitional housing and support services to aid minors, adults, and their dependents who are homeless (as defined in 34 U.S.C. 12473(6)) or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance as a result of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The program is intended to provide assistance to victims for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient. The program supports victim-centered approaches to providing transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and voluntary support services to assist with locating and securing permanent housing, obtaining employment, and integrating into a community. Tides of change, a non-profit organization located in tillamook, oregon, will implement the tillamook survivor housing project through the provision of victim-centered approaches to transitional housing needs, in collaboration with community action resource enterprises. The project will provide twelve private landlord, scattered site transitional housing residences for twelve survivors and their families in a rural region of oregon. This new project will use funds to provide both housing and supportive services to move survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are homeless or in need of housing assistance to permanent housing. The project will assist clients for an anticipated minimum of 6 months and a maximum length of 24 months. The range of optional support services includes rental assistance, victim advocacy, housing advocacy, financial/employment counseling, individual/group counseling, and legal advocacy. The project will hire one additional staff member to implement the program and provide follow-up services for at least three months once permanent housing is secured.