OUR WORK
We study what happens
after the first step.
Leaving abuse is only the first step. You Made a Way examines financial coercive control, institutional response, and how those responses directly impact a survivor's ability to leave and rebuild.
OUR WORK
We study what happens
after the first step.
Leaving abuse is only the first step. You Made a Way examines financial coercive control, institutional response, and how those responses directly impact a survivor's ability to leave and rebuild.
RESEARCH → POLICY → PRACTICE
What happens when what we know
isn't what happens in practice?
Research can change what we know. Evidence can inform law and policy. But policy change does not necessarily mean practice changes with it.
You Made a Way examines the space between research, policy, and practice - including where institutional norms and professional practices align with evolving evidence, law, and policy, where gaps remain, and what those gaps mean in survivors' lives.
RESEARCH
What do we know?
POLICY
What changed?
PRACTICE
What happened?
OUTCOME
What does it mean for her?
01 RESEARCH
We study
institutional response.
Our research examines financial coercive control and the systems survivors encounter during and after leaving, with particular attention to the relationship between evidence, policy, institutional practice, and survivor outcomes.
Financial Coercive Control
Understanding financial control within broader patterns of coercive control and how it can continue or change form after separation.
Institutional Response
Examining how institutions recognize, interpret, and respond to coercive control and its financial consequences.
Policy & Practice
Studying how evidence is translated into policy and how policy is subsequently interpreted and implemented in institutional settings.
02 EDUCATION
We bring what we learn
into the room.
Research shouldn't stop at publication. Through public education and Community Conversations, we bring research, lived experience, professionals, institutions, and communities together to deepen understanding, examine gaps, and strengthen the conversation around institutional response.
WHY YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS