What it means
Economic security, stable housing, education, health care, and healthy food help create conditions that protect against violence. Meeting basic needs is part of prevention—not a substitute for focused, relationship-based intervention.
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Here is an example to work through. The linked source explains the idea or guest account. The next move is ICM guidance.
- Where it shows up
- Outreach succeeds in building trust, but a participant cannot keep an appointment without transportation or stable housing.
- A useful move
- Identify the practical barrier, the partner who can address it, and the follow-up that confirms support arrived. Put the cost of that connection in the plan.
- What this does not prove
- Basic-needs work and immediate violence intervention can reinforce each other; neither automatically replaces the other.
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Use the part you need next. A guest’s account, research finding, local pattern, and implementation plan answer different questions.