How We Partner With You & Your Team:

Overview

The Culture Residency is a department-based, time-bound advisory engagement designed to strengthen how colleges and universities respond to sexual and gender-based violence. This residency focuses on assessing existing systems, identifying cultural and structural gaps, and supporting departments in redesigning their practices so survivors experience more holistic, culturally responsive, and effective support.

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The residency is grounded in the understanding that survivors often navigate sexual and gender-based violence alongside other intersecting challenges, including housing instability, financial insecurity, academic precarity, and other forms of trauma. Departments need systems that are equipped to respond to the full reality of survivors’ lives, not just individual cases.

Who the Culture Residency Is For

The Culture Residency is designed for higher education departments such as:

• Title IX Offices

• Student Affairs

• Equity, Inclusion, or Campus Safety Offices

• Dean’s Offices or Student Support Units

• Counseling, Health & Wellness, & Residence Life

• Athletic Department

• Departments engage directly and do not need institution-wide approval to participate.

The Purpose of the Residency

The Culture Residency helps departments:

• Assess how survivors currently experience departmental systems and processes
   

• Identify cultural blind spots and structural barriers that negatively impact survivor outcomes
   

• Strengthen coordination, clarity, and responsiveness within survivor support systems
   

• Redesign policies, workflows, and practices to better support survivors with complex needs
   

• Move beyond compliance toward meaningful, survivor-centered outcomes
   

Residency Options & Investment

3-Month Culture Residency — $25,000
Assessment, Clarity, Stabilization, and Strategy

This option focuses on understanding what is currently happening and what needs to change.
Includes:

• Review of relevant policies, procedures, and workflows
   

• Assessment of survivor pathways through the department
   

• Identification of cultural and structural gaps
   

• Written assessment report with clear findings and recommendations
   

• Strategic guidance for next steps
   

6-Month Culture Residency — $45,000
Assessment, Strategy, Redesign, and Adjustment

This option supports departments in beginning meaningful change while the academic year is underway.
Includes:

• All components of the 3-month residency
   

• Advisory support for redesigning systems and processes
   

• Guidance on adjusting practices in real time
   

• Ongoing consultation as challenges and questions arise
   

12-Month Culture Residency — $75,000
Full-Cycle Support Aligned with the Academic Year

This option provides comprehensive support from assessment through implementation.
Includes:

• Assessment and strategic planning
   

• System redesign and adjustment
   

• Implementation support across semesters
   

• Ongoing advisory presence to support sustainability and long-term impact
  
   

Outcomes

By the end of the residency, departments are better equipped to:

• Respond to sexual and gender-based violence in more holistic and culturally responsive ways
   

• Support survivors navigating complex and intersecting challenges
   

• Reduce systemic barriers and unintended re-traumatization
   

• Strengthen survivor trust and engagement
   

• Improve overall survivor outcomes
   

Next Steps

Departments interested in exploring a Culture Residency are invited to schedule a consultation to discuss scope, timing, and fit.