About REAP
Mission of the REAP Institute:
The REAP Training Institute provides domestic violence advocates with the knowledge and skills needed to increase the economic empowerment of women experiencing intimate partner violence. Our highly trained staff offer a variety of workshops including how to utilize the REAP model in your own community, economic advocacy workshops and consultation on issues related to economic abuse.
History
REAP began in 2001, and is an innovative economic development project for low-income women in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. Not only has this program become a critical part of the St. Louis network of domestic violence services, it is now being utilized as a model in the development of programs in other areas of the country.
REAP Institute faculty are deeply invested in seeing economic advocacy and education become standard components within programs across the country since 2004. REAP Institute faculty have consulted and provided trainings across the U.S. on economic education and advocacy. For more information on training opportunities, click here.
Experience
All REAP Institute Faculty have in-depth experience facilitating REAP economic education classes and providing economic advocacy to women impacted by intimate partner violence from very diverse backgrounds, some who are with their partners and some who have left their partners. Facilitators have taught classes in various settings including domestic violence programs, homeless shelters, transitional housing programs, community colleges, faith communities, Child Protection offices, libraries and other community locations.
REAP Institute faculty have provided trainings across the United States including: California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The REAP Institute conferences held in St. Louis have attracted attendees from throughout the country.