Ketchikan Victimization Research
The Ketchikan Victimization Survey was a multi-year effort of Women In Safe Homes (WISH) and Dr. Ali Ziegler from the University of Alaska Southeast. This research was conducted to more thoroughly understand the frequency of types of abuse and the specific behaviors victims are experiencing. This information will be used to help inform our programming and messaging to the community about domestic and sexual violence.
For more information on the survey, you can view this informational presentation on YouTube: Ketchikan Victimization Survey: Process and selected findings. Questions can be emailed to arika.p@wishak.org or aaziegler@alaska.edu.
WIsh Southern Southeast Community needs assessment
WISH contracted with Strategic Prevention Solutions to assess the services and conditions that impact children and families impacted by violence, including sexual abuse and sexual assault, in Southern Southeast Alaska. This assessment includes the communities of Metlakatla, Ketchikan, Saxman, Wrangell, and Prince of Wales Island communities.
2021 Needs Assessment: Services and Conditions Impacting Children Exposed to Violence in Ketchikan, AK
Prepared by WISH for the Enhanced Services program to support children that have been exposed to violence in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District. This Project is a partnership between Women In Safe Homes, Ketchikan Indian Community, and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District.
2020 Ketchikan Homelessness Assessment
Homelessness and housing insecurity are ever-present and growing issues affecting residents of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, including the City of Ketchikan and Organized Village of Saxman. Local organizations including Women In Safe Homes (WISH), First City Homeless Services (FCHS), and Park Avenue Temporary Home (PATH) collaborated to conduct an assessment to understand the demographics, health needs, COVID-19 impact and experiences of individuals who are currently or have been homeless within the past year. This assessment is a tool that can help organizations working on issues of housing and homelessness communicate with stakeholders including funders, local governments, and citizens about what the true experiences of those who are homeless.
2018 intimate partner violence prevention
Community readiness assessment
Completed in 2018, this Community Readiness Assessment utilized the Tri-Ethnic Center model finding stages of readiness to prevent intimate partner violence in the community through a series of anonymous key-informant interviews.
Readiness scores remain low in Ketchikan for the prevention of intimate partner violence. Learn more about community perceptions of victimization in this report.
2018 violence prevention NEeds and resources assessment
This assessment focuses on identifying current resources available in the community, gaps in resources, and barriers to implementing violence prevention programming in Ketchikan. Though the assessment has a focus on violence prevention the information is useful to addressing any social issue impacting our community.
2010 Intimate partner violence prevention plan
In 2010, a community collaborative participated in the creation of Ketchikan’s first Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Plan. This plan is currently being updated, so check back for a new version soon!
Causes and Ramifications of Intimate Partner violence and sexual assault
In 2017, Prevention VISTA JD Martin compiled an analysis of research on IPV & SV from Alaska and across the United States. This in-depth assessment helps contextualize the physical, emotional, and economic toll that IPV & SV place on society. From children through adults, no one is unaffected by this social issue.