III. Approvals & Disapprovals

Approval of applications are determined by three factors.

3.1 The applicant or trusted third party unequivocally provided extreme reasoning for needing domestic violence abuse shelter residency.

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3.2 The applicant or trusted third party completed every question as required and successfully submitted the application to Luvernes Safe Haven, Inc. This means that no section was left blank. For questions that did not apply, or there was no answer, applicants or trusted third parties listed “N/A” as required.

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3.3 Finally, the applicant signed their name in regular print (not cursive) on each document as required. This is for paper application submissions only. 

 

Application approval does not mean "residency approval". Application approval confirms that based off of the information you've provided you are a qualified candidate for our residency program. Residency approval comes after parts I & II of the application have been submitted, reviewed, and followed up with a phone interview. The application on this webpage is Part I of the application process. For security purposes part II of the application process is only provided after a follow up interview to part I has been completed. If during the first follow up phone interview an applicant desires to proceed to the next part, our part II application link will be provided through email. For application submissions that are submitted by paper, part II applications can also be provided and submitted by paper upon requests. For part II applications that are accessed through an email provided link, the application will require a passcode. A unique passcode will be provided and is time sensitive. The passcode will expire 48 hours after being sent out. If part II application is not completed within the allotted time, the application will expire and will require a 6-month waiting period to reapply for residency. 

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Once Approved

Residents who are approved for residential stay at the abuse shelter home are expected to obtain abuse shelter residency within 7 days of residency approval. Approved residency applicants who may not be able to obtain physical residency within 7 days must make the organization aware immediately in which a new date if permissible may be extended. No applicant once approved will have more than 2 weeks (14 days) to obtain residency for any reason. If residency has not been acquired within a 14-day window from the original application approval date, applicants will be removed from the program. At that time applicants are not allowed to reapply for abuse shelter residency until after 6-months and 14 days from the original approval date. For these reasons’ applicants are encouraged to apply when they are 100% prepared to enter the abuse shelter residency home. Luvernes Safe Haven, Inc. will attempt to contact residency approved applicants' multiple times within the 48-hour window. If unsuccessful in reaching applicants after 48 hours of attempting to, applications will be denied and applicants are not allowed to reapply for abuse shelter residency until after 6-months and 14 days from the original approval date.

 

Waiting List Approved Applications

The only instance in which an approved applicant who is on the waiting list will receive a call back from Luvernes Safe Haven, Inc. is when they are the very next person in line to move into the abuse shelter home. All other communications will be through email.

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Disapprovals or rejection of applications may happen if one or more of the following occur.

3.4 A physical copy of an application was submitted and not signed (in print) and dated as required.

 

3.5 Applications failed to prove an extreme need for Luvernes Safe Haven, Inc.'s domestic violence abuse shelter residency services.

 

3.6 An application was submitted with a perceived reasonable accommodation that will unfortunately cause an undue hardship to the organization.

 

3.7 An applicant or third party submitting an application on behalf of an applicant attempted to return it either by email, fax, or physical mail yet it never arrived to the organization. 

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All disapproved or rejected applications will receive a follow-up response and explanation as to the reasons of disapproval or rejection within 48 hours of submission unless it falls under section "3.7".

Reasons under section "3.7" will be unknown to the organization until and unless an applicant contacts the organization in inquiry of an application that has not been received. If an application inquiry falls under section "3.7" upon conclusion we kindly ask that the applicant or trusted third party acting on behalf of the applicant complete the application online. Applicants who receive a disapproved or rejected application update may reapply based on the rejection reason. If an applicant has failed to create extreme reasoning for needing shelter in the disapproved or rejected first submitted application, yet can currently establish an acceptable reason for acquiring abuse shelter residency, a new application should be submitted. In all cases if the rejection reasoning is something that can be modified applicants should reapply with the modifications.

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Application interim Questions?

3.8 Can I request a call back instead of an email update to know if my application was not approved?

Unfortunately, we do not permit callbacks for approved or unapproved domestic violence abuse shelter residency applications. All communications will be through the email that was provided on the original application. 

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3.9 If I don’t have an email what other way can I find out that my application was not approved?

Unfortunately, we only offer email communication in terms of communicating application status? We do not send rejection letters through physical mail or rejection communications through text messaging as we consider this service confidential. Sending a rejection letter to a home address or via text messaging violates our company's policy. Even upon request from the applicant we cannot send physical mailed rejection letters or text about approved or unapproved applications. Phone calls are not permitted for updates on application status as it too violates our confidentiality and safety protocols for abuse shelter residency applicants.

 

Waiting List & General Questions?

1. How many applicants may be on the waiting list at once?

All approved applications will automatically go on the waiting list. The number of approved applicants on the waiting list will vary as the organization will not know how many applications will be submitted and approved. Approved applications are "Part I" applications that were approved for completing the next steps (Part II Application). In any case approved or disapproved domestic violence abuse shelter residency applications statuses will be notified with a determination letter via email.  

 

2. Why don’t all approved applicants on the waiting list get a call back since their applications were approved? 

Luvernes Safe Haven, Inc. accepts abuse shelter residency applications from across the United States of America. We have partners across the country to which applicants in different states may have been referred to apply to our domestic violence abuse residency program directly from another partnering organization. We receive a large number of applications and communications for the many different services we provide. If our domestic violence abuse shelters are near to or at full capacity it is considered more of an inconvenience to applicants to call every applicant who was approved when the likelihood of actually moving into the abuse shelter home is unlikely within the next 4-6 months. The average survivor’s residency duration is expected to be between 4-6 months. Applicants are looking for shelter as soon as possible. And although we're constantly growing our abuse shelter capacities, when near to or at maximum capacity it is too risky to hold up the possibility of an applicant to receive shelter elsewhere in the interim of our organizational growth. This is why all submitted applications are followed up through email, which includes their waiting list position.

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3. Why not close off applications when at or near abuse shelter capacity to avoid a large pile up of approved applicants waiting for a residency offer?

Our domestic violence abuse shelter residency application portal is always available for a variety of reasons such as organizational training, our partnership requirements, legalities, and most importantly to offer abuse shelter residency to survivors. When we're at full capacity we will state that we're currently not accepting applications. An opening can occur at any time, and we're always working to expand our residency capacities.

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 4. Will approved applications on the waiting list expire?

Yes. Applications that are approved yet on the waiting list expires after 90 days of submission. 

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5. Why do approved applications on the waiting list expire?

Luvernes Safe Haven, Inc. accepts domestic violence abuse shelter requests (applications) from all 50 of the United States of America. It is with deep regret that some approved applicants may not be able to acquire our residency program due to unavailable rooms amid our domestic violence abuse shelter homes. We encourage all applicants to apply at different abuse shelter residency programs in addition to ours.

 

6. If my application was approved and I received an email stating that I was on the waiting list, yet 90 days have passed without any callback do I have to complete another application if I still wanted to apply for or needed abuse shelter residency with Luvernes Safe Haven, Inc?

Yes. You should submit another application just as you did previously in the understanding that the same rules and procedures will apply.