Module 3: Business Planning for Survivors Video Presentation

Module 3 of the Empowering Survivor Entrepreneurs initiative developed by Ladies Empowered with Resources focuses on trauma-informed business planning strategies for survivors exploring entrepreneurship and economic empowerment.

This training helps providers, advocates, coaches, and support professionals understand how trauma may influence planning, decision-making, risk assessment, confidence, consistency, organization, future visioning, and goal development within entrepreneurship settings.

Participants explore how traditional business planning models may unintentionally overwhelm or discourage survivors when emotional safety, flexibility, and lived experiences are not considered. The module introduces survivor-centered approaches that help individuals move from survival-based thinking toward sustainable planning, ownership, and long-term empowerment.

Topics include goal setting, business vision development, identifying strengths and barriers, pacing entrepreneurship growth, adapting business plans during periods of instability, financial considerations, resource mapping, and creating supportive entrepreneurship environments.

Through practical examples, case studies, reflective exercises, worksheets, and implementation tools, participants learn how to guide survivors through business planning in ways that support confidence, emotional regulation, self-determination, and sustainable business development.

This training is designed for transitional housing providers, victim service organizations, entrepreneurship coaches, workforce development professionals, community advocates, faith-based organizations, case managers, social service agencies, and multidisciplinary professionals supporting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, human trafficking, economic abuse, and other traumatic experiences.

Materials may be used for educational and implementation support purposes.