SafeSpace is a safe, secure, and confidentially located shelter. The shelter services we provide are comprehensive and
specifically designed to anticipate the needs of victims in crisis. These shelter services include:
- 24-hour assistance with a professionally trained staff to assist residents with physical and emotional support, including food, personal items, first aid, and clothing.
- Individual and support group counseling for both adults and children. The entire family benefits from individual and group counseling, education, and the unique healing
and support that naturally develop from informal discussions with other residents.
- Comprehensive victim advocacy designed to support and implement empowerment. The staff helps
clients assess their needs and establish goals based upon their individual circumstances with a primary focus on
both short-term and long-term safety for the family.
- Once basic needs are met, advocates assist residents with long-term goal making including safety
planning, education, employment, and housing.
- Our Children’s Coordinator focuses on the unique needs of children in shelter. The long-term effects
upon children who witness domestic violence can be devastating. While in shelter, the residents and their children learn
alternatives to violent behavior. Parenting skills are taught and/or enhanced to specifically deal with the problems and
- Educational advocacy for children including securing a new and safe school environment, assistance with
the coordination of safely transferring information from the former school to the new school, tutoring, and any other
advocacy necessary to see that their education is interrupted as minimally as possible.
- The SafeSpace hotline is staffed 24 hours per day, 365 days a year. It is an invaluable
source for information, support, and referrals for victims of domestic violence or those concerned for a friend or family member in an
abusive situation.
