Women in Crisis: Shelter and Support for Victims of Domestic Violence
Program Overview | Program Services | Strategies for Victims | Contact Person
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Who is a victim of Domestic Violence?
Women and children are the primary victims of domestic violence
and can come from any social or economic level. A woman may be
either too afraid or embarrassed to tell anyone about the battering
she is experiencing and she may have become financially, emotionally
or psychologically dependent. Male victims are also offered safe
housing.
What is abuse?
Abuse is physical, sexual, emotional psychological battering
or the threat of it. Physical abuse is a crime. Abuse will become
more frequent if the victim does not obtain help. Sixty percent
of children from violent homes are the victims of abuse or will
become abusers themselves. No one deserves to be beaten or emotionally
abused.
- Emergency shelter for victims of abuse and their children.
- 24-hour HELPLINE 625-5570
- Individual and group counseling
- General information and community referrals
- Legal information & referral
- Clothing
- Food
- Medicines
- Transportation
- Programs for children in residence
- Substance abuse counseling
- Shelter bound instruction and tutoring
- Art and play therapy
- Parenting skills
- Special programs.
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- Out-of-Shelter Services:
- Support groups for abused women
- Life Management Skills Course
- Community education and training
- Speaker's Bureau
- If you or your children are being abused or are in immediate danger, call the police emergency number 911.
- Leave and go to a safe place either a friend's or neighbor's house, to your families or out of town.
- Once in a safe place call the 24-hour HELPLINE at 625-5570 for guidance and counseling.
- If you are hurt, go to the Emergency Room at the nearest hospital for medical assistance. Remember this visit will help you in court.
- Save evidence of any torn clothing, color pictures of your wounds, threatening answering machine tapes, doctor's report, etc. for use in court.
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- If you have time to plan before leaving home:
- Pack your essential needs and those of your children.
- Be sure to bring important documents such as:
- birth certificates
- school records
- immunization records
- insurance documents
- social security card
- any identification papers
- stamps, etc.
- Try to save some money.
