A Womans Place

Housing services-a woman's place (awp) has a full service 24/7 safe house shelter in a confidential and secure location that provides a safe and nurturing environment plus food and clothing provisions. Shelter residents can receive counseling, support and advocacy services and finance, housing, employment, education and legal assistance. From 7/1/2023-6/30/2024, 45 adults and 62 children were provided emergency shelter in the safe house, for a total of 5,485 bed nights. Awp also operates a rapid rehousing program, providing victims the opportunity to locate an apartment that will then be subsidized through the program for up to 1 year. This program allows shelter residents to relocate more quickly, providing additional space in the safe house and discouraging survivors from returning to their abuser because of financial constraints. During their time in the apartment, awp provides case management, education on financial empowerment, budgeting and connection to other community resources. In 2023-2024, awp provided 16 domestic violence survivors with housing through this program.

Community outreach-from 7/1/2023 -6/30/2024 awp educators provided 5,833 students with educational programming from grades 4-12 on conflict resolution, healthy friendships and relationships, boundary setting and adolescent relationship abuse. During the same period, awp provided 1,386 adults with education about domestic violence, including medical advocacy. In addition, trainings on topics and intervention strategies related to domestic violence were attended by 715 individuals, including staff and volunteers. Volunteers provided over 900 hours of direct service to the organization.