Advocate Safehouse Project

The residential safehouse program provides emergency shelter for domestic and/or sexual violence survivors and their children. This program provides emotional support for adults and children, crisis intervention, and access to other services provided by the advocate safehouse project's programs. The length of stay varies from one night to twelve-plus weeks. Approximately 55% of the residents' food is provided by advocate safehouse project during their stay. Advocate safehouse project provided over 1,818 nights of emergency shelter to 35 families with 30 children in 2024.

The housing first program provides rental assistance in a safe environment. In 2024, 20 adult survivors of domestic violence and 39 children of the survivors were provided 74 months of rental assistance.

The community education program seeks to inform and educate students, professionals, authorities, and community groups on the importance of "healthy relationships" through presentations and participating in local media interviews, health fairs, and wellness programs. In 2024, advocate safehouse project conducted 19 educational presentations to 571 individuals in garfield county and 71 community awareness activities with the focus on developing "healthy relationships".

The sexual violence program is multifaceted. Volunteers and/or staff respond to sexual assault nurse examinations performed by mountain west sane alliance (mwsa) with a community-based advocate response; this community based advocacy at sane exams provides survivors with an advocate who has privilieged confidentiality through the process. Further coordination and facilitation with the garfield county domestic violence coalition is provided to assist in organizing a community response to domestic violence that promotes public safety and offender accountability.