Peace House Inc

Program Supportive Services - See Schedule O

Clinical - See Schedule O

Outreach - The outreach program helps to identify at-risk families to avoid domestic violence crises. The program is designed to break the cycle of violence and abuse through understanding, planning and action which includes psychoeducational classes and community resource events with an emphasis in reaching underserved communities including those whose primary language is Spanish. 53 hours of psychoeducational classes were provided for survivors and 16,721 adults attended community resource events.

Education/Awareness - Peace House provides education about child and family abuse and healthy relationships to children in community schools from grades kindergarten through twelve. The program also provides presentations in the community to create awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault victimization and the services available at Peace House, Inc. This year, Peace House provided 391 educational presentations to over 12,165 youths.

Volunteer - Peace House operates a volunteer program that attracts, educates, and trains volunteers to support each of the service areas, including direct victim services, facility maintenance and enhancement, community awareness initiatives, prevention education, and on-going administrative, legal, and technical support. This fiscal year, Peace House had 122 volunteers donated 2,071 hours to support our programs and projects.

Children's Services- Children's services and the children's center at Peace House launched its first programming stage at the end of this fiscal year. The year's focus has been on hiring a Director of Children's Services and building the infrastructure and capacity to implement the three levels of planned services. The program offers a supervised trauma-informed space designed for children ages 6 weeks to 10 years of age. Programming also includes age-appropriate safety planning, coordination of services, respite care for children living on our campus or receiving services on an outpatient basis, and child-centric activities including educational and safe play.