Violence Free Futures Inc

Prevention: prevention is imperative for ending violence and promoting the success of violence free futures. Vff conducts prevention education sessions in middle schools and high schools throughout greene county. Vff secured more consistent funding for the provision of safe dates to the middle schools and high schools' youths of greene county. During 2024, we saw a total of 2,929 middle school and high school students in the greene count school districts. Greene county juvenile court subcontracted with vff to conduct prevention services with youth in their assessment center and provided 1,611 services to 191 youth.

Intervention: the intervention staff are trained to address crisis and trauma of their domestic or sexual violence experience. Through intervention, we provide 24/7 crisis helpline, clinical counseling, case management, emergency hospital response, and the domestic intervention for violence response team (divert). Vff takes a holistic approach to ending violence by conducting therapeutic and educational counseling sessions through a batterer's intervention program called domestic violence intervention program, (dvip) for adults. In 2024, counseling sessions were able to be offered both virtually and in person. The total of supportive services and counseling offered throughout 2024 is 10,953 services to 4,010 individuals.