Program:
SafeShelter
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Housing
- Population Served:
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Female Adults
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Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)
Program Description:
SafeHaven of Tarrant County offers emergency shelter for 174 victims, 24-hour crisis hotline, safety planning, case menagement,transitional housing, counseling, support groups, play therapy, recreational and therapeutic activities for children, legal advocacy/representation, victim assistance, Hispanic outreach, education/prevention programs, volunteer programs and community outreach primary prevention programs. We shelter approximately 3,000 women and children annually, provide non-residential services to another 2,500 individuals and see 60,000 through educational programs.
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Program Short-Term Success:
Sheltered 2579 unduplicated victims of domestic violence in 2009.
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Program:
SafeLiving
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- Category:
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Housing
- Population Served:
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Female Adults
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Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)
Program Description:
Transitional living program provides free rent and on-going services to qualifying victims leaving the emergency shelter. The goal is to help families attain self-sufficiency by reducing/eliminating debt, learning to budget and increasing their employability.
Program Long-Term Success:
Year in and year out, the program records an 85% or better success rate. When families successfully complete this program, they do not return to an abusive lifestyle.
Program Short-Term Success:
Recently, we had 3 program graduates who saved enough money to make down payments on homes. Another client was accepted into a university's PhD Public Health program.
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Program:
Children Can Succeed
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Youth Development
- Population Served:
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Crime/Abuse Victims
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Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)
Program Description:
Highly specialized and individualized children's services are provided in both shelters including educational, recreational and therapeutic activities. Camp Heart is held two weekends annually specficially for child victims.
Program Long-Term Success:
Children begin to understand the violence is not their fault. They learn new ways to communicate effectively which changes the course of future relationships.
Program Short-Term Success:
Children get to be children again. They no longer have to defend or protect mom; instead, they feel safe and can explore meaningful childhood activities while expanding their educational opportunties.
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Program:
SafeCall
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Human Services
- Population Served:
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Crime/Abuse Victims
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Adults
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
SafeCall is SafeHaven's 24/7/365 toll free hotline. It is always answered by trained staff and volunteers. In 2009, SafeHaven responded to over 50,000 calls, approximately 20% of all calls reported by agencies in the state of Texas.
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