March Update

March is a fun-filled month of grant writing, finishing up last minute additions to Victim Service’s grants due this month. We are also in full swing planning for Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Prevention Awareness for the month of April. In planning for these activities, we are asking the community to donate jeans in…

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We’re a 2019 Mary Kay Foundation Grant Recipient

We were one of 100 domestic violence agencies to receive a grant from The Mary Kay Foundation. We received the gift of $20,000 that we’ll be contributing to our endowment fund. Each year The Mary Kay Foundation awards grants to agencies across the country in an effort to help eliminate domestic violence by providing women…

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We’re Hiring!

Safe Harbor is seeking a number of part-time Shelter Advocates to provide high quality performance in the day-to-day operation of the Safe Harbor Shelter. This position is aimed at staffing the shelter 24/7 so hours will be during the nights and weekends.

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Beyond the Victim

This annual conference will feature a discussion on issues related to domestic violence, human trafficking, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, and offender accountability.

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Dangers of Social Media

Social Media Dangers

We’ve put together a list of some of the most common social media platforms and ways that your son or daughter can put themselves at risk with the content they share. Take a look and be sure you’re having conversations with your children about the dos and don’ts of social media.

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Child Sexual Abuse: What can we be doing?

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When you see the headlines about a child being sexually abused by an adult you often feel instant anger. Often times you may ask yourself, “How could someone do that to a child?” The statistics are very alarming showing that 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys are victims of child sexual abuse.

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Spillover of Domestic Violence

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Domestic violence does not stay home when the victim leaves for the day. It can follow them to the grocery store, school, children’s activities and most often work. Domestic violence is very dangerous and can escalate so quickly.

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A Voice for the Voiceless | Gina Karst

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Child Advocacy Centers (CAC), to help give a voice to the voiceless. A CAC is just what the name implies, an advocacy center for children. Typically, the staff consists of a child advocate, who will advocate for the child before, during, and after any court proceedings and a forensic interviewer who interviews the child, or children, to learn exactly what the circumstances were surrounding the abuse and the details about the event or events.

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Increase in Need of Safe Harbor

Annually, Safe Harbor services are reaching more and more people in the seven counties we serve. The numbers of services we have provided to clients has increased drastically over the past year.

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