Program areas at Elizabeth Freeman Center
Department of public health (dph) residential emergency shelter: Elizabeth Freeman Center operates an emergency shelter in a confidential, secure location for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault who must leave their homes due to imminent threat of harm or death. Our shelter provides a homelike setting with ten bedrooms capable of sheltering ten to twelve families including sixteen children. It is equipped with security systems and is staffed 24 hours daily. We have on-site counseling, advocacy and transitional services. 55 clients (3,650 room nights) were served in fiscal year 2023.
Domestic violence community services: Elizabeth Freeman Center provides community-based services to survivors of domestic violence and their non-offending family members to help them get safe, stay safe and recover from the injuries of violence. These services include a 24 hour toll-free hotline with physical response, information/referral, crisis intervention, emergency services, individual counseling and support groups, financial independence programming, community education and training, and prevention programming for youth. 1,562 clients were served in fiscal year 2023.
Rape crisis Center services: through this program Elizabeth Freeman Center provides counseling and advocacy services to survivors of sexual assault and their families. Services include our 24 hour toll-free hotline (voice and mass relay) with physical response to hospitals or police stations following an attack, emergency shelter, emergency services, individual and group counseling, advocacy for protection orders, financial independence programming, violence prevention education, outreach and community education and training. 554 clients were served in fiscal year 2023.
Other programs include rural domestic violence project, violence prevention for homeless, victim assistance in court, visitation services, services for immigrants and refugees, safe berkshires project, lgbtq access project, disability justice project, homelessness response, victim contact for batterer's intervention program, civilian advocate programs, and housing stabilization program.