Hopeful Horizons

Hopeful Horizons provides comprehensive, free services to survivors of child abuse, domestic violence, and sexual assault, including: a 24/7 crisis response, emergency shelter, hospital accompaniment, evidence-based trauma treatment, support groups, legal services, victim advocacy, transitional housing and case management. Through forensic interviews and medical exams, our nationally accredited children's advocacy center provides local law enforcement and dss with critical evidence to help ensure perpetrators are held accountable for their crimes and our multi- disciplinary team approach helps to ensure the best-case outcomes for child abuse victims. Additionally, Hopeful Horizons provides free professional trainings, community education and awareness events to help increase our community's understanding of these crimes and improve its response to victims as well as providing prevention education in local schools. In 2022, Hopeful Horizons served a total of 1,211 direct victims of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault. This includes 77 women and 98 children who were provided with emergency shelter for 5,286 nights; 2,137 sessions of evidenced-based trauma treatment and counseling services for adults, teens, and children; 252 people who received holistic legal services and 379 forensic interviews. Additionally, Hopeful Horizons provided training and education to more than 1,600 professionals in law enforcement, education, health care and human services and community members as well as reaching 1,383 youth through prevention programs. Seventeen families graduated from our evidence-based strengthening families program where they developed positive discipline practices, improved communication skills and stayed resilient in tough times.