Family Rescue

The legal advocacy program assists victims of domestic violence in accessing the legal system, obtaining orders of protection, understanding their rights as victims, advocating for clients in court and with law enforcement, proactive outreach, and other support services to address the violence they had experienced. The program also engaged in proactive outreach to victims who might not otherwise have sought assistance from other than the police. In fy'23 the program served 585 adult clients; fielded 2,102 crisis calls; assisted 341 clients in obtaining orders of protection; assisted 88% of clients in developing service plans and 88% in developing safety plans.

The community outreach program provides individual counseling, support groups, advocacy, case management, and financial literacy services to survivors of domestic violence and their children. In fy23 the community outreach program served 472 victims of domestic violence: 419 adults and 53 children. They provided their clients with 5,893 hours of support services. Some of its major accomplishments for the year included: 98% of its clients accomplished 2 or more goals on their service plans: 100% of the children served were able to identify two sources of safety and 100% came to understand that the violence in their families was not their fault. Community outreach also made 67 community education presentations to the community.