Hopeful Horizons

Hopeful Horizons provides comprehensive, free services for victims/survivors of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault, including: a 24/7 support hotline, emergency shelter, hospital accompaniment, evidence-based trauma treatment, counseling, support groups, legal services, 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 2023, Hopeful Horizons served a total of 1,406 victims/survivors of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault. This includes 152 women and their children who were provided with 4,221 nights of safety at our emergency domestic violence shelter; 2,028 sessions of evidenced-based trauma treatment and counseling services for adults, teens, and children; 217 people who received holistic legal services; and 409 forensic interviews. Additionally, Hopeful Horizons provided training and education more than 1,200 professionals in law enforcement, education, health care and human services and community members as well as reaching more than 1,350 youth through prevention programs. Twenty-two families participated in our evidence-based strengthening families program to develop positive discipline practices, improve communication skills and stay resilient in tough times.