Program areas at Willow Domestic Violence Center
Shelter/hotline: the shelter provides emergency residential services for survivors of Domestic Violence and their families including counseling, safety planning, case management and other support services. Shelter served 265 individuals including 92 adults, and 173 children.hotline provides 24/7 crisis counseling, safety planning and informational services and responded to 8,287 calls.
Prevention education: prevention education facilitated 365 presentations which reached a total of 7,975 students, professionals, and community members.
Community program: the counseling Center provides 1:1 counseling and community support groups for survivors of Domestic Violence. Counselors provided 2,245 individual counseling sessions and facilitated 63 support groups attended by 51 unduplicated survivors of Domestic Violence. Willow's mobile advocates worked with 229 survivors of Domestic Violence in the community, providing 981 services, such as counseling, safety planning, referrals and support. Willow's human trafficking case manager provided crisis intervention, safety planning, victim advocacy and case management services to 13 survivors of human trafficking.
Other programs: Willow's supportive housing programs are at two distinct locations and served 30 families with 569 services. Additionally, our rapid rehousing program served a total of 21 clients and provided 237 services. The pet program housed 15 pets - 7 cats, 5 dogs, 1 rabbit, and 2 turtles.
Court advocacy: court advocates work with survivors of Domestic Violence as they obtain court orders of protection from their abuser. Advocates meet with clients in a separate and secure waiting room in the monroe county hall of justice. Advocates provided safety planning, counseling, referrals and court accompaniment to 1,200 survivors of Domestic Violence seeking orders of protection.