ALICE PAUL HOUSE

What they do

EDUCATE, ADVOCATE and EMPOWER VICTIMS/SURVIVORS of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, JUVENILE OFFENSES, and ALL OTHER CRIME. EXISTING PROGRAMS INCLUDE: 1) COUNSELING ADVOCACY -- INDIVIDUAL and GROUP EMPOWERMENT COUNSELORS PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE ACTION FOCUSED, CLIENT-CENTERED, and TRAUMA INFORMED. 2) EDUCATION ADVOCACY -- PROVIDE STRATEGIES to PREVENT VICTIMIZATION BY FOCUSING ON CONDITIONS THAT REDUCE VIOLENCE, ONE-TIME, EDUCATIONAL/COMMUNITY AWARENESS PROGRAMS DESIGNED to RAISE AN UNDERSTANDING of VIOLENCE and VICTIMIZATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, and PROVIDE AN 80-HOUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING THAT is ACTION FOCUSED, CLIENT-CENTERED and TRAUMA INFORMED. 3) SHELTER ADVOCACY -- CRISIS HOTLINE PROVIDES AROUND THE CLOCK SUPPORT and GUIDANCE 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR, SAFETY PLANNING INCLUDES STEPS and OPTIONS for INCREASING THE SAFETY of VICTIMS/SURVIVORS and PREPARING IN ADVANCE for THE POSSIBILITY of FUTURE VICTIMIZATION, ON-CALL ADVOCACY OFFERS VICTIMS/SUR