ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC

COMMUNITY PROGRAM LEGAL ADVOCACY SERVICES: MANY PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE DO NOT REQUIRE SHELTER, BUT DO NEED CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LEGAL ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT SERVICES. IN 2025, 532 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WERE SERVED BY OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL LEGAL ADVOCACY SERVICES. CRIMINAL LEGAL ADVOCATES PARTNER WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SO THAT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RECEIVE THE ASSISTANCE OF AN ADVOCATE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC ASSAULT OR DOMESTIC-RELATED CRIME. IN 2025, ALEXANDRA HOUSE RECEIVED 522 REFERRALS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT; OF THOSE REFERRALS, 356 VICTIMS WERE IDENTIFIED VIA LETHALITY ASSESSMENT SCREENING CONDUCTED BY FIRST RESPONDERS AS HIGH RISK AND WERE CONNECTED TO AN ADVOCATE FROM THE SCENE. ALL OTHER VICTIMS WERE REFERRED TO ADVOCACY SERVICES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT. CRIMINAL LEGAL ADVOCATES PROVIDED CRISIS INTERVENTION, ONGOING SUPPORT, AND CRIME VICTIM ADVOCACY THROUGHOUT CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS TO INCLUDE ACCOMPANYING VICTIMS TO COURT HEARINGS; SERVING AS A LIAISON TO PROSECUTORS; HELPING VICTIMS UNDERSTAND THE CRIMINAL COURT PROCESS AND CRIME VICTIM RIGHTS; AND ASSISTING VICTIMS IN ACCESSING RESOURCES LIKE CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE, REPARATIONS, AND VICTIM NOTIFICATION. IN ADDITION TO CRIMINAL LEGAL ADVOCACY, ADVOCATES ALSO ASSISTED VICTIMS/SURVIVORS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO OBTAIN A PROTECTION ORDER. IN 2025, LEGAL ADVOCATES ASSISTED 128 VICTIMS WITH THEIR PROTECTION ORDER, INCLUDING ASSISTING 98 VICTIMS IN FILING THEIR PROTECTION ORDER PAPERWORK AND PROVIDING FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO 26 VICTIMS THROUGH OUR OFP PROJECT. HOSPITAL ADVOCACY SERVICES: ALEXANDRA HOUSE ADVOCATES ALSO WORK WITH VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IDENTIFIED BY HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MERCY HOSPITAL AND MERCY HOSPITAL - UNITY CAMPUS AND SELECT ALLINA AFFILIATED CLINICS, ADVOCATES PROVIDE IN-PERSON, PATIENT FOLLOW-UP TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE 24-HOURS/DAY. WHEN THE VICTIM HAS BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, WE ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAMINERS (SANE) PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE VICTIM THROUGH THE EVIDENTIARY EXAM, ASSIST THEM IN REPORTING THE ASSAULT SHOULD THEY WISH TO FILE A POLICE REPORT, AND PROVIDE ONGOING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND REFERRALS TO THE VICTIM. IN 2025, 188 VICTIMS OF SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WERE PROVIDED CRISIS INTERVENTION, SAFETY PLANNING, AND SUPPORT THROUGH OUR HOSPITAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM IN PERSON, AND OVER THE PHONE. ELDER ABUSE SERVICES: IN ADDITION TO CONDUCTING OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY GROUPS, SENIOR CENTERS, AGENCIES, AND PROFESSIONALS WHO INTERACT WITH POTENTIAL ELDER ABUSE VICTIMS, WE ALSO OFFER ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION IN ANOKA COUNTY. SERVICES OFFERED INCLUDE ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT, HELP IN NAVIGATING SYSTEMS, CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND BASIC NEEDS, HOUSING, FINANCIAL, AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE. WE ALSO PARTNER WITH ANOKA COUNTY ADULT PROTECTION ON CASES INVOLVING VULNERABLE VICTIMS OF ELDER ABUSE. THIS PROGRAM SERVED 36 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN 2025; PROVIDED SUPPORT TO 260 OLDER ADULT VICTIMS VIA OUR 24-HOUR HELP LINE; PROVIDED 136 SUPPORT GROUP SERVICES TO 10 ONGOING "ON OUR WAY" SUPPORT GROUP PARTICIPANTS; REACHED 317 OLDER ADULTS THROUGH 10 OUTREACH/EDUCATION EVENTS HELD AT LOCAL SENIOR CENTERS, SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER SPACES WHERE SENIORS CONGREGATE; PARTICIPATED IN 6 LOCAL SENIOR RESOURCE FAIRS, REACHING APPROXIMATELY 1112 SENIORS; AND CONDUCTED 9 PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS REACHING 87 MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO INTERACT WITH SENIORS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY- BASED SENIOR SERVICES, VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES. YOUTH SERVICES: OUR YOUTH SERVICE PROGRAM INTERVENES IN THE LIVES OF YOUTH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE. WE REMOVE BARRIERS YOUTH FACE IN ACCESSING SAFE, CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES BY PARTNERING WITH SIX LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE LINO LAKES JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO BRING SERVICES TO THEM. ADVOCATES SPEND TIME EACH WEEK AT MANY HIGH SCHOOLS AND ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS IN ANOKA-HENNEPIN, SPRING LAKE PARK, CENTENNIAL, FRIDLEY, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, AND ST. FRANCIS SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IN ADDITION TO MEETING INDIVIDUALLY WITH STUDENTS, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP GROUPS ARE HELD IN SELECT SCHOOL SITES. ADVOCATES ALSO CONDUCT PREVENTION EDUCATION IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING ON A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS. WE ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL GROUPS AND PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO YOUTH WHO RESIDE IN ONE OF THREE PROGRAMS OF THE LINO LAKES JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. DURING SUMMER MONTHS, YOUTH SERVICES ADVOCATES PARTNER WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND YOUTH SUMMER PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT ANOKA COUNTY TO OFFER INTERACTIVE, EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TO CHILDREN/YOUTH. IN 2025, THE YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDED 671 SCHOOL-BASED INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT GROUP SERVICES TO 110 YOUTH; REACHED 97 YOUTH VIA 233 GROUPS/EDUCATION SESSIONS AT LINO LAKES JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; AND REACHED 283 ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AGED YOUTH THROUGH 13 SUMMER PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION, 3,946 STUDENTS FROM LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES LEARNED ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN ONE OF 165 CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS. COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: ALEXANDRA HOUSE UNDERSTANDS THAT EDUCATION IS CRITICAL TO CREATING SIGNIFICANT, LONG-TERM CHANGE. WE OFFER FREE PRESENTATIONS AND FACILITATE DIALOGUES WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS ON VARIOUS TOPICS, INCLUDING DOMESTIC AND/OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ALEXANDRA HOUSE SERVICES. ALEXANDRA HOUSE ALSO OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF TRAININGS TAILORED TO VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL GROUPS SUCH AS FIRST RESPONDERS, SOCIAL SERVICES, CUSTOMER SERVICE, CLERGY, AND LAY LEADERS, AND IN CORPORATE SETTINGS. IN 2025, OVER 9,238 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONALS INCREASED THEIR AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN ONE OF 111 COMMUNITY EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS, PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS, RESOURCE FAIRS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL EVENTS.