Safe Alternatives To Violent Environments

Housing Programs: Our Domestic Violence Housing First program is housed at the Empowerment Center and provides services for survivors in need of assistance obtaining or maintaining safe and stable housing. DVHF services include direct rental assistance and move-in costs as well as financial help with a wide range of other needs clients have that affect their ability to stay housed - car repairs, utility bills, household furnishings and more. Our Housing First Case Managers provide ongoing case management support as well as financial literacy and wellness workshops. Participants in the DVHF program are welcome and encouraged to use the full range of SAVE services. In FY23/24, our DVHF program served 45 families with rental assistance, help with utilities and other household needs as well as ongoing case management and other supportive services.

Community Prevention and Outreach & Youth Services: These innovative services raised awareness about domestic violence and SAVE programs. Our "Loves Me, Loves Me Not SM" curriculum and other workshops were presented to 1583 youth at local junior high and high schools, churches, and youth groups to promote healthy dating and prevent intimate partner violence among youth. An additional 914 yoiuth were reached through various community outreach events. 1342 adults received vital information about healthy relationships and the prevention of violence at community outreach and training events. SAVE's youth empowerment group, Team "#Stronger Than You Think SM," continue to raise awareness about healthy relationship dynamics and the realities of teen dating violence through community and campus-based engagement. On February 24, Team STYT implemented their 7th annual youth summit, Symbiosis, an intersectional event for the community to celebrate youth activism and empower young folks to build healthy relationships. The event was attended by more than 200 youth.