Save The Date | November 6, 2010 | CHICS 4th Annual Party | Benefiting The Family Place

 

The Family Place
Where Family Violence Stops
www.familyplace.org

$35 buys milk for homeless children for one week
$75 provides an infant with diapers for one month
$120 keeps a mother & child safe for one night
$500 funds our 24-hour hotline for six weeks
$1,000 pays for two months of child care for a child at our Safe Campus

Family Violence Hurts the Whole Community. Family Violence starts in the home and radiates to schools, businesses, churches, hospitals and courtrooms. Abuse is felt first by the victim, but eventually touches everyone. The numbers tell the story…

Domestic violence is the number one cause of injury to women in the U. S. -- more than rapes, muggings and auto accidents combined.

A staggering 43% of critical injuries and child fatalities occur in homes where there is spousal abuse.

Family violence costs the nation from $5 to $10 billion annually in medical expenses, police and court costs, shelter and foster care, sick leave and absenteeism.

“The mission of The Family Place is to eliminate family violence through intervention and proactive prevention, extensive community education, advocacy and assistance for victims and their families.”

When you support The Family Place, you are investing in a history characterized by innovation and success. The agency opened one of the first shelters for women victims and their witnessing children in 1978. In 30 years of service, The Family Place has counseled more than 135,000 clients, provided life-saving shelter to more than 16,000 women and children and answered more than 450,000 calls for help.

The Family Place Programs

The Family Place Hotline, (214) 941-1991, offers 24-hour crisis counseling, information and referral.
Emergency Shelter, counseling and case management services are provided at the Safe Campus.
The Supportive Living Program provides long-term housing, education and training to help victims rebuild their lives.
The Child Development Center provides full time childcare for clients at the Safe Campus. The curriculum is designed for the unique needs of traumatized children.
Community-Based Counseling offers group and individual counseling to clients throughout the community in both English and Spanish.
Childrens’ Counseling services use creative arts activities to help children who have witnessed family violence change the way they look at the world.
Youth Education Programs teach students how to stop such behaviors as bullying, sexual assault and teen dating violence.
The Incest Recovery Program provides counseling for victims of incest.
Faith and Liberty’s Place is a supervised visitation center serving children caught in the middle of divorce cases involving abuse.
The Battering Intervention and Prevention Program provides counseling for abusers working to change their violent behavior.