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A Safe Place

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Description

A Safe Place is a comprehensive domestic violence program, providing shelter and supportive services to victims of domestic violence. The emergency shelter accommodates 20 women and children, who may stay for a maximum of 90 days, and has a variety of support services including counseling, provision of basic necessities, legal assistance, support groups, and a children's program. Other support includes a 24-hour crisis hotline, community education and outreach, teen violence prevention, household establishment assistance, and medical aid. A Safe Place also offers emergency shelter and support services for men who have been victims of domestic violence.

Goal / Mission

A Safe Place's mission is to break the cycle of domestic and family violence by providing safe shelter and support services to victims and their children and to prevent violence through outreach and education in at-risk populations.

Results / Accomplishments

In 2010, A Safe Place sheltered 78 women and 75 children for 2,750 bed nights, and received around 5,500 crisis line phone calls. It also sponsored A Safe Place's 9th Annual Walk Against Domestic Violence and produced an educational DVD about teen dating violence.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
A Safe Place
Primary Contact
Inecir Matthis
(510) 986-8600
stopdv@pacbell.net
http://asafeplacedvs.org/?page_id=12
Topics
Community / Domestic Violence & Abuse
Community / Social Environment
Health / Children's Health
Organization(s)
A Safe Place
Date of implementation
1978
Location
Oakland, CA
For more details
http://asafeplacedvs.org/docs/2010-annual-report.p...
Additional Audience
Victims of Domestic Violence

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  1. Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP)
  2. Domestic Violence Emergency Response Teams for Zero Tolerance (DVERT/ZT)
  3. On-Call Services for Domestic Violence Survivors
  4. La Casa de las Madres
  5. Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent (W.O.M.A.N.), Inc.
  6. Bob Janes Triage Center and Low Demand Shelter

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  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.