10/17/2018
2018 marks the 40th year of The Family Place saving lives in our community. In 1978, a group of community volunteers organized The Family Place as one of the first family violence shelters and service organizations in the state. Today, The Family Place is the largest family violence service provider in North Texas with 177 shelter beds. The Family Place served over 10k clients with 130k+ hours of service last year alone. Over the past 40 years, they have counseled more than 215,000 clients, provided lifesaving shelter to more than 24,000 women, men and children, and answered more than 600,000 calls for help. The Family Place has helped more than 18,800 batterers learn how to change their abusive behavior and reach approximately 6,000 students each year through youth education programs that help elementary, middle, high school and college students avoid bullying, dating violence and sexual assault and build healthy relationships. All programs are provided in Spanish and in English.