The present shelter facility operated by A SAFE PLACE has twenty beds with individual living space. The Emergency Shelter Program provides up to 8 weeks of shelter and therapeutic environment for women and their children. An interim motel program is also available to provide emergency accommodations. The 24-hour crisis and shelter referral and information line handles nearly 3,000 calls each year. The shelter is a refuge battered victims and children and has provided each with services that include professional individual and peer group counseling, as well as advocacy and other professional supportive services. A Safe Place provides quality domestic violence services responsive to the cultural and linguistic needs of its clients. A Safe Place does not permit discrimination based on race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, creed, national origin or physical challenge.
