Houston Area Women's Center, Inc.
Houston Area Women's Center, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
The Houston Area Women’s Center works to end domestic and sexual violence and supports all in building safe and healthy lives through advocacy, counseling, education, shelter and support services.
About
Non-Residential Services provide services at the Education and Counseling building for adult and child survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and their non-offending family members. Non-Residential Services consists of Hotline Services, Counseling and Advocacy Services, Housing Services, Childrens Court Services and Outreach Counseling programs.Hotline & Crisis Intervention Services is the gateway to all services provided by HAWC. Our services are free, confidential, and available to all 24/7/365 in 150+ languages. Hotline Crisis Counselors provide crisis intervention, emotional support, lethality assessments, safety planning, shelter placement, and referrals to community resources. In collaboration with other shelters our team identifies shelter space to minimize the number of calls a survivor makes and then connects the call directly to prevent further challenges. Our Safe Passage program helps transport survivors to emergency shelters and our Safe Harbor program allows temporary placement in a hotel as needed. Our crisis team responds to local hospitals and works with sexual assault nurse examiners, social workers, and law enforcement to provide essential support services. Counseling and Advocacy Program, staff members aim to establish an emotionally safe space in which individuals can begin to process through their trauma, know they are not alone, acquire a healthy set of coping skills, gain tools on how to increase safety, as well as recognize personal strengths which have assisted them in surviving. Our services are free of charge and available to men, women, and child age survivors. Clients can access our program through a myriad of ways (Hotline; Outreach; word of mouth, etc.). We offer approximately 40 groups per week with daytime, evening, and weekend availability in order to eliminate barriers a survivor might face. For those individuals who experience additional challenges accessing support, services are rendered in several community-based organizations though our strategic partnerships. Housing Services, HAWC assists clients with obtaining housing resources, including rental/utility assistance and accessing permanent and affordable housing through a continuing collaboration with four HUD funded domestic violence agencies to provide housing services through a coordinated access process essentially creating one access door. To encourage success in our own scattered site transitional housing, housing prevention, and rapid re-housing program, our client advocates provide case management, connect to internal and external resources and assist survivors with filing victims compensation claims, accessing social services and legal advocacy. Staff will provide case management for 6 months after completion of the program to track progress. Childrens Court Services (CCS) provides unique and specialized services for child victims/witnesses facing the daunting task of testifying in criminal court. We provide them with information, support and court orientation, as well as a supportive presence in the courtroom during the trial, creating a safe environment that reduces children's trauma. Our Client Advocates provide ongoing support, internal and community resources, case updates, advocacy and case management to non- offending parents/guardians from the beginning of the process until the cases are set for trial. At that point, cases are transferred to Court Advocates to provide court preparation and accompaniment. Outreach Counseling provides community-based counseling services for African-American, Hispanic, and disabled survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence. Outreach efforts include sites at health clinics and social service agencies.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing documents outline the non-profit's mission as “The houston area women's center works to end domestic and sexual violence and supports all in building safe and healthy lives through advocacy, counseling, education, shelter and support services.”.
When outlining the tasks it performs, they were referred to as: “The houston area women's center works to end domestic and sexual violence and supports all in building safe and healthy lives through advocacy, counseling, education, shelter and support services.”.
- The non-profit's reported state of operation is TX as per legal requirements.
- The filing reveals that the address of the non-profit in 2020 is 1010 Waugh Drive, Houston, TX, 77019.
- As of 2020, the non-profit has 132 employees reported on their 990 form.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$535,845.
- The compensation policy for the CEO of the organization is established through a review and endorsement from an independent source.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 31 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1977.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule J.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization engages in lobbying activities.
- The organization pays $5,250,580 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $565,828 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization pays grants to individuals.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.