1736 Family Crisis Center
1736 Family Crisis Center
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About this organization
Mission
The mission of 1736 Family Crisis Center is to comprehensively help children, women, men and families through crisis circumstances, including domestic violence, homelessness, abuse, neglect, poverty, substance use, post-traumatic stress disorder, and distress, and to improve their prospects for long-term housing, safety, survival, financial stability, and success.
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS - THE CENTER OPERATES FOUR CONFIDENTIALLY-LOCATED SHELTERS OFFERING 128 BEDS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND THEIR CHILDREN (BOYS AND GIRLS FROM BIRTH THROUGH AGE 17). THE SHELTERS OFFER A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE BLEND OF EMERGENCY AND TRANSITIONAL STAGE CARE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN IMMINENT CRISIS, MANY FLEEING DESPERATE AND VOLATILE HOMES OR DANGERS FROM LIFE ON THE STREETS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE FURTHER ALONG IN THEIR RECOVERY AND PATH TO INDEPENDENCE. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO HELP SURVIVORS OVERCOME THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER DIFFICULTIES THAT IMPAIR PERSONAL AND FAMILY FUNCTIONING, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY. COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES FOR ADULT SHELTER CLIENTS INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT, PROFESSIONAL AND PEER-GROUP COUNSELING, LEGAL ASSISTANCE, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, PARENTING EDUCATION AND ROLE-MODELING, JOB DEVELOPMENT AND PLACEMENT, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, 24-HOUR ADVOCACY AND PROTECTION, PERMANENT HOUSING ESTABLISHMENT ASSISTANCE, AND REFERRALS FOR MEDICAL CARE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE REHABILITATION, AND OTHER SPECIALTY SERVICES. CHILDREN IN THE SHELTERS RECEIVE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT/RE-ENROLLMENT SERVICES, AGE-APPROPRIATE COUNSELING AND THERAPY, THERAPEUTIC FREE PLAY, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, TUTORING, AND ART/MOVEMENT/JOURNALING AND OTHER CREATIVE THERAPIES TO ENHANCE THEIR HEALTHY SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO FACILITATE RECOVERY FROM SEVERE TRAUMAS THEY HAVE WITNESSED AND EXPERIENCED. THE CENTER RECOGNIZES THAT VIOLENCE STATISTICALLY ESCALATES DURING PREGNANCY AND ACCORDINGLY WELCOMES PREGNANT WOMEN INTO THE SHELTERS, MAKES ACCOMMODATIONS, AND CELEBRATES THE BIRTH OF MANY NEWBORNS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN INTO VIOLENT HOMES. THE CENTER'S UNIQUE INTAKE POLICIES ALLOW FOR THE SHELTERING OF SURVIVORS' ADOLESCENT CHILDREN WHETHER MALE OR FEMALE (BOTH SUPERVISORS AND FRONT-LINE WORKERS SPECIALIZE IN TEEN DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR, ALLOWING THE CENTER TO HOUSE OLDER TEENAGE BOYS, WHO ARE OFTEN EXCLUDED FROM OTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS NATIONWIDE). GRADUATES OF THE SHELTERS OFTEN PARTICIPATE IN THE CENTER'S AFTERCARE PROGRAM TO ENSURE CONTINUED PROGRESS AND MAY VOLUNTEER AT THE CENTER TO SUPPORT OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE CENTER'S PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS.