DVP provides services and resources to individuals and families, including children and the elderly. We don't discriminate based on gender or sexuality for any of the services and support we provide. We also provide educaiton to concerned friends, businesses, nonprofits, schools and churches about domestic violence awareness and prevention.

Photo is from play therapy while mom receives information.

General DVP services:

• Emergency shelter for victims and their children
• Immediate crisis intervention and advocacy
• Emergency transport and medical transport (via public forms of transportation)
• Legal advocacy, court accompaniment
• Education and support oriented children's activities
• Individual counseling for shelter residents and nonresidents
• Support groups for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault
• Community referral and information

Sexual assault services:

• Immediate crisis intervention
• Support group for incest and sexual assault survivors
• Hospital accompaniment
• Individual follow-up counseling and support
• Legal advocacy, court accompaniment

Battering intervention and prevention programs

• Counseling and group sessions for the abusive partners

Community outreach

• Information and referral to other community agencies in service area
• Professional and volunteer trainings
• Presentations for schools and youth groups on teen violence prevention, healthy relationships and anti-bullying
• General presentations for civic, business and church groups

Support/Counseling:

• Outreach individual counseling

• Outreach support group

• Victim's shelter Individual counseling

• Victim's shelter support group

See our Interest Survey in the right column

for more information!