ABOUT US

Who We Are:

Safe Homes of Orange County is a private, not-for-profit agency established in 1986 to provide comprehensive and confidential domestic violence services to victims and their families.

Our Vision:

• To promote the eradication of domestic violence throughout Orange County;

• To ensure the safety of survivors and their improved access to services by reducing common barriers;

• To support the survivors' freedom of choice;

• To hold abusers accountable for the violence they perpetrate;

• To advocate for the development of victim-sensitive laws, policies and procedures across all systems that impact survivors of domestic violence.

What We Do:

Safe Homes provides emergency, non-emergency and wrap-around services for individuals and families affected by domestic violence.  These services are available to residential and non-residential clients.

Our comprehensive services and programs include:

• 24-Hour Hotline;

• 13-Bed Shelter Facility;

• Residential and Non-Residential Advocates;

• Legal Assistance (Orange County Family Justice Center);

• A Liaison with the Department of Social Services;

• El Abrazo de Mis Hermanas (Latina Advocate);

• Court Advocate with the Office of the Orange County District Attorney; Middletown and Port Jervis City Courts.

• Weekly Support Groups (in English and in Spanish);

• An array of education initiatives, including Teen Dating-Violence Prevention Program.

2010 At-A-Glance

In 2010...

• Our 24-hour-hotline answered 5,783 domestic violence calls and 4,720 information and referral calls;

• Safe Homes Advocates provided  1,100 emergency services and 4,117 advocacy services and made 4,758 victim outreach and follow-up calls on Domestic Incident Reports;

• Our shelter housed 64 adult victims of domestic violence and 60 children;

• Our education and prevention initiatives resulted in 211 presentations and trainings reaching over 4,581 people, including 2,732 teenagers.

• Safe Homes' Holiday Adoption Program (a.k.a. Santa Project) fulfilled the wish-lists of 330 women and children.