Our Services

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Grace Smith House accepts requests for help regardless of a person's ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation.

​Crisis Intervention & High Risk Danger Assessment 

• 24-hour crisis hotlines to help victims assess their individual situation, assist in creating a safety plan for themselves and their children, and understand options available to them.
• Risk Assessments to help evaluate and understand the level of risk for a victim. Risk assessments can result in a referral to a team of professionals who can implement a cross-system approach to enhance victim safety and offender accountability depending on an individual's particular situation.

 
Counseling & Support Groups

• Highly specialized individual and group counseling for victims of domestic violence.
• Trained counselors facilitate groups for women and children to help acknowledge their experiences of violence and learn non-violent methods of problem solving and communication.

 
Shelter & Transitional Housing

• A family-style secure shelter offering space for individuals and children up to the age of 18 (boys and girls). Assistance with meals, transportation, employment, housing, and counseling services is provided.
• An apartment program housing approximately 15 adults and 25 children who are transitioning from a short-term shelter stay and into an independent living environment. Intensive emotional support and advocacy is provided on site.

Advocacy & Legal Services

• Accompaniment and guidance with police, courts, social services, employment, housing and other resources
• Assistance in obtaining free legal representation in court for child custody matters, orders of protection and in divorce proceedings
• Family court liaisons: Two trained liaisons (one Spanish-speaking) to help complete petitions and understand the process.
• Legislative advocacy: We work closely with state legislators to create and support laws that protect victims and increase safety.

 
Latina Outreach

• Spanish-speaking advocacy and counselling.
• Assistance with the unique issues facing the Latina community.

 
Children & Youth

• Children’s programs: A trauma-informed approach to serving children who have been exposed to family violence. Programs take place in our shelter and in our community programs.  
• Child Protective Services liaisons: Two skilled liaisons located at Child Protective Services offer support to victims of domestic violence who are involved with CPS. The liaisons also provide training and support to CPS workers.
• Youth education and prevention programs: School-based programs focus on bullying and relationship violence prevention and intervention.