![]() ![]() Key programs are designed to support residential clients (victims that seek emergency shelter) and outreach clients (victims that do not want or need emergency shelter, but who are in need of program services).įort Benning’s Family Advocacy Program, or FAP, provides services to protect, support, and empower victims of domestic abuse. The agency provides emergency shelter and safety to domestic violence female victims and their children. Harmony House in LaGrange is an emergency shelter serving victims of domestic violence 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The agency provides emergency shelter, security, crisis intervention and advocacy for adults and children who are victims of domestic violence in Muscogee, Harris, Chattahoochee, Marion, Taylor, and Talbot counties. Hope Harbour is a crisis intervention shelter that is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The shelter is in a secure, undisclosed location and is staffed at all times. They will help you create a safety plan for you and your family, as you prepare to escape your situation. They will assist you in obtaining legal, transportation, medical and financial help. The agency provides peer support, counseling, and advocacy services. The Crisis Center of Russell County provides 24-hour emergency housing to victims of domestic violence and their children. All services are FREE to you and your family! If you are in danger, Call 911. Victims seeking services have places where they can go to know they are believed, respected, and safe to discuss the most private and personal aspects of their lives. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Here in the Chattahoochee Valley and beyond, we have several organizations that are fully invested in efforts to end the cycle of domestic violence. Children who live with domestic violence are also at increased risk to become direct victims of child abuse. Since 1981, October has been commemorated as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence is a pattern of behaviors where one partner attempts to control the other through physical violence, verbal and emotional abuse or the threat of violence.ĭomestic violence is about control which means victims and perpetrators come from all walks of life. The truth is that over one in three (37%) women and one in three (31%) men in the United States have experienced physical violence, sexual violence, or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime. Instead, we’d rather maintain the illusion that everything is going perfectly in our relationships… that everything is fine at home. I don’t know many people who like talking about it. I don’t like talking about domestic violence. ![]()
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