Providing Hope One Child at a Time - Eastside Domestic Violence ...
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Families th<strong>at</strong> would otherwise be homeless find safe refuge<br />
through EDVP’s Shelter Services and Housing First Programs:<br />
n The Hotel-Motel Voucher Program provides immedi<strong>at</strong>e<br />
assistance to those in critical need of emergency housing<br />
services, food and basic necessities. Each year, hundreds of<br />
domestic violence victims face an impossible choice: remain<br />
in an abusive situ<strong>at</strong>ion or leave and face homelessness for<br />
themselves and their children if no shelter space is available.<br />
n My Sister’s Home (MSH) provides safe, interim housing and<br />
supportive services in a confidential apartment complex<br />
and is an altern<strong>at</strong>ive to homelessness. Studies show lethality<br />
increases by 75% when a victim tries to leave an abusive<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ionship. Survivors are screened in to MSH based on<br />
lethality, meaning th<strong>at</strong> they face the thre<strong>at</strong> of de<strong>at</strong>h if they stay<br />
with the abuser.<br />
In 2010, EDVP served 252 individuals and provided 13,290 bed<br />
nights of safe shelter through The Hotel-Motel Voucher Program<br />
and My Sister’s Home.<br />
n My Friend’s Place (MFP) provides confidential, transitional<br />
shelter and supportive services for families in lethal situ<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
healing from both domestic<br />
violence and substance<br />
abuse. More than half<br />
of the survivors in our<br />
emergency shelters had<br />
turned to drugs and/or<br />
alcohol to cope, numb<br />
During 2010 EDVP:<br />
• Served 4,700 victims of domestic violence<br />
• Answered 10,069 calls to our 24-Hour Crisis Line<br />
• Provided safe, confidential shelter and housing services to 532<br />
individuals<br />
• Educ<strong>at</strong>ed and trained 35,394 members of the community<br />
Emergency Shelter – Hotel/Motel Voucher<br />
Program and My Sister’s Home:<br />
• 252 individuals were served through our emergency housing<br />
programs<br />
• 13,290 bed nights of safe shelter provided<br />
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and survive. Their abusers often use drugs<br />
and/or alcohol as a control mechanism. For<br />
some of our clients this leads to drug/alcohol<br />
addiction which excludes them from many<br />
emergency shelter and transitional housing<br />
programs. MFP offers a stable place for survivors<br />
to receive domestic violence educ<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
outp<strong>at</strong>ient/alcohol tre<strong>at</strong>ment, voc<strong>at</strong>ional training<br />
and employment search. Survivors and their children are<br />
often happily reunited <strong>at</strong> My Friend’s Place.<br />
n EDVP’s Housing First Programs have an excellent history of<br />
strong collabor<strong>at</strong>ion with local affordable housing providers<br />
such as King County Housing Authority, Downtown Action to<br />
Save Housing, ARCH and St. Andrew’s Housing Group. These<br />
partnerships allow EDVP to increase our ability to provide<br />
housing stability for domestic violence survivors and their<br />
families through the Coming Home Program; Rental Assistance<br />
Program and Housing Stability Program.<br />
In 2010, EDVP served 280 individuals and provided 29,071<br />
bed nights of safe shelter through My Friend’s Place and our<br />
transitional housing programs.<br />
Safe, affordable housing is a basic human need. EDVP provides<br />
emergency and transitional shelter along with basic needs for<br />
safety and support empowering families to become economically<br />
self-sufficient. We provide critical human services when families<br />
need them the most.<br />
Transitional Housing – My Friend’s Place and<br />
Rental Assistance Program:<br />
• 280 individuals served through our transitional housing<br />
programs<br />
• 29,071 bed nights of safe shelter provided<br />
Women, Teen and <strong>Child</strong>ren’s Groups:<br />
• 243 women particip<strong>at</strong>ed in support groups<br />
• 151 children and teens particip<strong>at</strong>ed in support groups<br />
Volunteers:<br />
• More than 538 volunteers provided 16,122 hours of<br />
volunteer service<br />
In 2010, we celebr<strong>at</strong>e 29 years of service – 109,386 victims have<br />
been served since 1982.