October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and is dedicated to raising awareness, educating the public, advocating for prevention, supporting survivors, and mourning the lives lost by domestic violence.
Domestic violence affects individuals in every community, regardless of age, economic status, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, or nationality. It can result in bodily injury, psychological trauma, and, in severe cases, even death. The devastating physical, emotional, and psychological consequences of domestic violence can cross generations and last a lifetime.
Have you or anyone you know experienced physical, emotional, or sexual violence perpetrated by an intimate partner? If so, you or they are experiencing domestic violence, a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another.
Do you know the warning signs of an abusive relationship?
Does your partner:
- Look at you or act in ways that scare you?
- Make all of the decisions?
- Prevent you from working or attending school?
- Isolate you?
- Show intense jealousy when you spend time with others?
- Intimidate you with weapons?
- Shove, slap, choke/strangle or hit you?
- Threaten to commit suicide or kill you?
- Are you afraid to say “No”?
At LiveSafe Resources, it’s our commitment to advocate for those impacted by domestic violence, provide trauma-informed programs and services that empower and rebuild lives, be the expert in the areas of domestic violence in our community, and collaborate with other organizations to provide superior services and programs.
Our services include:
- Domestic Violence Shelter: We offer an immediate safe place for men, women, and children and provide client-centered case management services.
- Transitional Housing: Longer-term housing may be available. The focus is on economic empowerment, moving towards self-sufficiency.
- Counseling & Support Groups: Free counseling and support groups are available and can be related to recent or past events.
- Legal Advocacy: Our Legal Advocacy Program answers questions concerning victim rights, assists in filing Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs), and may include accompaniments to TPO-related court proceedings.
- Sexual Assault Program: Our Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to provide free medical forensic exams for victims of sexual assault ages 13 years and older.
Our 24-Hour Crisis Line is standing by to take your call: 770-427-3390
Hearing impaired TTY: 425-258-7081
Asistencia en Espanol: 770-423-3569
Learn more about Domestic Violence here>