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Mission
Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence began in 1971 in one woman’s garage as a safe house to shelter women suffering abuse. This safe house was the second shelter providing domestic violence services to women and children in the state of California and the very first bilingual English-Spanish shelter in the United States. Since that time, Next Door has helped tens of thousands of people rebuild their lives towards its mission to end domestic violence in the moment and for all time.
Key Facts
Geographic areas served:
Santa Clara County
Target demographics:
Next Door helps rebuild the lives of victims of domestic violence and their children in Santa Clara County.
Results to date:
This past fiscal year, Next Door served over 7,700 individuals in Santa Clara County with supportive services that help victims and children impacted by domestic violence leave violence and rebuild their lives.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Victims of Domestic Violence and their children, immigrant and citizens alike, from diverse ethnic families, of all ages.
Indirect beneficiaries per year: County welfare and health systems, society at large, future generations that would be impacted by domestic violence
What your donation will allow us to do:
Your donation will help victims of domestic violence and their children leave violent and abusive situations and help them rebuild their lives so that they may find safe, affordable housing, employment, and social and community services that help them and their children avoid risky habits that enable violence to continue.
Your donation of 35 dollars enables us to:
Provide one week of supportive services to a child or teen impacted by domestic violence. These services include support groups for teens that help them avoid gang violence, dating violence, and other risky habits. Services also include developmental and recreational activities for children who in turn develop their self esteem and emotional resiliency, thereby stopping violence before it starts.
Your donation of 90 dollars enables us to:
Provide 24 hours of safety, shelter, food, clothing, and other supportive services for one individual at our Emergency Shelter, so that they may escape violence sometimes suddenly, and take the necessary steps to leave violence behind forever.
Your donation of 150 dollars enables us to:
Provide immigrant victims of domestic violence with 6 hours of language translation assistance as she tries to navigate the very complex legal, immigration, and health systems that will allow her to leave violence without losing her children.
Board Members and Affiliation:
Marianne Adoradio, HR Consultant
Patricia Bashaw, Community Leader
Peggy Borgman, Owner Preston Wynne
Abraham Darwish, Realty Consultant
Margaret Epperheimer, Public Relations--Hewlett Packard
Melissa Hollatz, Attorney--Wilson Sonsini
Ginny Lebacqz, Community Leader
Wayne Mascia, President Wayne Mascia Associates
John Radford, CEO at Aon Consulting
Cheryl Sanchez, Accountant
Chris Stedman, Bank--Silicon Valley Bank
Linda Sullivan, Finance Director, World Wide Marketing, Apple, Inc.
Kristin Welter, Physician--Palo Alto Medical Clinic
Randy Ziffer, VP Operations--Xsigo Systems
Past and Current Funders:
Next Door receives funding from the city of San Jose, the County of Santa Clara, California State and federal programs. Next Door receives invaluable support from over 40 local foundation and corporations and hundreds of individual donors who generously donate their time and money to Next Door’s mission.
Key Staff
• Kathleen Krenek, Executive Director, has worked in the social service sector for over 35 years and in the DV field for 20 years. Ms. Krenek will organize and supervise the implementation of all the services proposed in this grant. She sits on several policy advocacy boards and is well networked to community leaders in the social service sector. She’s been with Next Door for 6 years.
• Shawne Smith, Associate Executive Director, has worked in the DV sector for more than 30 years. She has facilitated prevention/education groups for families with drug and alcohol problems, provided assessment, consultation, and play therapy for children, and advocated for dependent children. Ms. Smith manages client services and staff. She’s been with Next Door for 13 years.
• Patti Bennett, Advocacy Manager, started as a volunteer working on Next Door’s 24-hour crisis Hotline and was then hired as a Case Manager at the Shelter. She worked on response teams at the Valley Medical Center and with the San Jose Police Department on DV calls. Patti has been with Next Door for over 10 years and currently manages staff for six advocacy programs.
• Patricia Nanez, Manager of Residential Programs, has worked with social service agencies for 9 years. In 2002 Patricia started with Next Door as Grave Yard/Overnight Case Manager, was promoted to Shelter Coordinator in 2006, and is now the Manager of Residential Programs.
• Lucero Arellano, Manager of the Children and Youth Program, is a licensed psychologist and has worked more than 17 years in the social service sector in Mexico and the U.S. Ms. Arellano has brought her bilingual, bicultural skills to work with children in schools and shelters. At Next Door, Ms. Arellano conducts direct service programs for children. She has been with Next Door for 7 years.
Description
NEXT DOOR Solutions to Domestic Violence is a nonprofit,
multi-cultural agency dedicated to providing proactive and
progressive solutions to domestic violence. NEXT DOOR offers a range of services to individuals in abusive relationships, starting with
emergency intervention and continuing through self-sufficiency.