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Causes: Human Services, Victims Services
Mission: Advocates is a non-profit organization whose mission is to end domestic violence and sexual assault in the Grand County, Colorado community. To accomplish this mission we provide extensive victim support services, information, prevention education and community awareness.
Programs: In 2017, advocates had 130 new clients and 368 on-going calls for assistance from victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. We provided safe housing to 28 victims and children for a combined 211 nights. We accompanied 16 victims to medical facilities, and attended court 153 times with clients. We provided safety plans to 16 victims. We provided community outreach to over 1,000 youth. We provided formal prevention presentations in the community to 100 individuals and participated in other community events with over 3,000 in attendance.