This is the worse agency that exists. My child and I are survivors of a severe active threat batterer/ stalker/ rapist - they claimed I was lying - has zero knowledge of a protection program that a former employee of theirs had re-enrolled me and my child in when we were put at risk - claimed I was making things up when I was attacked - and denied me and my child the services we were promised (though I’m heavily documented via police reports, restraining orders in multiple states -documented jail time of the batterer who was denied parole for assault and battery against my daughter and me - DCF case of abuse for my child by the offender - letters from medical providers - and letters from other domestic violence agencies who had advocated for protected and helped my child and me in the past). They also claimed I used a small emergency relocation grant to “enjoy a hotel”, when our confidential location was compromised to the batterer. They are abusive. Do not ever go here. They are completely inept and dismissive and cruel when they witness the actual mental and physical toll of domestic violence. And they gang up on you with other staff with false accusations of lying about abuse to dismiss and literally leave you out in the cold endangered. I am a survivor of childhood as well as domestic violence - I broke the cycle for my daughter and if it wasn’t for my own survival skills and intelligence and knowledge of ways of protecting and surviving actual DV, we wouldn’t be alive today- I am opening up my own DV agency for children and women who are survivors- run by actual professionals who understand validate and protect the populations they get government funding to serve. People have their own networks and social media - and access to legal recourses. Please don’t ever put yourself in a position to rely on these people when you and your children are in actual danger . Domestic violence often leads to death without protection and advocacy. In an already broken system- don’t let them break you down more when you and your children are at risk and most vulnerable. There are other ways to protect , survive and overcome that shield you from further abuse (in the guise of “helping “ )
Zoryana Director, Diana CEO, Chelsea and their minions are nothing but abusive "woman" who take advantage of families in their most desperate times. The abuse that goes on behind those four walls is worse than what most people escaped from.
No one is safe there but sadly people who have been abused are silenced when they try to speak up.
⚠️I will never recommend New Hope, which I now call No Hope, or any programs they run, to anyone ever escaping domestic violence!
While each person's situation is different, my experience at the DV shelter was abusive and dangerousl because people from shelter staff to the director verbally abused me, outright lies, and it was too similar the original abuser I was escaping from. Except there are more of them.
One example:
I tried to cooperate with controlling rules and staff. After warning staff it was dangerously icy on the shelter property I fell and was injured (on top of other injuries) and staff Refused to call an ambulance for me. Or let me have my phone or car keys to bring myself that they locked up.
I escaped this dangerous shelter. Then the director verbally abused me when I contacted them with my experiences.
Avoid New Hope
I called New Hope in one of the darkest days in my life. I left my abusive husband and I was trying to put "scattered myself" together. No self-esteem, no self-respect. I felt absolutely devastated and empty, I lived what I call in "personal non-existence". I am sure most of people who faced an abusive relationship know what I mean.
New Hope became a nice little miracle in my life on my way to the recovery.
I am very grateful my little angel Gisabel who became the light in the end of the dark tunnel I was in. She helped me to understand my condition, the "normality" of feeling the way I felt after what I lived through. She gave me practical advice how to help myself. She was extremely nice, professional, very devoted to what the Company does.
When I got a car accident (I am a new driver) The New Hope helped me to pay my mechanic bill. It was amazing! I had not enough money because in the same time I had to relocate (the house where I lived was sold and all tenants were asked to leave). I couldn't believe when New Hope offered that great help! They literally helped me to go through that difficult time!
Now I am a student with A grades, I have a work I like, a place to live in peace without fear, fixed car, new friends, I started felling as myself again etc.
Thank Lord, New Hope, Gisabel and New Me (Gisabel always told me to prize myself for a hard work)!
Thank you for the work you all do for people who are in great needs!