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- EIN 84-0746803
- (719) 633-1462
- 435 Gold Pass Heights Colorado Springs CO 80906 USA
- tessacs.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Domestic Violence, Family Violence Shelters, Homeless & Housing, Human Services, Victims Services
Mission: Tessa's purpose is to provide confidential programs that empower victims of domestic violence and sexual assualt in el paso and teller counties. See schedule o for continuation
Programs: Safehouse: tessa's safehouse provides emergency shelter, food, case management, counseling, and support to female victims and their children who have become homeless due to domestic violence or sexual assault. See schedule o for continuation
victim advocacy: tessa staff provide advocacy, systems assistance (criminal justice and other institutional systems), court support, and community resources and referrals for victims experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, intimate partner stalking, and/or sexual assualt. See schedule o for continuation
the children's program offers therapeutic and non-therapeutic services for children who have witnessed and/or been victims of domestic violence. Available to both children residing in tessa's safehouse (residential) and children from the community-at-large (community), services include: therapy; psycho-educational/age-appropriate support groups; case management; child-specific advocacy; and recreational opportunities. In fy2017, tessa's childrens program provided services to 147 residential children and 10 children from the community.