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Causes: Crime & Law, Domestic Violence, Family Violence Shelters, Homeless & Housing, Mental Health, Sexual Assault Services, Spouse Abuse Prevention
Mission: WEAVE's mission is to build a community that does not tolerate domestic violence and sexual assault and provides survivors with the support they need to be safe and thrive. WEAVE’s vision is a community free of violence and abuse.
Programs: Domestic violence: W. E. A. V. E. Provides crisis intervention, therapeutic counseling, advocacy, and supportive services to domestic violence victims through its 24-hour support and information line and counseling programs. 685 domestic violence victims received 5,076 hours of therapeutic counseling and advocates and counselors provided crisis intervention services through 809 triage sessions.
residential services: w. E. A. V. E. Operates a 12,000 square foot, 24-hour, 80 bed safe and confidential shelter for adult and child victims of domestic violence. In 2014, W. E. A. V. E. S safehouse provided 10,058 bednights of safe shelter to 188 adults and 188 children. While at the safehouse, victims received 3,686 hours of case management and advocacy and 2,499 hours of counseling services. The safehouse campus expanded in 2013 with the addition of four transitional housing cottages capable to housing up to sixteen victims who graduate from the safehouse program and still require safe and confidential housing.
sexual assault services: W. E. A. V. E. Offers therapeutic counseling services to sexual assault victims and operates a 24-hour sexual assault response team (sart). The sart team dispatches a trained advocate to the hospital to provide support to every sexual assault victim undergoing an evidentiary examination. In 2014, w. E. A. V. E. S sart team responded to 174 victims and W. E. A. V. E. S counseling program provided 371 sexual assault victims with 1,328 hours of counseling.