Womenspace Inc

Programs: Safehouse - emergency services and shelter: our safehouse provides 24-hour emergency shelter and support for survivors fleeing abuse from their intimate partners. The safehouse team includes certified advocates who speak many languages and are able to respond 24/7 to crisis line calls providing life-saving support, safety planning, and referrals to our programs or other community resources. They also provide a secure and confidential place for survivors and their children to stay during a difficult and critical time. (continued on schedule o)

crisis and support center: the crisis and support center is located in eugene and provides full services to victims, survivors, children and youth. The crisis line is staffed by volunteers and advocates. Our onsite certified advocates provide services for walk-in clients every day. Youth advocates provide respite care for parents while they speak with an advocate. Our youth advocate team feeds both youth and adults while parents attend one of the seven support groups held each week. We provide full access to the growing spanish speaking population through our receptionist and the four onsite certified advocates who speak english and spanish. Advocates also provide walk-in services, food, supplies, clothing, crisis intervention, emergency housing, parent in crisis training, dhs co-located services, legal advocacy, and economic empowerment training.

rural lane county: lane county stretches 4,700 square miles, from the coast to the cascades, and has a population of nearly 370,000, with more than 150,000 people living outside the eugene/springfield metro area. Our certified advocates provide crisis intervention, safety planning, outreach, education, legal advocacy, as well as advocacy in spanish. Our certified advocates also provide specific rural outreach services addressing the unique challenges faced by victims of domestic violence by an intimate partner in rural areas. In order to provide a safe place to access services, our certified advocates are stationed in satellite offices in cottage grove, creswell, junction city, oakridge, veneta/elmira, blue river/mckenzie, and florence.