Shelter Services

Emergency shelter licensed to offer safe refuge to 60 battered women and their dependent children. Services include free room and board, counseling, residential support groups three times per week, emergency transportation, advocacy, children's services, emergency financial assistance, and help with relocating to assure safety.  Our staff and volunteer advocates coordinate services for the women and children that support the goals and objectives set forth by our clients. The first principle of recovery from abuse is the empowerment of the survivor. A survivor must be the author and arbiter of her own recovery. CAFVIC’s Battered Women Program guiding principle of recovery is to restore power and control to the survivor.

CAFVIC/BWP provides the following programs to women and their children who seek emergency shelter.

• Parenting Groups
• Children and Youth Program
• Legal Advocacy
• Support Groups for Women and their Children
• Public Benefits Assistance

CAFVIC/BWP is committed to providing the following:

• A place of safety
• Support and an understanding of the dynamics and causes of domestic violence and the societal barriers that may hinder a woman's attempts to live violence free and advocacy to overcome those barriers
• Accurate information
• A non-judgmental attitude
• Restoration of control and decision-making
• Belief in and respect for the victim's strengths, abilities and desire for self-determination