
Domestic Violence
How We Serve
The Salvation Army is a safe haven from domestic abuse
We take an extensive approach to aiding victims of domestic abuse, offering confidential emergency and transitional shelters where victims and their kids can sleep safely while we help them heal and begin living independently. After addressing any physical wounds with immediate medical attention, each Salvation Army Safe House helps to heal the emotional scars of domestic violence through mental and spiritual counseling that puts men, women, and children on the path toward rehabilitation.
The Cascade Women's and Children's Center
We provide immediate assistance to victims of domestic violence and put them on the path to independence at this 24-hour shelter specifically designed for women and children escaping domestic abuse. The center provides everything from health referrals, counseling, and transportation to GED certification programs, parenting classes, employment assistance, and permanent housing placement. We also offer children a nurturing environment in a therapeutic preschool program. The location of the facility is kept private for the safety of our clients.
The Phoenix Elim House
This refuge offers a safe haven to families of up to eight and children 17 and under, harboring over 1 million women each year. Over the course of up to 120 days, Elim House empowers victims of domestic abuse through personal goal and safety plan development. They also offer crisis counseling and recreational activities, such as field trips, games, and arts and crafts, for children escaping domestic violence.
Northwest Division Center
We put victims of domestic abuse on the road to recovery with this extensive program. In addition to providing confidential emergency and transitional shelters, we help them take steps toward recovery and living independently.
Stats
10 million
people in America experience domestic abuse every year.
1 in 15
children is exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of those children are eyewitnesses to the violence.
65%
of domestic violence goes untreated.
