Safe Nest: Temporary Assistance for Domestic Crisis, Inc.

GOALS:

1) To PREVENT generational violence by providing support, education and advocacy to a minimum of 7,000 children and students in Clark County.

2) To PROTECT over 25,000 victims with shelter, basic needs, counseling and safety planning.

3) To EMPOWER over 8,000 survivors through housing and employment assistance, court preparation and protection order assistance.

4) To advocate for public policies that work toward elimination of domestic violence and relief for its victims.

5) To implement preventative measures to impact the generational cycle of abuse.

6) To educate the public on all issues regarding domestic violence.

7) To increase community involvement with the agency and its work, including increasing name recognition and community partnerships.

8) To provide leadership and technical assistance in the area of domestic violence.

1) To increase the well-being of victims of domestic violence and their families, SafeNest's counseling program provides more than 3,500 individual and group therapy sessions for victims, batterers, adolescents, and children annually.

To improve safety for those fleeing violence, SafeNest's shelter services assists over 1,900 survivors needing Emergency Temporary Protection Orders through the hotline and assists another 2,500 victims needing Temporary Protection Orders through Family Court annually. Additionally, to improve justice system response for victims of domestic violence, the advocacy program provides case management, court assistance, and safety planning to at thousands survivors annually.

To expand knowledge of dating violence and conflict resolution, and to prevent further domestic violence, Safe Nest's prevention/education program provides dating violence prevention and conflict resolution classes for at least 7,000 youth annually. Additionally, over 10,000 individuals are reached through Safe Nest's numerous outreach programs, which include partnerships with housing agencies, medical providers, faith-based communities, and culturally-specific groups in the community.

To increase safety and the provision of direct services for domestic violence victims, Safe Nest provides at least 15,000 bednights of secure shelter services, including case management, counseling, and advocacy annually.

To increase awareness of available emergency options, Safe Nest provides hotline services for at least 35,000 domestic violence victims and individuals seeking emergency assistance annually.

Safe Nest has been providing domestic violence services in Clark County since 1977 and has managed to grow its services to meet community needs in both good and bad economic times. In the 40+ years that Safe Nest has been providing services, the agency has proven its ability to continually expand programs and find funding sources to support these programs. Demonstrated success for Safe Nest over the years includes maintaining a 24/7 hotline; expanding the emergency shelter from 12 beds to 71; serving a consistent number of clients (around 50,000 through all services and community education annually); adding and expanding programs, including outreach to special populations; and expanding partnerships with other non-profits and public agencies, such as the courts, law enforcement agencies, and the housing authority, to achieve a holistic community approach to
domestic violence. Also, Safe Nest continuously analyzes gaps in services for domestic violence victims in Southern Nevada and works diligently to address them.

Safe Nest is and always has been a grassroots organization that is uncompromisingly client-centered, with the first and foremost goal to maintain each client's confidentiality and safety while empowering them to make their own choices in their lives that will fulfill their individual goals and needs. The Safe Nest staff is extremely committed to the organization and its mission. A number of staff serve on local and statewide committees or task forces that address and work to improve victim issues and protocols related to domestic violence. The combined knowledge of Safe Nest staff in this field is equivalent to over 350 years of experience. Because of Safe Nest's values and client focus, along with decades of experience, Safe Nest maintains an excellent reputation and works closely with many community partners to address domestic violence issues in Southern Nevada in the most comprehensive and effective manner possible.

Agency accomplishments for FY2020 by the numbers:

SHELTER SERVICES
Provided 27,237 bednights of emergency shelter and related services for 599 survivors and their children.

Provided 25,466 bednights via Operation Fresh Start, SafeNest's transitional housing program. (

COUNSELING OFFICES
Provided 3,914 therapy sessions for 1,616 individual suvivors, batterers and children experiencing domestic violence problems (victims, batterers, adolescents and children).

PROTECTION ORDER OFFICE
Assisted 2,222 survivors seeking temporary protection orders and extended orders at Family Court and processed 1,959 Emergency Protection Orders via the 24/7/365 crisis hotline.

HOTLINE SERVICES
Provided counseling to 19,117 crisis callers, including 1,959 victims needing emergency protection orders processed by phone.

CRISIS RESPONSE IN THE FIELD
Advocates assisted 2,725 victims with court preparation, court accompaniment and other advocacy services. PS417 first responders supported an additional 890 survivors.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Provided 135 classes and professional training sessions on prevention and crisis intervention to 8,383 adult and youth participants.

VOLUNTEERS
Provided volunteer training and utilized 143 volunteers who donated 11,369 hours of direct victim service. Board members contributed another 1,300 hours of service).

Total individuals provided direct client services (unduplicated count): 25,410