Mission
It is our mission to provide outreach, advocacy, and housing to abused women, individuals and families. We have been serving southeastern Minnesota since 1976 and are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help individuals identify ways to stay safe, whether they decide to leave, or stay.
Programs
- 24-hour crisis line
- Safe emergency shelter and longer-term transitional and permanent housing
- Legal advocacy
- Support groups for adults and children
- Children's programming
- Multi-culture staff and services
- Specialized services to immigrant and refugee battered women and their children
- Community outreach
- Education and prevention
Our advocates are trained and skilled in helping individuals in need, and passionate about helping save lives, restore hope, and change futures.