Today in our Greater Grand Forks neighborhoods, many live silently in fear, hurt by those who have promised to love them. Violence tears apart the fabric of family life and is causing our children to struggle to find hope for the future.

People Served
Many of the women, men and children we serve have been punched, strangled, slapped, raped, cut with knives, burned with cigarettes and thrown into walls. Others have been threatened that if they try to leave the relationship, they or a family member will be killed or they will never see their children again.

2008 Program Statistics

• 1,257 adults and children were served.
• 869 children were living in the violent homes of clients served.
• 945 desperate calls were made our crisis line.
• Shelter use was up an alarming 105% compared with 2007 .
• Pretection orders, an indicator of severity of violence, were up 33%.
• Children receiving counseling and support increased 30%.
• 184 adults and children became homeless from fleeing violence, 189 received housing assistance, 127 were sheltered, 5 families were placed in transitional housing and 78 received career counseling.
• 99.6% surveyed said our services benefited their lives.