If you are in need of shelter, please contact their hotline at:
866-834-4357They have an emergency shelter in Portland, Mainetheir shelter is a temporary home available to women 18 years and older, with or without children, experiencing domestic violenceShelter services included:
basic needs (food, clothing, personal care items) and in-house education programsIndividual advocacy/case management is available which includes:
personalized safety planningemotional support; information and education about the dynamics of domestic abusereferrals and connections to both internal and community resources needed to maintain safety and further self-empowermentassistance with applying for and obtaining permanent housingAt Family Crisis Services, they are committed to serving all victims of domestic violence with the utmost respect and concern for their safety.
Toward that end, they work actively to increase their own awareness around issues of racism, anti-Semitism, ethnocentrism, ageism and adultism, ableism, homophobia, and heterosexism so that they are better prepared to work with anyone being abused in their intimate partnerships.
Some of the links under Outreach Services lead to information about specific initiatives they are currently working on to increase their own awareness about specific cultural needs of some survivors, as well as to educate within these communities about the issue of domestic violence.
Other initiatives focus specifically on the medical community and the criminal justice system.
Because they are aware that domestic violence does not occur in a vacuum, but rather that it is linked to all other forms of oppression, it is their desire to work collaboratively with other social change organizations doing anti-oppression work.
38 Preble Street, Portland
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