Women's Shelters

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501-278-4673White County Domestic Violence Prevention,Inc., is a non-profit agency serving the victims of domestic violence in White County, Arkansas.































































































































They own and operate Hope Cottage, the shelter for battered women and their children who are fleeing abusive relationships.































































































































WCDVP, Inc., first began in 1995, with two local citizens independently researching the need for a local battered women's shelter.































































































































They learned that White County residents in need of help were finding shelter in Heber Springs or Batesville, and that 78 White County women sought refuge in those shelters that year alone.































































































































The Batesville shelter put the two women in touch with each other, and the ball was rolling! Hope Cottage opened just one year later, in a temporary shelter donated by a local church.































































































































A few years later, they opened their own shelter in an undisclosed location, for the protection of the women seeking shelter there.































































































































Since 2004, 815 women and children have found safety at HopeCottage.