Summary
Organization name
Safehome Systems Inc
Tax id (EIN)
54-1607489
Address
PO BOX 748COVINGTON, VA 24426
$2,060 raised by 22 donors
21% complete
$10,000 Goal
Safehome Systems, Inc., (Safehome) is a private not for profit organization with a 501 C 3 status, that has been serving families in the Alleghany Highlands since 1987. The agency provides advocacy and support services to survivors of domestic, dating, and sexual violence. We provide services to women, children, and men that are experiencing this kind of violence. These services include a 24-hour crisis hotline; emergency shelter; individual and group counseling; legal advocacy; public awareness and education presentations.
Safehome started, in 1987, as a grassroots effort to provide shelter to victims of domestic violence. Volunteers provided their personal homes for women and children to stay. As the program grew, there were concerns for the safety of victim and volunteers and it was clear that a dedicated home, with intensive services, would be needed. In 1990, the first official shelter was purchased on Main Street in Covington. Due to the age of the home and foundation issues, an alternative shelter was purchased in 1997 through the generosity of the Alleghany Foundation. At that time, services became available to sexual violence survivors as well.
Our vision is that Safehome Systems, Inc. will be the primary resource center for education, prevention and refuge for domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual abuse in the Alleghany Highlands region. The grassroots effort started with the citizens of Alleghany County, and 30 years later, that support continues. Our services are offered to Alleghany, Bath, and Highland Counties as well as the City of Covington and towns of Iron Gate and Clifton Forge.
Safehome's mission is to empower and advocate for victims and survivors of domestic, dating and sexual violence and to work towards a violence-free community.
Our services are always free and confidential. Safehome’s provides an emergency shelter equipped with 11 beds. This shelter for victims is a very important part of our mission, to provide safety for these survivors that reach out to us, however, we do offer many more services to the communities we serve. That could mean providing crisis intervention one time over the phone or intensive services long term.
Organization name
Safehome Systems Inc
Tax id (EIN)
54-1607489
Address
PO BOX 748