Support Groups: The Support Groups are offered weekly to battered women and their children. The facilitator assists women in addressing safety issues, the dynamics of abuse, the importance of developing support systems, accessing available options and building self-sufficiency skills. A children's group runs concurrently.
Children's Programs: This program is run by the Children's Program Coordinator who accesses children's needs, provides support for mothers, assures child care for women to attend necessary appointments and support groups, conducts weekly children's group and develops and provides educational curricula to school systems.
Volunteer Program: Volunteers assist staff in providing many direct and indirect services including telephone crisis intervention, transportation, housing and grounds maintenance, working with children, running errands or offering professional services.
Community Outreach: Board members and the Executive Director provide education and training to community agencies and individuals. NE GACDV wants to create a community environment that is sensitive and responsive to the needs of battered women and their children. |