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Goal: $5,000
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SafeHouse Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault in Washtenaw County, Michigan. SafeHouse provides free and confidential services for any person victimized that lives or works in Washtenaw County. Our programs include counseling, court accompaniment, information and referrals, emergency shelter and personal advocacy.
SafeHouse provides services to all survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault regardless of ethnicity, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, relationship status, veteran status, current or former substance use, current or former involvement with the criminal justice system, religious affiliation, immigration status, physical or mental ability, health status, height or weight.
SafeHouse Center is a private, 501(c)3 non profit corporation. It was established in April of 1975 with the purpose of reducing the incidence and prevalence of domestic violence within southeastern Michigan. SafeHouse's shelter facility for battered women and their children opened its doors in March of 1978 in a renovated old home in rural southeastern Washtenaw County. In addition to providing safe shelter and crisis line services, SafeHouse Center has delivered direct supportive services to non-residential survivors of domestic violence since 1985.
In May 1987, SafeHouse also began providing in-person crisis response to survivors immediately after a domestic violence incident, through law enforcement paging of the On-Call Team. In 1992, Washtenaw County voters approved a millage that funded a new, publicly visible building for SafeHouse Center.
The new building was completed and the residents and offices moved in 1995. This building has a state-of-the-art security system. It currently houses all the non-residential programs and a 50-bed shelter with a children’s playroom. In October 2003, SafeHouse began providing sexual assault services to survivors of sexual assault who live and work in Washtenaw County.
The mission of SafeHouse Center is two-fold:
1. To provide safety, support, advocacy and resources for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence and their children.
2. To work relentlessly to change the systems and attitudes that allow this abuse to continue.
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