Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence

http://www.wrcdv.org/

115 E Maple St
Decatur, GA 30030

Our mission is to create a society in which domestic violence no longer exists. We strive to meet the immediate needs of the diverse community of battered women and their children by providing emergency shelter and services, while working toward changing the systems that enable violence through education and advocacy.

The foundation of The Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence is the empowerment of all women.

Programs

Free services offered by Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence

Safehouse Program
WRC provides temporary housing for women and children at a secure and confidential location. The program is designed to help those who reside at the safehouse reclaim their person strengths, work toward their goals for the future, and transition into a safe and stable living situation.

24-hour Hotline
Hotline advocates are available 24-hours each day to answer questions and provide peer-counseling support, safety planning information, and referrals.

Legal Advocacy
Legal advocates assist women in obtaining Temporary Protective Orders, criminal warrants, child support payments, and temporary custody of their children. Advocates help clients explore legal options on a case-by-case basis. Services are provided at our administrative office in Decatur. Call 404-370-7670 for directions.

Consultations with Volunteer Lawyers
WRC, in partnership with DeKalb Legal Aid, offers a free legal clinic one evening per week. Services are provided at our administrative office in Decatur. Childcare is provided.

Support Groups
Women who are currently of formerly in an abusive relationship come together to give and receive emotional support, resource information, and friendship. Groups are co-facilitated by trained volunteer and staff advocates. Services provided at our administrative offices in Decatur.

Child and Youth Advocacy
Children residing in our safehouse experience a safe and nurturing environment for living and learning. Services for children include homework help and field trips, as well as mentoring and conversation groups where children discuss their fears and feelings while learning alternatives to violent behavior. Children also learn that the violence they witness and/or experience is not their fault.

Dating Violence Prevention
This program takes our message of equality and respect in relationships to elementary, middle, and high school students in the metro-Atlanta area through sessions bed by staff and peer advocates. Call Kim Frndak at 404-370-7670 to schedule a classroom session.

Family Advocacy
Families receive respectful, individualized support to meet self-determined goals. Services highlight family strengths and encourage opportunities to re-imagine self and circumstances. Activities of the program include personal planning, home visits, journal exercises, parent support, and monthly sister circles.

Community Education
WRC provides community education programs to schools and universities, hospitals, law enforcement, religious leaders, faith-based groups, civic organizations, and others. A community who collectively stands against domestic violence is the key to ending abuse, and we work toward the day when domestic violence no longer exists. To obtain materials about our services or to schedule a presentation, please call Kin Frndak at 404-370-7670.