Domestic violence affects hundreds of thousands of people every day and the number of instances across the nation is increasing. Several advocacy programs for victims of domestic violence are already in place, including shelter services, YWCA programs, and legal protective orders. However, the limitations of these programs are that many of them only provide a temporary fix to potentially dangerous situations and provide follow-up treatment but only following a volatile transition period.

Safehaven International believes in a need for an advocacy program that targets the time period when law enforcement can no longer be on-site after initial 911 calls and when abusers are still threats to their victims, no matter where the family lives – at home, with relatives, in a temporary safe-house environment, or in a state-authorized facility.

Course information and schedules are currently under development.