To receive assistance free of charge

Call: 627-6000  or 475-6465

Mailing address:  P.O. Box 234, Punta Gorda, Florida 33951-0234

Domestic Violence Program Services

SHELTER: Free emergency housing for you and your children in a safe, non-violent setting.

HOTLINE: Trained counselors provide crisis intervention, information/referral 24 hours a day.

COUNSELING: Confidential counseling for all those affected by domestic abuse and sexual abuse.

ADVOCACY: Professional assistance with legal, social, medical and law enforcement agencies.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION: Awareness programs and in-service training for civic organizations, interested individuals and professional groups.

Six million women are beaten in the United States each year; as many as 4,000 will die.

Thousands of Florida women are beaten each year; an equal number of abusive men suffer the guilt, fear and depression that comes from abusive behavior.

Sixty to ninety percent of abusive men were themselves abused or observed abuse as children.

Violence in families passes from generation to generation. Children whether physically abused themselves, or witnesses to the abuse of their mothers, are also victims of domestic violence.