Aid To Victims of Domestic Violence

In 2022, Avda legal advocacy program provided 6,366 adult and child survivors of Domestic and sexual abuse with safety planning, referrals To community resources, and legal relief through the filing and securing of protective orders, divorces, and various child custody cases such as initial custody determinations, modifications, and adoptions. Avda eighteen member team of attorneys and paraglegals provide trauma-informed legal advocacy and crisis support services To Victims of Domestic and sexual abuse in harris, fort bend, and waller counties through its legal advocacy program. Avda's legal advocacy program is comprised of a multi-disciplinary team of professionals, such as attorneys, paralegals, advocates, and trauma counselors, who provide the aforementioned critical services.

Family Violence program (fvp) - Avda's fvp program is comprised of six bilingual client advocates and the program director who provide legal intake, needs assessment, safety, planning, information/referral. Assistance with crime vicitims compensation, crisis intervention and more for survivors of Domestic Violence. They field calls for assistance, helping To connect survivors with safety and promoting advocacy and service. In 2022, the fvp team provided legal intake at the organization's offices, harris county police dept. Family Violence units, houston arear women's center, and the harris county district attorney office.

Battering intervention and prevention program (bipp) - Avda's bipp program is the largest bipp in Texas and the first To become acredited. Its nine- person bipp team provides psychoeducational group counseling To those identified as abusive in their intimate relationships. Bipp promotes accountability and change. The clients are largely court-ordered and must attend a minimum of 18 weekly sessions for course completion. Facilitators are licensed mental health professionals. The program has significant victim safety components; groups are held weekly at 18 locations across harris, galveston, fort bend and montogomery counties.

Community awarness and prevention program (capp) Avda's capp program is comprised of four members responsbile for outreach and education. As part of Avda's mission, the community awareness and prevention program aims To foster a community-wide response To abuse while providing information To Victims in need of Avda's legal and counseling services and To perpetrators seeking our battering intervention and prevention program. Our three- pronged approach includes presentations, service provider trainings, and outreach at community-based events. In 2022, the capp team presented To 22, 459 adult and youth