Program areas at Empower Tehama
Domestic violence assistance program - in 2022, Empower Tehama provided domestic violence assistance services, including crisis intervention, advocacy, peer counseling, legal assistance, court and mediation accompaniment, access to a 24/7 crisis hotline support groups, emergency financial assistance and access to housing services to a total of 933 adult victims of domestic violence, over half of whom have at least one child in their care. Domestic violence assistance program services are provided at no cost to participants.
Counseling program - Empower Tehama provides individual counseling services to adult and child victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and other violent crimes as well as to youth who have a history with the criminal legal system. In 2022, Empower Tehama therapy staff provided 2,662 counseling sessions to 250 children and 140 adults. All counseling program services are provided by licensed or associate-level marriage and family therapists or masters level mft and msw students under the supervision of Empower tehamas clinical director, a licensed clinical social worker and certified clinical supervisor. Counseling program services are provided at no cost to participants.
Housing program- Empower tehamas comprehensive housing program consists of emergency shelter, facility-based transitional housing, and a rental assistance program that assists individuals and households with expenses related to obtaining and maintaining safe, permanent housing. In 2022, Empower Tehama provided a total of 3,925 shelter bed nights to 188 people (90 adults and 98 children) in 89 households, 21 households consisting of 22 adults and 138 children were housed in transitional housing, and 82 households made up of 95 adults and 138 children were able to obtain permanent housing or retain their existing permanent housing through the rental assistance program. Housing program services are provided at no cost to participants.
Empower Tehama is acting as administrator for the Tehama county continuum of care grant funding to provide services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Tehama county.