Hope Shores Alliance

4a. Domestic Violence: To ensure domestic violence primary and secondary victim support and advocacy services remain available and accessible. To enhance and sustain victim services through systems change and community coordinated response throughout the service area as well as state and national systems/social change opportunities focused on the dynamics and root causes of domestic violence. Hope Shores Alliance provided hotline help and support to 594 people, 3569 emergency shelter bed-nights, safe shelter to 63 survivors, 1746 instances of supportive advocacy and listening to 257 survivors, 101 instances of legal advocacy and court accompaniment, 438.5 hours of counseling, and 4 instances of children?s activities and childcare.

Sexual Assault: To increase access and availability of primary and secondary victim immediate response as well as historical post-trauma advocacy and support through direct services, building and sustaining community coordinated capacity as well as local, state, and national social/systems change focused on the dynamics and root causes of sexual assault. The agency has two sexual assault response teams SART that provide 24/7/365 per year sexual assault advocacy through the collaborative SART team of prosecuting attorney, law enforcement and hospital staff on each team providing a trauma-informed response to rape victims. In fiscal year 2024 our advocates provided 24 SART calls with 76 hours of supportive advocacy for rape victims in emergency rooms.

Supportive Housing: To provide access to long-term safe, affordable housing for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and their dependent children. Additionally, the program provides advocacy, support and education focused on assisting victims in transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing through 24 months of transitional supportive housing assistance and support. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, Hope Shores Alliance provided transitional supportive housing to 19 adults and 37 children.