Program areas at North Shore Horizons
North Shore Horizons and new beginnings, Inc. Provides support and housing to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. We serve primarily lake county Minnesota with a population of 10,631 spread out over 2,062 square miles. In fy 2021-2022, North Shore Horizons provided crisis intervention, outreach/education, advocacy, legal assistance, and case management services to 1,100 adults and children. "i needed the support. Just mentally my self-esteem and depression kept me from making good choices. I was desperate with nowhere to go. They [nsh] helped me with budgeting, finding a house and a job, and not end up in a similar situation," said a client. In addition, North Shore Horizons facilitates the lake county coordinated community response team. The team updated the adult sexual assault protocol in 2021, a lethality assessment protocol, and still gather regularly to identify areas of improvement as well as to share pertinent information.
The outreach education program includes an annual safe and strong child sexual abuse prevention programming for elementary students, consent, online safety, and healthy relationship education for 8th and 10th grade students, training for school personnel and parents, and professional and community education and trainings. Covid resulted in most events being virtual through zoom or social media. In addition, North Shore Horizons participates in a variety of community events, reaching which were canceled or rescheduled due to the pandemic. North Shore Horizons' has further developed our outreach using social media flatforms such as facebook, instagram, and twitter. During our fy 2021-2022, we were able to reach over 1,900 individuals
North Shore Horizons and new beginnings provided housing to 9 families during the 2021-2022 fiscal year, eliminating the need for victims to choose between homelessness or returning to their abuser. Nearly all required assistance in working toward financial stability. 3 families transitioned out of North Shore Horizons new beginnings housing. North Shore Horizons new beginnings housing provided 9 households with transitional housing with supportive services to assist clients in obtaining their self-defined goals towards self-sufficiency. 142 additional adults and children received assistance filing other applications for housing coaching on improving rental history and advocating on their behalf with landlords to prevent homelessness. North Shore Horizons provided emergency housing through hotel stays to 1 participant for up to 2 days.