Tessa

Safehouse program: Tessa's safehouse program provides emergency shelter, food, case management, counseling, and support to domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking victims and their children who have become homeless due to dvsa or ht. In fy2022, Tessa provided 6,725 nights of shelter to 97 (new) adults and 75(new) children. Staff and trained volunteers provide crisis intervention, information, safety planning, and community referral services to domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking victims. Approximately, 1,077 calls come through the crisis line each month.

Youth and children's program: this program offers therapeutic and non-therapeutic services for children who have witnessed and/or been victims of domestic violence. Available to both children residing in Tessa's safehouse program (residential) and children from the community-at-large (community), services include therapy; psycho-educational/age-appropriate support groups; case management; child-specific advocacy; and recreational opportunities. In fy2022, Tessa's children's program provided services to 62 non-residential children and case management to 65 children residing in the safe house.

Victim advocacy: Tessa staff provide advocacy, systems assistance (criminal justice and other institutional systems), court support, and community resources and referrals for victims experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, intimate partner stalking, sexual assualt and/or human trafficking. Services are provided in a secure and safe environment. Advocacy allows victims to identify options; develop safety plans; receive assistance with temporary protection orders; and acquire information and referrals. Confidential victim advocates also provide 24/7 hospital response to

Counseling Program

Rural Program

LIFT Program

Ojp - ht

Crisis line