Program areas at People's Place Ii
The counseling center offers individual, group, and family counseling and therapy for children and adults. Special services include intensive family counseling, play therapy, parenting skills training, and a program for combat veterans. In addition, medication management and psychological assessments are available.
The group home for girls is located in milford, which is long-term housing for abused or neglected girls ages 12-18, all of whom have come through the foster care system. The girls live in the facility and attend school.
Shelter, advocacy, freedom, and empowerment (safe) provides emergency shelter for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, emergency hotlines are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The visitation center provides safe, neutral places where supervised visitation and monitored exchanges can be facilitated for families with a history of domestic violence or child sexual abuse.
The centers for community justice provides victim/offender mediation of non-violent offenses for criminal justice system referrals. Participants form agreements which resolve the offenses in ways that are meaningful and satisfactory to both parties, also provides serious offender mediation. Participation is voluntary and confidential. Shoplifter's alternatives and conflict resolution courses are also offered.
The independent living program is for young people ages 16-21, currently or formerly in the foster care system. Services include assistance in the areas of job search and accessing training, educational planning, housing assistance, money management and social skills.
Whatcoat social services consists of the ruth dorsey emergency homeless shelter - 46 beds for men, women, and families, vera's haven transitional housing - 10 townhouses for households who committ to working and continuing their education, and new start case management - for low income households in kent county providing case management and crisis alleviation.
Abriendo puertas is a domestic violence program for spanish speaking victims of domestic violence. The program operates a shelter, offers advocacy to victims in the community and maintains a domestic violence hotline.
Veterans outreach provides outreach, referral and peer counseling to veterans in lower Delaware, including transportation to the va hospital in elsemere, Delaware.
Turning point provides individual and group counseling, support, and education services to perpetrators and victims of domestic violence, including children.