Offers several trainings and webinars on the Duluth Model, the most widely replicated intervention program used worldwide to respond to and prevent crimes of domestic violence. Trainings take place throughout the year from the Duluth training facility, offered live-stream via Zoom, and in-person by contract; see website for schedule and individual course information. Trainings are designed for professionals involved in domestic violence intervention and interested community members.

Training for parents on how to manage their child's behavioral issues while improving their relationship with their child. Assistance includes: - Aggressive behaviors - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Exposure to alcohol/drugs before birth - Oppositional/defiant problems - Severe temper tantrums - The impact of abuse/neglect Requires a 12-14 week commitment to an hour-long session per week

Day One networks with agencies across the state to provide immediate access to safety and services for those experiencing or affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking. The Minnesota Day One Crisis Line is a central point where advocates can direct callers to the nearest program where they can receive support, information, and safety if needed. Crisis calls are fielded 24-hours. If a survivor contacts a program without available bed space, advocates can connect them to another program that may be able to accommodate them and their family. Advocates work to connect survivors with programs that meet their needs based on primary language, culture, geographic location, and other categories of service. All programs will accept collect calls. Crisis chat is available online.

Training for parents on how to manage their child's behavioral issues while improving their relationship with their child. Assistance includes: - Aggressive behaviors - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Exposure to alcohol/drugs before birth - Oppositional/defiant problems - Severe temper tantrums - The impact of abuse/neglect Requires a 12-14 week commitment to an hour-long session per week

Services provided: - Age-specific groups for resident children and youth: 5 - 8 years old, 9 - 11 years old, 12 - 15 years old - Women's support group Services open to residents of shelter: - Chemical health education - Emotional wellness - Resident support group - Resident/staff meetings

Advocates will present on any of the following topics or provide materials for: - Community Involvement in Ending Domestic Violence - How to Actively Address Domestic Violence - Men's Use of Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships - Teen Dating Violence - The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children - Understanding Domestic Violence - Women's Use of Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships

Emergency shelters are secure and confidential homes. Services including, advocacy, clothing, financial assistance, hot meals, personal supplies, supportive housing, and transportation.

Designed to help families avoid placing a child outside the home through emphasis on prevention using the family's strengths; works with families to develop real life management skills and assist in keeping the child from being placed outside the home by providing: - Nutrition planning - Budgeting - Child care and discipline - Skills building Family issues could include: - Adolescent conflict - Parenting help - Emotional problems and concerns of parents and/or children - Abusive relationships, physical, sexual, and/or emotional - Child neglect - Behavioral problems of children and/or parents - Reunification of families when a child is returning from home placement Program provides: - Family therapy - Individual and marital therapy - Parent education and training - Community resource mobilization, referral, and development - Supportive counseling - Client and family advocacy - Crisis intervention - Comprehensive assessments and recommendation

- Coordinates statewide planning process for member programs and system practitioners - Facilitates discussion to identify and address program needs and evaluate services to domestic violence victims and their families - Preventive education to initiate change in government agencies and community organizations - Promotes public policy through legislation, administrative agencies, and appellate courts to address domestic violence issues and promote systematic change; legislative monitoring on issues of interest to battered women and children - Promotes statewide awareness through social media, traditional media and awareness campaigns including Clothesline Project, Femicide Reports, Live Free Without Violence, and Real Love Is... - Provides training and technical assistance to existing and emerging organizations serving battered women and their children; provides training and technical assistance to service providers and community organizations around domestic violence issues

Safe and confidential emergency shelter for victims and survivors and their children who are in abusive situations.

- Early Childhood Therapy: services are provided to children and their caregiver(s). - Individual Therapy: Therapists support younger children through Non-Directive Play Therapy utilizing toys, games, artwork, reading, and talking to support children in expressing feelings and experiences. For older children, therapists will work with the child to decide what is the most helpful form of intervention to meet individual needs and goals. - Youth Group Therapy: Helps children break the secret of domestic violence, understand that the abuse and violence is not their fault, strengthen self-esteem and have fun. Held twice a year in the Spring and Fall. Groups meet once a week for twelve weeks on Tuesday evenings.

Offers long term child welfare for parents and their children, designed to empower families and provide a new pathway to achieving economic self-sufficiency. Families of Color With a Child Under 5 Years - Case management services that help provide opportunities for early childhood education - Connections to community resources - Family support and advocacy - Home visits Families With at Least 1 Child Under 10 Years - Participants are parents and their children who are experiencing complex challenges: Disproportionality, generational poverty, historical trauma, homelessness, domestic violence, susbstance abuse, mental illness, truancy, poor school outcomes, child welfare involvement, economic and employment instability, etc. - Access to stabilizing federal economic programs - Collaboration with Public Health - Comprehensive case management services - Early childhood/other educational supports - Early Intervention services - Home visits - Ongoing support and information regarding child development, housing, budgeting, parenting, goal setting and decision making - Workforce development resources First Time Parents 18 Years or Older - Families are enrolled during pregnancy through early infancy - Collaboration with Public Health for home visits - Monthly family activities - Ongoing support/information regarding healthy pregnancy, child development, housing, budgeting/finances, health care, child care, education/employment goals, parenting and decision making Pregnant and Parenting Teens Up to Age 18 - Pregnancy and parenting support program for adolescent moms, dads and their child - Collaboration with Public Health - Families receive support and information regarding parenting options, healthy pregnancy, child development, housing, budgeting/finances, child care, education/work goals and referrals to community resources - Home or community visits

- Emergency shelter, food and clothing for abused individuals and their children - Advocacy, information and referral to community resources - Support groups and safety planning - Works with clients to have them board or foster pets while in shelter

Safe Haven Resource Center houses the Safe Haven Shelter Legal Advocacy Program. Other partners are housed on a part-time or on-call basis: - Visits to victims after perpetrator has been arrested. - Support for victims including accompaniment to medical and legal procedures - Assistance gathering and documenting evidence in criminal and civil cases - Communication network linking survivors with probation officers, prosecuting attorneys, and law enforcement - GED assistance for domestic abuse victims - Information and referral. - Assistance with Orders for Protection/Harassment Orders - If experiencing legal problems related to domestic violence, please call for screening and appointments - Criminal justice advocacy for victims - Assistance with housing, education, employment, and connecting to public benefits and community resources - Youth support groups and mentoring for children who have been exposed to domestic violence Safety planning at many different stages of a relationship with an abuser: - In a relationship - Post-arrest and release from jail - Throughout the restraining order process - Parenting time exchanges - Post-separation or throughout continued contact with an abuser

- Early Childhood Therapy: services are provided to children and their caregiver(s). - Individual Therapy: Therapists support younger children through Non-Directive Play Therapy utilizing toys, games, artwork, reading, and talking to support children in expressing feelings and experiences. For older children, therapists will work with the child to decide what is the most helpful form of intervention to meet individual needs and goals. - Youth Group Therapy: Helps children break the secret of domestic violence, understand that the abuse and violence is not their fault, strengthen self-esteem and have fun. Held twice a year in the Spring and Fall. Groups meet once a week for twelve weeks on Tuesday evenings.

Provides advocacy for both criminal and civil issues to women, men, and children who are victims of domestic abuse. Services include: - Assistance with safety planning - Court accompaniment - Legal advocacy including assistance with preparing and filing Protection or Harassment Orders

Group therapy and individual therapy provided for domestic abuse issues. Groups for abusive men and abused women, and play therapy for children who have been abused or have witnessed the abuse. Also offers anger management groups for women. Anger management groups and therapy groups for children and adolescents are available. Parenting groups for parents of children exposed to domestic violence are also available. After completion of domestic abuse program, restorative parenting groups are offered to men and women to address the needs of children affected by domestic violence. After completion of domestic abuse program, family therapy and couples therapy may be available for those who wish to work on their relationships. - Sexual Assault Program: Group therapy and individual therapy available to women who have been sexually assaulted or sexually abused at any time in their lives - Restorative Parenting Program: 12-week group therapy program for women whose children have been exposed to domestic violence and a 10-week group therapy program is available for fathers who have exposed their children to violence in the home. Family therapy is available and recommended in conjunction with the group therapy program. Group therapy for children and adolescents exposed to violence is also available if there are sufficient numbers of age appropriate youth.

Training for parents on how to manage their child's behavioral issues while improving their relationship with their child. Assistance includes: - Aggressive behaviors - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Exposure to alcohol/drugs before birth - Oppositional/defiant problems - Severe temper tantrums - The impact of abuse/neglect Requires a 12-14 week commitment to an hour-long session per week

Program services are for children and young adults, ages birth - 24, or those of a family member or friend, who have experienced neglect, emotional, physical, or sexual abuse; or have witnessed domestic violence. Services provided: - 24-hour hotline - Age-appropriate support groups during the school year and outings/activities during the summer - Assistance with child-related appointments (school enrollment, medical, dental, etc.) or issues - Crisis intervention - One-on-one positive parenting training - Resources and referrals - Safety planning

Services for individuals who have experienced domestic abuse/violence: - Emergency residential women's shelter with no-cost services for women and their children - 24-Hour crisis, Information and Referral line - Community education: Public speaking and professional training - Legal advocacy: Assist with safety planning, support, filing orders for protection and harassment restraining orders, including accompaniment and support during court hearings - Support groups

- Provides prompt, objective, and age-appropriate forensic interviews in cases of child/delayed adult sexual abuse and child witness to violent crimes - Coordinates services among agencies mandated to respond to child sexual abuse - Assures the coordination of legal, social, and therapeutic services for child abuse victims and their families - Conducts non-acute medical examinations of child sexual abuse victims - Provides free, voluntary family services to caregivers of children, adolescents and vulnerable adults who complete a forensic interview with CornerHouse including a caregiver support group, families and kids support group and home visiting

Training for parents on how to manage their child's behavioral issues while improving their relationship with their child. Assistance includes: - Aggressive behaviors - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Exposure to alcohol/drugs before birth - Oppositional/defiant problems - Severe temper tantrums - The impact of abuse/neglect Requires a 12-14 week commitment to an hour-long session per week

Advocates provide domestic violence/sexual assault supportive services, including but not limited to: individual sessions for any gendered abuse survivor, small groups for women, advocacy and assistance with restraining, protection or harassment orders, safety plans and assists with finding safe housing for individuals and families. "MARPE": 9 week domestic abuse/sexual assault support group for women generally offered once yearly. "MARPE HOPE": A 5-part recovery empowerment series for victim survivors of financial abuse. ??Oasis KidsPlace: Provides support, advocacy, and short-term programming for children who have witnessed family violence. KidsPlace conducts age specific support, ages 2 - 17 once a week for nine weeks as moms/caregivers attend MARPE9. School advocacy services available as assessed per parent/guardian request.????????????????

Support groups for women and their children who have experienced or are currently experiencing physical or emotional abuse

Assists, advocates, and coordinates mental health services for American Indians. Services: - Individual, family, and group counseling - Specialized services for youth/adolescents and children - Anger management - Grief counseling - Family violence counseling for child abuse, elder abuse, parent abuse, spousal abuse, and for adult incest survivors - Runaway counseling - Child sexual assault counseling - Play, art, and recreation therapies - Therapist referrals