Agenda - 6-16-14 Budget Work Session

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P.y • Provide a service to the community through means that are more cost effective than the government HAVEN provides safe shelter, crisis hotline coverage, counseling, referral, information, transportation, and resources with a staff of 14 paid employees (3 fulltime, 11 parttime) and 10 volunteers who staff the crisis hotline, assist in the shelter, and answer the office phone from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. • Fill in gaps that may exists between government services and community needs There is currently no government service that provides services geared toward survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Also, HAVEN has reestablished MOVE (Men Overcoming Violence with Education) for men - who have been court ordered or who volunteer to attend with the goal of becoming non - violent with their partners. 3. What do you propose to do with funding from Lee County Government? HAVEN needs approximately $42,000 in matching funds for our state and federal grants. The $10,000 that we hope to receive from Lee County would be applied to meet our match dollars. 4. What are your program goals and how will you measure your success? Our shelter program goals are to provide safety, educate about domestic violence /sexual assault, and reduce isolation with every client we see or talk with. We measure our success with shelter clients by asking in an exit interview if they have felt safer and less isolated and have learned more about domestic violence /sexual assault while residing in our shelter. We track the numbers of clients we assist with court advocacy, walk in counseling, and crisis hotline calls because we consider every contact a victim/survivor makes is meeting a goal to provide education, plan for safety, and decrease isolation. Applications are due to the Lee County Finance Office, PO Box 1968, Sanford, NC 27331 -1968 by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 21, 2014. Late applications will not be accepted.