Programs to Protect
All life-saving programs and services are provided free of charge by skilled and compassionate staff:
- Confidential 24-hour crisis line: 239.775.1101; TTY 239.775.4265 – Trained advocates and certified volunteers provide safety planning, information about domestic violence and resource referrals 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Children’s Protection Investigations Program: The Shelter’s Domestic Violence Task Force meets bi-monthly to provide a forum for a comprehensive approach at meeting the action steps of the Community Wide Plan to End Domestic Violence and to heighten domestic violence awareness.
- Court Advocacy: This program offers co-located advocates to assist in court, by providing support and services to victims of domestic violence.
- Legal Advocacy: In conjunction with Legal Aid, this program offers on-site legal services and advocacy for victims in matters related to domestic violence. Advocacy is also available at The State Attorney’s Office.
- Direct Assistance: meeting basic needs so you can focus on personal empowerment and breaking the cycle of abuse
- Emergency Cell Phone Program: a free cell phone to call 911 if needed (for emergency services only). For more information, please call 239.775.3862. Join the solution: donate your old cell phones and chargers – Donate your phone today
- Emergency Shelter: the state-of-the-art Beau Venturi Home is a 60-bed residential shelter featuring an on-site kennel and a special needs unit, offering safety to women, men, children and pets that are victims of domestic violence who are currently in danger. Basic need items, advocacy, individual and group counseling are offered free of charge.
Advocacy/Case management
Child assessments
Information and Referrals
Support groups
Healing modalities
Empowerment groups
Child Care
After School Care
On-site Kennel - Emergency Shelter (Immokalee): The Shelter has embarked on a $15.8 million capital campaign to build and endow an emergency shelter in Immokalee to serve victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.
- Haitian Initiative: Developed to meet the under-served Haitian population of Collier County, this initiative builds bridges with the community by ensuring Creole-speaking advocates are available and providing a women’s Creole support group as well as other outreach programs in the Haitian community.
- The Intimate Violence Enhanced Services Team (InVEST) is a unique program designed to provide intensive service management and assistance to individuals identified to be in potentially lethal situations (high risk for domestic violence homicide).
- Linguistic & Cultural Services: This initiative focuses on enhancing the community partnerships using the Safe & Together model to reduce the number of children removed from rural migrant farm worker survivors of domestic violence who are involved in child abuse investigations. An Advocate is co-located at the Department of Children & Families office in Immokalee and at Family Preservation in Naples.
- Medical Responder Program: The Shelter and collaborating agencies have identified the need to provide services for survivors in accessible settings such as emergency rooms.
- Domestic Violence Child Welfare Advocacy Program: This program works to reduce the number of children removed from the homes of survivors of domestic violence who are involved in child abuse investigations, allowing the child to remain with the non-abusing parent.
- Women of Means Program: supports women who have specialized needs based on their abusers’ power, privilege and access to resources. For more information on the Women of Means Program, please call 239.280.1384, ext. 258. CLICK HERE for brochure
All services are confidential and provided free of charge. For more information on current programs designed to protect victims of domestic violence, please contact The Shelter at 239.775.3862; TTY 239.775.4265.
