Programs to Prevail
You can prevail over the abuse in your life and help The Shelter change society’s acceptance of violence in the home:
- Children’s Counseling: Masters level clinicians offer clinical counseling to participants and their children requesting this service.
- Collier County Jail Group: This well-attended, weekly educational group provides incarcerated victims of abuse with knowledge regarding healthy relationships, parenting skills, and other domestic violence topics.
- Economic Empowerment: This program provides a foundation to address all aspects of economic independence for survivors. Trained advocates facilitate lessons regarding finances, job-readiness, and resume writing.
- ‘Gentle’men Against Domestic Violence®: A gathering of like-minded Gentle’men dedicated to supporting the Raising Gentlemen program and breaking the cycle of abuse.
- Haitian Outreach Initiative: This program strives to change the cultural beliefs and acceptance of using violence as a means of resolving conflict, maintaining control and as a means of discipline for this underserved population.
- Healing Arts: This creative program consists of different supports groups that facilitate change through self-esteem building, assertiveness training, self-awareness and empowerment using different mediums; including pencil, paint, clay, drumming, yoga and guided imagery.
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Services: This initiative provides domestic violence services to this under-served population.
- 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.
- The Shelter Options Shoppe: empower change in our community by donating to/making purchases at The Shelter Options Shoppe. Proceeds support our life-transforming services while program participants shop, free of charge, for clothing, accessories, furniture and household items: Options Thrift Shoppe – 968 Second Ave. N, Naples, FL. Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. For more information, please call 239.434.7115.
- Rural Outreach Program: Bilingual advocates provide domestic violence services in the forms of advocacy, counseling, safety planning, group work, education and awareness to individuals, organizations, schools and businesses in Immokalee.
- Shelly Stayer 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.
- Stay’N Connected: Offered through The Shelter’s Immokalee Outreach Office, this program works in partnership with ProLiteracy to expand access to Adult Literacy Services with an 8-week pilot program to assist native Spanish-speakers with limited English skills.
- The Shelter Options Shoppe: empower change in our community by donating to/making purchases at The Shelter Options Shoppe. Proceeds support our life-transforming services while program participants shop, free of charge, for clothing, accessories, furniture and household items: The Shelter Options Shoppe – 968 Second Ave. N, Naples, FL. Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. For more information, please call 239.434.7115.
- Transitional Living Program: move towards self-sufficiency by developing real-world skills while under The Shelter’s supportive wing in one of seven cottages (must meet certain criteria to participate). This program offers survivors safe and affordable transitional housing for up to two years.
- Women of Means: This program supports women who have specialized needs based on their abusers’ power, privilege and access to resources.
The Shelter’s programs and services are all confidential and provided free of charge.
For more information, please call 239.775.3862; TTY 239.775.4265.
