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Safe Horizon helps tens of thousands of domestic violence survivors every year, through hotlines, court programs, community offices, and shelters. [24] Safe Horizon is the U.S.'s largest operator of domestic violence shelters, [25] with nine shelters located throughout the five boroughs of New York City.
Urban Resource Institute launched its URIPALS (People and Animals Living Safely) program in May 2013. [4] [5] URIPALS is the first program in New York and one of few in the United States that allows domestic violence survivors to live in a shelter apartment with their pets.
The Center Against Domestic Violence opened the first publicly funded domestic violence shelter in New York State in 1977. The New York City-based effort was spearheaded by lawyers, civil servants, and activists who understood domestic abuse as a crime and violation of human rights, not merely a private family matter.
Domestic violence and abuse can quickly turn deadly. Here are some shelters, hotlines and nonprofits that can help survivors in the metro.
Domestic violence has been on the rise in New York, with the number of "intimate partner homicides" reported in New York City alone increasing by 29.2% between 2022 and 2023, according to victim ...
The Family Shelter is requesting donations of household items as more people seek emergency shelter from domestic violence. Family Shelter seeks donations amidst uptick in clients escaping ...
In 2008, Womankind launched the Hitting Home project, becoming the first domestic violence agency to work with child welfare agencies to address domestic violence in New York City. In 2009, Womankind was awarded a 20-bed facility by the New York State Homeless Housing and Aid Company, which is now known as Peace House – the second of ...
NYSCADV currently unites over 135 domestic violence programs and shelters in cities and regions across New York. NYSCADV works to do policy analysis, training and technical assistance, and education, and is dedicated to helping local programs establish, promote and expand anti-violence education, prevention, organizing, advocacy and direct ...