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Outreach

Outreach

AVDA offers nonresidential services individual and group services to adult and child survivors of domestic violence. Specific advocacy is offered to victims of stalking, and intimate partner violence sexual assault, and survivors involved in the child welfare system.  Advocacy sessions provide survivors with safety planning, assistance applying for Injunctions for Protection, civil and criminal court accompaniment, accessing relocation assistance through the Office of the Attorney General and other forms of financial assistance, service management, and connection to community resources. 

Specific advocacy is offered to victims of stalking, and intimate partner violence sexual assault, and survivors involved in the child welfare system.

Legal Advocacy

AVDA’s Legal Advocacy program assists clients in safely participating in the legal system. Services provided by AVDA include court accompaniment, assistance with domestic violence injunctions for protection, family court and immigration issues, assistance in completing requests for Victims of Crime Compensation, police report follow-up advocacy, safety planning and cellular phone 911 service. AVDA collaborates with Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County for survivors seeking legal representation.
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