24-HOUR HOTLINE: 1-800-355-8547
AVDA's hotline provides immediate response to the needs of victims seven days a week, 24 hours a day. AVDA provides crisis counseling, safety planning, screening for emergency shelter services, exploration of choices/options and referrals. AVDA also works with the South Palm Beach County Law Enforcement agencies to provide telephone counseling and advocacy to victims while on the scene of the incident.
Casa Vegso is AVDA's residential program that includes emergency shelter and transitional housing program.
- Emergency Shelter – Safety and Support Services are provided to residents in our shelter that is staffed and operates 24-hours a day, everyday of the year. Domestic violence victims and their children stay an average of six to eight weeks in a safe environment while receiving advocacy and case management services. Comprehensive case management assists residents in living violence-free lives and obtaining economic self-sufficiency. They are provided food, clothing, transportation, basic need items, information and referrals, and continuous safety planning assistance.
- Transitional Housing - provides domestic abuse survivors and their children a place to live for up to two years. This gives survivors time to transition from homelessness to economic independence while receiving encouragement and other services as needed, such as life-skills training and legal advocacy.
- COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY CENTER - AVDA offers a variety of nonresidential services to adult and child victims of domestic violence through its Counseling and Advocacy Center. Multi-language individual and group counseling is available as well as educational and creative support groups. Children ages 4 to 15 years old are offered play therapy. AVDA provides critical outreach to under-served populations
- LEGAL ADVOCACY - AVDA assists shelter and other people participating in the legal system. On-site education, screenings and referrals for appropriate legal services are provided. Advocacy, court accompaniment, assistance with injunctions for protection, safety planning and police report follow-up services are available.
- PREVENTION AGAINST VIOLENCE EARLY (PAVE) - This six week educational program is offered to children Pre-K through 5th grade. Program topics include the identification and expressing of feelings, self-esteem, establishing healthy relationships and problem solving.
- TEEN ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION (TAVE) - AVDA provides middle and high school students with a tailored curriculum on dating violence, peer violence, healthy relationships, conflict resolution and safety planning. The program is interactive and includes role-playing and video presentations.
- PROFESSIONAL TRAINING - AVDA's professional educators provide training to social service agencies, health care professionals and law enforcement personnel. Participants receive important information to help in identifying victims of domestic abuse and those at-risk of abuse as well as information on available community resources. Workplace violence and prevention programs are available to businesses and community groups.
- COMMUNITY EDUCATION - AVDA’s community educators are available to provide
speakers for civil or social organizations in the community on a variety of
topics addressing domestic abuse issues. Participants receive important
information to help in identifying victims of domestic abuse and those at-risk
of abuse as well as information on available community resources. This service
is also available to businesses and community groups.