Programs & Services

Ember Center

Programs & Services

Ember Center provides direct service programs to adults and children impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. All services offered by Ember Center are free, confidential and meet best practices of trauma informed care.

Community-Based Advocacy

Community-based advocacy helps clients protect themselves and their children from further violence by utilizing the community resources that clients report needing. Advocates assist in developing safety plans, provide case management, support and advocacy. Client outcomes include maintaining a safe living environment, completion of the client’s goals, decrease in physical violence and depression, easier access to community resources, greater independence and remaining violence free.

Legal Advocacy

Legal advocacy provides information and assistance through the civil and criminal legal process. Advocates assist with protection orders, child custody issues, legal separation, assist with immigration issues, provide support at hearings, and offer attorney and other referrals as needed.

Emergency Shelter

We partner with local hotels for our emergency shelter program, providing safety for those in imminent danger from their partner. Clients can stay in our emergency shelter program for up to four months and have access to our 24-hour crisis line, daily essentials, therapy, advocacy, safety planning, referrals to community resources and other vital resources to help enhance safety and well-being. Advocates meet in-person with their clients regularly to ensure their needs and goals are being met. Clients may continue with non-residential services after leaving our shelter program.

Therapy

Masters-level licensed clinicians provide individual and group therapy for adults and children impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault, with the goals of assisting clients in gaining an understanding of how the violence has impacted them; healing from trauma; and working towards safety planning and greater well-being. We utilize a wide array of innovative trauma-based modalities that aid in the overall healing of clients, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Animal Assisted Therapy, psychoeducation, and more. We do not bill insurance or diagnose clients in our services and instead focus on accessibility for all survivors to receive therapy virtually or in-person.

Testimonials

What Survivors Say About
Our Organization

“I have had a life time of abusive relationships and I always blamed myself. The Ember Center helped me to understand the cycle of abuse and helped me to understand it wasn’t my fault.”

“No one really talks about or acknowledges domestic violence in upper socio-economic demographics, but the impact is just as real and, in some ways, even harder to overcome. The Ember Center and its supporters helped me tremendously, but more importantly my son has improved as a result of the resources at the Ember Center. It is one of the few places my challenges have been understood and supported because domestic violence usually only ends once someone dies.”

"I came here not knowing I was in an abusive situation, even though I knew something was wrong. My ex is very cruel and has put me through almost everything imaginable. It was nice to have a place where you could gather knowledge and strength to face your fears. I did face my fears and surprised myself that I could live through them when I did not think I could!"

"The Ember Center has been my safe haven. I feel valued and understood. I got support here at a time I was not getting it anywhere. It has helped me tremendously."

"I was so afraid and alone. The Ember Center saved my life. I don't have words to express how valuable of an agency this is. It has helped me find freedom, safety and peace for me and my daughters!"

"I thought the Ember Center would only help my son with his trauma from domestic violence. I was so happy that I was also offered therapy as a single dad!"