Domestic Crisis Hotline:
1-800-928-3131
About Domestic Violence
Serving: Leslie, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Breathitt, Lee, Owsley and Wolfe Counties
The LKLP Domestic Violence Program provides a safe, temporary shelter for victims of domestic violence and their dependent children. It serves the counties of Leslie, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Owsley, Wolfe, Lee and Breathitt.
The Domestic Violence program provides both residential and non-residential services to victims of Spouse/Partner abuse and their dependent children.
Services provided for clients residing in the shelter is a temporary safe shelter as needed or determined on an individual basis. Longer stay can be allotted if it is necessary to keep victims safe or if they are seeking to re-locate and need additional time to find adequate housing.
The program serves mainly female victims and their dependent children. However, we are designed to serve male victims and their dependent children if the need occurs--and, it does occasionally!
Domestic Violence Residential Services
- Free Food & Clothing
- Free Local Transportation to various human services agencies and court hearings.
- Free Couseling Services
- A Planned Daily Program for children in educational games and activities.
- A twenty-four (24) hour Crisis Hotline providing counseling, information and referrals by phone: 1-800-928-3131.
- Court Advocacy
- Agency Advocacy
- Personal Advocacy
If you want more information or have questions regarding our Residential Services we offer you may contact our Business Office at (606) 439-1552 or e-mail us at safehouse@lklp.net.
If you are experiencing a medical emergency call 911, or if you need immediate Domestic Violence assistance or you feel your life is a risk call our 24-Hour hotline: 1-800-928-3131.
Domestic Violence Non-Residential Services
- Court Advocacy
- Personal Advocacy
- Public Speaking Engagements to educate the community about domestic violence.
- Free Counseling Services via the VOCA Couseling program.
- Information and Referral Services
If you want more information or have questions regarding our Residential Services we offer you may contact our Business Office at (606) 439-1552 or e-mail us at safehouse@lklp.net.
If you are experiencing a medical emergency call 911, or if you need immediate Domestic Violence assistance or you feel your life is a risk call our 24-Hour hotline: 1-800-928-3131.
Domestic Violence Program Highlights
The LKLP Safe House Domestic Violence Program is a twenty four seven program that provides free residential and non-residential services for victims of intimate spouse/partner abuse and their dependent children.
The LKLP Safe House shelter is located in Hazard, Kentucky which is the most central location in the eight counties of Perry, Leslie, Knott, Letcher, Breathitt, Lee, Owsley and Wolfe. These are the counties that make up the Kentucky River Area Development District and are the counties that the LKLP Safe House Domestic Violence Program is funded to provide services.
The program is currently staffed by a program director, five full time victim advocate/case managers, one part time house keeper and two part time victim advocate/case managers. Recently one full time staff was laid off due to budget restraints and the program will lose another full time staff on August 30, 2012 again due to budget restraints. After August 30, 2012, the program will only have four (4) full time, two part time case managers and one part time house keeper which will really make it very difficult to operate a twenty four seven program and continue to provide the quality services required by the state contract.
During Fiscal Year 2011/2012 the program has provided services for (52) fifty-two women, (0) men, and (41) forty-one children in the LKLP Safe House shelter. Additionally (263) two hundred and sixty three women, (1) one man and (0) children have received intervention and prevention domestic violence services in a non-residential status through out the eight counties of our service area.
Following is a categorized list of domestic violence services provided and the units of services provided in each category for residential and non-residential victims.
Residential Non-Residential
|
Legal Advocacy
|
20
|
36
|
|
Medical Adv. Contacts
|
183
|
4
|
|
Housing Advocacy
|
288
|
14
|
|
Language Adv./Services Contacts
|
0
|
0
|
|
Other Adv. Contacts
|
415
|
251
|
|
Transportation Services
|
1010
|
15
|
|
Emergency Financial Services
|
58
|
15
|
|
In-Person Individual Counseling
|
1302
|
207
|
|
Phone-Individual Counseling Hours
|
128
|
67
|
|
Group Counseling Hours
|
507
|
484
|
|
Family Counseling Hours
|
65
|
32
|
|
Individual Child Advocacy Services
|
80
|
0
|
|
Group Child Services
|
68
|
0
|
Other services provided by the program are community education events, domestic violence training for professionals, law enforcement personnel, and community domestic violence awareness events. This past F/Y the program staff has conducted sixteen (16) program awareness events, eighteen (18) professional trainings, and fourteen (14) community education domestic violence awareness events.
The program staff works in collaboration with local schools, colleges, medical providers, mental health providers, social services, churches and private civic groups in our efforts to provide well rounded services for victims of domestic violence and their dependent children. Housing, transportation, and employment are very large obstacles to overcome in our service area and with the decline in the economy, the demand for our services is increasing. The people come to us with mounting problems that make it more difficult to meet their needs. Due to a decrease in funds, we are becoming more and more limited in our efforts to help meet their increasing demands.
The coming year will certainly be a challenge that seems at this time almost impossible to meet. However we will certainly meet the challenge to the best of our ability!!