…ble Families Project. He previously served at the Managing Attorney of the Safe Families Office and will continue to lead that Office as well as the Family Law Program. Jamie Perez also becomes Co-Director of the Safe and Stable Families Project. She has overseen the rapid and amazing growth of the Safe and Stable Families Project and will now focus her efforts on the Standing with Survivors Program and AVLF’s place-based services for survivors of…
…o attending multiple resource fairs, they also hosted an open house at the Safe Families Office, which is co-run by AVLF and the Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV). The event was open to everyone who works at the Fulton County Courthouse, aimed at educating staff about the ramifications of domestic violence and encouraging collaboration between departments. Staff Attorney Nilufar Abdi-Tabari presented at the “Domestic Violence Forum: The…
…lternative for survivors of domestic violence, which offers a way out: the Safe Families Office. The Safe Families Office is Georgia’s only lawyer-staffed, courthouse-based walk-in clinic designed to offer domestic violence survivors in-depth legal assistance when they walk through our doors. In addition to vital legal services, AVLF and Partnership Against Domestic Violence, who staff the Safe Families Office, provide holistic services to assist…
…egal protection from intimate partner abuse. Survivors find us through the Safe Families Office – a lawyer-staffed walk-in clinic in the Fulton County Courthouse. In the last year, AVLF hired four new staff members to enhance the work of the Safe and Stable Families team. Audrey Bergeson Family Law Staff Attorney Audrey assists survivors who, after coming through the Safe Families Office, need assistance with long term family law matters. Before j…
…hire a Legal Assistant, a second Family Law Program attorney, and a second Safe Families Office attorney. Not only will these new hires help us provide more robust direct services, but we’ll also be able to host more trainings in the legal community and beyond. Survivors will have access to an expansive network of resources in our community, not just at AVLF. As we share what we know, more professionals will feel energized and educated on how to s…
…afe and Stable Families team, we’ll continue to bring the resources of the Safe Families Office out into our community throughout the year. Want to know more about what’s happening in our domestic violence programs? Check out our blogs featuring our Safe and Stable Families Project. Ashleigh Starnes Communications Associate As AVLF’s Communications Associate, Ashleigh helps Lauren Frazier with website content development, social media outreach, an…
…violence in Georgia in the last year. We also hosted an open house at the Safe Families Office, where we welcomed friends of the organization to view and learn about our work in the Fulton County Courthouse. Here’s a full list of our events throughout October: October 1 | AVLF Intimate Partner Abuse Webinar October 2 | Fulton DeKalb Hospital Authority 8th Annual Health Summit October 4 | Atlanta Victim Assistance Domestic Violence & Sexual Assaul…
…ly Law Section Member at Large). The Atlanta Bar Association gave Safe and Stable Families Director Jamie Perez their prestigious Family First award on Monday, November 6. The Family First Award is granted annually to a member of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Family Law Section who recognizes the importance of protecting the most vulnerable during family crises. Perez received the award at the 28th Annual Family Law Section Luncheon Honoring the J…
…lking on campus. Through this grant, Spelman is partnering with our Safe & Stable Families Project and Partnership Against Domestic Violence to bring violence prevention resources to campus. Spelman’s Mission Statement Spelman College, a historically Black college and a global leader in the education of women of African descent, is dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts and sciences and the intellectual, creative, ethical, and leader…
…process of obtaining a protective order and the follow up provide from the Safe Families Office. They also met staff from Partnership Against Domestic Violence, which co-runs the Safe Families Office. The Committee followed the path that most survivors take through the courthouse, to the Safe Families Office and the Superior Court Family Division on the 8th floor. Several members – including some AVLF staff-persons unfamiliar with the courthouse –…
…n County Court is now hearing ex parte protective orders remotely, and our Safe Families Office staff is working hard to help facilitate this and provide crucial resources to survivors in this uncertain time. In the meantime, all protective orders are indefinitely extended. But when the courts re-open, we expect a backlog of TPO cases that will need to go before a judge to be extended for the full twelve months. BCNTR has committed to taking ten p…
…SHOEing Justice was wildly successful, raising more funds for our Safe and Stable Families program than any previous event. We are proud to announce that February 28th’s PurSHOEing Justice event raised a total of over $96,000 for our Safe and Stable Families Project. Almost half of the funds were raised by tickets and sponsorships. About 52% of the funds came from the live auction, the silent auction, and from donations taken at the event. A break…
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