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Letter from Leadership: Jamie Perez on Why the Safe Families Office Matters

…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…

Annual Campaign Steering Committee Tours Safe Families Office, Fulton County Courthouse

…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 –…

AVLF’s Safe Families Office Prepares to Celebrate 10th Anniversary

…the Safe Families Office February 9th marks the 10th anniversary of AVLF’s Safe Families Office (SFO) – Georgia’s very first lawyer-staffed, Courthouse-based resource for survivors of intimate partner abuse. The SFO is a unique collaboration between AVLF, Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV), and the Fulton County Superior and State Courts. The office serves survivors of domestic violence seeking civil temporary protective orders against t…

How the Room Speaks: Creating Healing Spaces for Survivors

…their environment impact their sense of safety? Survivors looking for the Safe Families Office are often nervous and intimidated when they enter the building. The Courthouse isn’t the easiest place to navigate. The maze of hallways and busy courtrooms can be overwhelming to anyone who first enters. Because of both their circumstances and the unfamiliar surroundings, survivors looking for the Safe Families Office are often nervous and intimidated…

Safe & Stable Families Focus on Awareness and Outreach in October [Photos]

…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…

Safe Families Office Gets Tech Overhaul

…ong one, largely because of the time it takes to hand-write the documents. Safe Families staff spent the day learning about the new technology they’ll be using. Thanks to a grant from The AEC Trust and with support from TechBridge, this process will soon change. Starting July 24, the SFO will become completely digital. Each intake desk will be outfitted with a desktop computer, and clients will sign-in on tablets that will process all their inform…

On the Move – AVLF Team Updates

…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…

The Safe Families Office Commemorates 10th Anniversary

…rved more than 19,000 individuals, including more than 6,700 children. The Safe Families Office staff and volunteers have had more than 150,000 units of service provision/interaction with these clients, more than 40 units a day, and assisted with obtaining more than 21,000 Temporary Protection Orders (TPOs). From April 2016 to December 31, 2018, the office has assigned 450 volunteer attorneys to represent clients in their hearings. “Over the past…

Safe Families Office / Intimate Partner Abuse Program

17043 Safe Families Office / Intimate Partner Abuse Program The Safe Families Office is located in the Fulton County Courthouse. It’s Georgia’s only lawyer-staffed, courthouse-based resource for survivors of intimate partner abuse seeking to obtain temporary protective orders. purple-bg   The Safe Families Office is a lawyer staffed, courthouse based resource that provides temporary protective orders for survivors of intimate partner abuse. Our s…

If at First…

…olunteer Lawyers Foundation and the Partnership Against Domestic Violence. Safe Families pairs volunteer attorneys with clients to represent the clients at hearings for 12-month protective orders. The objective of Safe Families is to safeguard clients from future domestic violence. Not only does the Safe Families Office give me a great opportunity to get out of my office and into the courtroom, but it also allows me to use my legal education to ma…

Safe and Stable Families Welcomes New Staff Members

…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…