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Safe & Stable Families Honors Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2019 [PHOTOS]

…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…

Letter From Leadership: What You Don’t Know About Domestic Violence

…ed through hundreds of clients’ information – each of whom had visited the Safe Families Office that year – before pulling up the victim’s paperwork. I wanted to review her file and her history. I wanted to figure out what went wrong. The victim, a former Sheriff’s Deputy, had been married to her husband for 15 years. She had recently told him she wanted a divorce. He responded by accusing her of cheating. He went through her phone, systematically…

Safe & Stable Families Receives Generous Funding from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

…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…

A Conversation on Mobile Advocacy

…There was a sequence of light bulb moments, I would say. When I was in the Safe Families Office, we encountered a lot of clients who would talk about having negative experiences with law enforcement specifically. Clients also said it was difficult for them to find community resources that specifically targeted intimate partner abuse. With all of these subsequent conversations, we tried to figure out how our organization could fill in the gaps, and…

2016 Celebrating Service Luncheon Award Winners

…SAFE FAMILIES OFFICE FIRM OF THE YEAR: JONES DAY Since partnering with the Safe Families Office in 2013, Jones Day’s volunteer attorneys have been extremely committed to serving survivors of domestic violence. This past year, Laura Bunten and Jessica Casey did a phenomenal job of ensuring volunteer attorneys from their firm were available when the Safe Families Office needed them. The firm is extremely effective in encouraging new volunteers to be…

Safe Families Team Members Take Leadership Roles with Fulton County Family Violence Task Force

…tnership Against Domestic Violence’s (PADV) Managing Legal Advocate at the Safe Families Office, were elected to co-chair the Task Force. Cynthia Padilla Pearson, SSF Legal Education & Outreach Coordinator, was elected as Secretary. The Task Force had its first meeting with its new leadership team on Wednesday, May 15. The group is seeking 501(c)(3) status for to make it eligible for various grant opportunities. Jamie and Cynthia are grateful for…

Safe & Stable Families Spends #DVAM2018 Spreading Awareness

…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…

Safe Families Office 15th Anniversary Celebration

…ainst Domestic Violence, and the Fulton Count State and Superior Courts. Join us as we reflect on our growth and success in serving survivors of intimate partner abuse, honor our staff and partners, and look to the future of the Safe Families Office. Light refreshments will be provided. Location Fulton County Courthouse Justice Center Tower 185 Central Ave, SW Suite J1-7000 (7th floor, Jury Assembly Room) Atlanta, Ga 30303 Click here to RSVP by Fe…

A Year in Review: How We Grew and Where We’re Going

…ontinued to grow and innovate. We’ve expanded in the nationally-recognized Safe Families Office—a lawyer-staffed, courthouse-based safe haven for survivors of intimate partner abuse who are seeking the law’s protection; in our Family Law program, offering critical family law representation to those same survivors; and in our Guardian ad Litem program, providing expertly trained Guardians ad Litem to look out for children’s best interests in high-c…

Women of the Board Pack Emergency Kits for Safe Families Office Clients

…pport for survivors. This goes beyond the legal assistance we provide. The Safe Families staff also offers safety planning, emergency assistance, and access to other resources that are crucial to a survivor’s independence. The emergency kits will be a valuable resource for our clients. We’re so grateful to the women of the Board who attended – and special thanks to Jaime Theriot for hosting the event at Troutman Sanders. AVLF is lucky to have Boar…

Safe and Stable Families Director Jamie Perez Wins Family First Award

…ector, presented the honor. “Our recipient today fights tirelessly to keep families safe and makes me proud to be a lawyer,” Smith said. “This award is designed to acknowledge the importance of those lawyers among us that take the extra step to stand up for children, recognizing that the best indicator of child health after divorce is the level of conflict,” Smith said. “Children who are exposed to domestic violence show comparable levels of emoti…