…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…
…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…
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…
…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…
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…y abused by an intimate partner. Each year, over 3,000 survivors walk into Safe Families Office seeking legal protection from their abusers. The fundraising event PurSHOEing Justice was created to increase awareness around intimate partner abuse and raise money for AVLF’s Safe and Stable Families Project. The brainchild of AVLF board members Elizabeth Finn Johnson and Jennifer Jackson, PurSHOEing Justice not only provides the Safe and Stable Famil…
…Program depends on volunteers like Jill and the firm of Stern & Edlin. 2. Safe Families Office Volunteer of the Year: Christopher Green Christopher Green has taken many cases with AVLF’s Safe and Stable Families Project and has shown time and again that he stands with survivors. He repeatedly reaches out to our office to request new cases and shows, both in and out of the Courtroom, how much he cares about his clients. His clients have consistent…
…ides itself on providing a safe, open, welcoming space, in the form of The Safe Families Office, in the Fulton County Courthouse where survivors can obtain friendly assistance in filing for temporary protective orders (TPO) and other TPO-related claims, as well as providing legal representation in their evidentiary hearings, social worker support for their financial, job-related, transportation, and other needs, and family law legal representation…
…: Safe & Stable Homes, which concentrates on landlord-tenant disputes, and Safe & Stable Families, which assists with domestic violence-related legal problems. While these programs are easily separated from each other, intimate partner violence and poor housing often contribute to each other. The statistics surrounding the overlap between these problems are staggering: 39% of cities in the U.S. cite domestic violence as the primary cause of family…
…R | July 30, 2020 Craig Brazeman has been an invaluable help to our Safe & Stable Families Project. As the Legal Assistant for our Safe & Stable Families Project, I have the responsibility of arranging for private process servers to serve temporary protective orders (TPOs). In this role, I have had the pleasure of working with Craig Brazeman with Profiles Investigations, and we wanted to take a moment to recognize the outstanding contributions Cra…
…lic Schools as well as in the Housing Court Assistance Center and Safe and Stable Families Office in the Fulton County courthouse. Soon, you’ll see our Safe & Stable Families mobile office. Advocacy on wheels, but also (like with my recent client) via online. Several of our programs continue to have virtual opportunities. Like any team, the deeper and broader our bench, the more wins and successes we can have. Please support our programs with your…
…sted by the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. Throughout the month, the AVLF/PADV Safe Families Office in the Fulton County Courthouse put together goodie bags, the brainchild of PADV Legal Advocate Lorina Lew, which were delivered to their partners in the courthouse for Domestic Violence Awareness Month to thank courthouse staff for their support. Finally, AVLF is partnering with the Partnership Against Domestic Violence, International Women’s House, an…
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