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AVLF Staff Members Speak on National and Regional Panels

…e partner abuse and homelessness. Mary spoke about the unique model of the Safe Families Office (SFO)—Georgia’s very first lawyer-staffed, courthouse-based walk-in clinic for survivors of intimate partner violence. The program is co-run by AVLF and Partnership Against Domestic Violence. The SFO has been recognized by the American Bar Association as a national best practices model. Standing with Our Neighbors™ Staff Attorney Erik Provitt Safe and S…

Holidays Made Happy Thanks to Friends of AVLF

…VLF has worked extensively with, including three individuals from Safe and Stable Families and one Safe and Stable Homes client who lost her spouse in a fire. Rie Steinbrenner at Hunton & Williams said, “It makes my heart swell when we can help those less fortunate than ourselves.” Delta attorney Rachel Weitz said, “When we brought the gifts, Mom had the kids hide so she could later say Santa brought all the presents. She was overwhelmed by all of…

PurSHOEing Justice Event Uplifts Survivors of Intimate Partner Abuse

…ilies Project (see above). We also had the honor of hearing the story of a Safe Families Office client, who shared how the Safe Families team fought tirelessly to ensure her safety and stability. Your generosity has provided crucial support for survivors of intimate partner abuse. For the fourth year in a row, we would like to extend an extra special thank you to our dear friends Gerard Monte and Hector Rosano of Coast2Coast Catering, Events, & Fl…

Safe and Stable Homes Team Members Named 2019 Racial Justice Institute Fellows

…racism plays in causing and perpetuating poverty. The 2019 cohort includes Safe and Stable Homes Director Cole Thaler, Staff Attorney Ayanna Jones-Lightsy, and Community Advocates Nekesha Whitaker and Shamyya Wyatt. The 2019 cohort is made up of public interest lawyers, legal aid attorneys, community advocates, community organizers, public defenders, and paralegals. The Fellows’ advocacy covers issues such as criminal justice reform, consumer prot…

AVLF Named Tapestri Community Partner of the Year

…ion through education, community organizing, and direct services. Safe and Stable Families Director Jamie Perez and Staff Attorney Nilufar Abdi-Tabari. This award was given to AVLF due to the hard work and unwavering partnership of the Safe and Stable Families team. They work daily to combat domestic violence and break down the legal barriers that often send survivors back to their abusers. The award was given during Tapestri’s domestic violence f…

Camille Millar

Camille Millar is the Social Worker for the Safe & Stable Families Project. Camille graduated with a B.S. in Social Work from Georgia State University in May of 2013. She quickly became an Americorps Vista, volunteering in Spartanburg, South Carolina from 2014 to 2015. Through this program, Camille worked at an outpatient drug treatment center. She also worked directly with adults suffering from behavioral health issues, improving health outcomes…

The Housing Vision that Guides Us

…al blog posts on housing in Atlanta. Read them here. Cole Thaler Director, Safe & Stable Homes Project Check out more from this author. Cole serves as the director of AVLF’s Safe and Stable Homes Project. He oversees the Saturday Lawyer Program and the Standing with Our Neighbors Program, among others. Before joining AVLF, Cole was a supervising staff attorney with Georgia Legal Services Program, where he represented low-income rural Georgians in…

Letter From Leadership: AVLF in the Times of COVID-19

…. We are still placing landlord-tenant cases with volunteer attorneys. Our Safe & Stable Families Team continues to serve survivors of intimate partner abuse via remote means. Each day, our team speaks with everyone who has filed a petition for a protective order to consider a safety plan with them and to evaluate and as necessary suggest modifications for their petitions. By order of Chief Judge Brasher, all current protective orders are extended…

AVLF Welcomes 4 New Staff Attorneys

…up an Instagram account to highlight her work! Erika Voreh Staff Attorney, Safe Families Office Erika Voreh is a Staff Attorney at the Safe Families Office. While in law school, Erika was a member of the Emory International Law Review, and her paper, “The United States’ Convention Against Torture RUDs: Allowing the Use of Solitary Confinement in Lieu of Mental Health Treatment in U.S. Immigration Detention Centers” was published in the Spring 2019…

“I am trying to do better for myself first to make it better for my kids.”

…ere so supportive. I had somebody there for me that was not my family. The Safe Families Office, now I consider them my family. It felt like their door was always open. You can go in and talk to them about anything. I had to go to court four or five times through the whole process of the Temporary Protective Order because he didn’t want to pay child support. My attorney went out of her way so many times for me. She was always there to go above and…

7 Things to Know about Standing with Our Neighbors

…landlord tenant issues. Finally, our services include real follow-up with families. AVLF’s Community Advocate works closely with families on the goal of keeping the family within Thomasville Heights Elementary School’s attendance zone and ensuring safe and healthy living conditions. If a family must relocate, the Advocate works to help the family avoid another bad situation. Whether a family relocates as a result of the advocacy or obtains repair…

Staff Attorney Joel Correa Receives John Mayoue Family Law Institute Scholarship

…to Joel, and our thanks to the family of John Mayoue. Read more about our Safe Families Office / Domestic Violence work. Ashleigh Starnes Communications Associate As AVLF’s Communications Associate, Ashleigh helps Katie King with website content development, social media outreach, and various other forms of communication with our fiercely compassionate supporters. Ashleigh is ever-eager to share the remarkable stories of our clients, and the impa…