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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…

Volunteer Take: Helping Those Who Need It Most

…erstanding of their legal options. In 2016 alone, 2,911 people came to the Safe Families Office for immediate assistance. My clients have all been wonderful, hardworking people who found themselves in untenable situations and had the courage to stand up and say ‘no more.’ These numbers are achieved through the hard, daily work of AVLF staff who make sure every survivor walks out of their office with a plan and feeling heard. The Safe Families Offi…

Cynthia Padilla Pearson

…st publications on balanced and restorative justice. 1158 Legal Navigator, Safe Families Office cpadilla@avlf.org (404) 612-4316 Cynthia is the Safe Families Office Legal Navigator for AVLF’s Domestic Violence Program and works directly with the SFO Staff Attorney and in partnership with staff from PADV to provide legal assistance to domestic violence survivors. As the first point of contact at the SFO, Cynthia greets and directs survivors to the…

Atlanta Bar Association Gives Liz Whipple 2017 Professionalism Award

…ality assistance: Liz Whipple made damn sure that everyone who came to the Safe Families Office received that level of attention the first time and every time they came. Liz left AVLF for a 2-year fellowship, teaching a class on domestic violence and running a clinic at the University of Alabama Law School. Jamie Perez, who succeeded Liz as the Director of the AVLF DV Program, and her Safe Families Office colleagues, carry on the fundamental tradi…

Board Member Spotlight: Jimmy Rusert

…ur office has represented victims of intimate partner violence through the Safe Families Office, and I had the pleasure of working on two petitions for protective orders while I was a summer. That introduction, at a time when I knew what I wanted to do for my career but didn’t know how to best serve my community in doing so, showed me just how rewarding working for AVLF can be. Give us your best elevator pitch – what does AVLF mean to you? AVLF st…

5 Highlights from the AVLF 2017 Annual Report

…e. AVLF clients can now fill in their information on handheld tablets. The Safe Families Office had over 3,000 visitors this year – and the more efficient the intake process, the more survivors we can serve. Thanks to the generous support of Techbridge, the Safe Families Office is now equipped with tablets and desktops for clients and staff. 3. The Standing with Our Neighbors™ program expanded from 1 to 7 schools. Staff Attorney Erik Provitt and C…

Newest AVLFers Reflect on First Six Months at the SFO

…t the most rewarding and surprising aspects of their jobs. “Working at the Safe Families Office has already been such a rewarding experience for me. I selfishly love to proclaim that my job is actually helping people! Apart from coordinating the appropriate services to meet our clients’ needs, I am interacting with women/men alike who are looking for support, guidance, and ultimately a neutral person to share the most heart-wrenching moments of th…

Celebrating the Past, Building for the Future

…services. Last year, more than 3,400 individuals sought assistance at the Safe Families Office. On February 21st, we will celebrate AVLF Match Day, the date 40 years ago when AVLF’s Articles of Incorporation were filed. This one-time event will be filled with fun and gifts to those who make donations to AVLF at increments of $40. All proceeds will benefit the SAFE Fund and will be matched by an anonymous donor. You can view the social media toolk…

Lilli Crowe

…obate Information Center programs. She spends most of her work days in the Safe Families Office at the Fulton County Courthouse assisting survivors of domestic violence in petitioning for temporary protective orders against their abusers and subsequently coordinating volunteer attorneys to assist those survivors in obtaining 12-month protective orders. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a Sociology minor from the Universit…

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 Honored for Community Impact

…ghter Cup for our commitment to defending the rights of low-income Atlanta families. “We are so grateful to be honored by Metro Fair Housing, which itself has done such important work toward housing justice in Atlanta,” says Safe and Stable Homes Director Cole Thaler. “In partnership, our organizations and communities can really make a difference for Atlanta’s most vulnerable residents.” Ten Safe and Stable Homes staff members attended the event….

Letter from the Leadership: So Much More Than Shoes

…all love AVLF and feel proud and honored to help support the work that the Safe Families Office does day in and day out. The real heroes, though, are the survivors. Our PurSHOEing Justice guests of honor. Christy Sims. April Ross. Tameka Webb. These women – and the thousands of others who have had the courage to step into the Safe Families Office – display such strength and grace that it literally takes my breath away. Thank you, thank you for let…