Programs

Training

We empower survivors and the programs that serve them, we educate the public, and we advocate for responsive public policy. Our strength is in numbers, as we collaborate throughout Georgia to stop domestic violence.

Technical Assistance

Providing hands-on guidance and support to domestic violence programs across the state to ensure high quality care as they work directly with survivors of domestic violence and their families.

Public Policy and Advocacy

Ensuring that the interests and rights of domestic violence survivors are protected and upheld.

Statewide Outreach

Ensuring communities across the state are engaged, informed, and motivated to create change in the prevention, intervention, and response to domestic violence.

24-Hour Statewide Hotline

Providing coordinated access to safety and support.

BRIDGES Deaf Advocacy Program

Provides culturally-specific and accessible advocacy services to Deaf and hard of hearing survivors of domestic violence in the Metro Atlanta and Rome areas.

Community Engagement Project

Engaging communities and stakeholders to ensure access to safe, compassionate care and justice for all victims. This involves Community Conversations, specialized trainings, and the Community Rise Project.

Justice for Incarcerated Survivors Project

Working for the release of incarcerated survivors imprisoned for hurting or killing their abusive partner or committing a crime under duress from their abusive partner.

Economic Justice Initiative

Working with diverse systems, stakeholders, and social justice movements to achieve policies that create greater economic equality for survivors and centers their input towards meaningful, individualized, and financially sustainable futures.

Survivor Justice Initiative

The Survivor Justice Initiative promoted and advocated for the passage of HB582, the Georgia Survivor Justice Act, which is now Georgia Law.

Statewide Domestic Violence Hotline

The Georgia domestic violence hotline is an extensive telephone routing system to Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) certified shelters.