No One Alone (NOA)

Location: Dahlonega, Georgia

The MKACF paid for 103 individual counseling sessions, 28 support group sessions and 45 play therapy sessions for children, which helped a total of 120 victims. The NOA focuses on reducing the risk of posttraumatic stress, depression, anxiety and other adverse effects of domestic violence.

NOA

Harbor House Domestic Violence Shelter

Location: Tuscarawas and Carroll Counties, Ohio

The MKACF provided Harbor House with funds to buy a new Honda Odyssey minivan which transports survivors and their children to appointments, jobs, school, recreational activities and a variety of other places around the county. With the van, the shelter can provide transportation and ensure safety of victims as they travel to necessary places. Harbor House is a division of the Personal and Family Counseling Services of Tuscarawas Valley, Inc. Harbor House

Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence

Location: Boulder, Colorado

In a six-month period SPAN provided emergency shelter, food, clothing and basic needs to 117 battered women and their children. MKACF funding also helped provide counseling, post-shelter housing, transportation as well as physical, mental and spiritual health services. SPAN

Vera House

Location: Syracuse, New York

The Vera House used its grant money to remodel the facility, so it would better accommodate women with all types of disabilities. A whopping 92 percent of women with disabilities report abuse and violence as the top problem in their lives. Vera House

Berks Women in Crisis

Location: Reading, Penn.

The MKACF grant helped solve one of this shelter’s long-term and on-going problems: transportation. With the grant, they bought a vehicle to transport donations like food, furniture and clothing, which are essential to running the shelter. This 24-hour shelter can accommodate 26 women and their children. www.berkswomenincrisis.org