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Groups
Tuesday
- Location: Harbor House - 720 W Fifth St.
Open Talk Circle for Women 6-7:30pm
The Harbor House Talking Circle is open to all formerly or currently battered women. We encourage attendees to bring a friend. Topics of interest are survivor-driven. Childcare provided.
Wednesday
- Location: Harbor House - 720 W Fifth St.
Open Group for Women 6-7:30pm
This is an open group for women which shares information on issues such as trauma, red flags, and boundary setting. It offers a safe place to share feelings, develop safety plans, and network with our community of women, as well as an opportunity to explore the global impact of violence and learn creative strategies for change to improve the quality of life for trauma survivors. Childcare provided.
- Location: Harbor House - 720 W Fifth St.
Children's Educational/Support 6-7:30pm
For children 5-12, this group offers age-appropriate information to children whose mothers are concurrently attending Open Group for Women. If a child does not want to attend group, his or her choice will be respected. Childcare provided.
- Location: Harbor House - 720 W Fifth St.
Native American Talking Circle 6-7:30pm
Thursday
- Location: Harbor House - 720 W Fifth St.
Women of Wisdom 1:30-3:00pm
This group is for experienced women exploring relationships. It is an educational group geared toward women over 55.
- Location: Harbor House - 720 W Fifth St.
Wings of Change 6-7:30pm
This is an open group for women who have experienced violence in their lives and also have a mental illness. Sponsored by Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs and NAMI-Fox Valley.
- Location: Harbor House - 720 W Fifth St.
Open Group for Hispanic Women 6-7:30pm
Michelle Ruhl facilitates this group, offering bilingual support, mentoring, and limited immigration information to Hispanic survivors of domestic violence. Call prior to attending. Childcare provided.
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Programs
Shelter
- Temporary shelter
- 24 Hour Helpline
- Referral service
- Emergency transportation to safety
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Community Education & Outreach
- Faith, business, and health communities
- Work with women outside the shelter
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Women's Program
- Individual support
- Support groups
- Legal advocacy
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Calumet County Outreach
- Individual support
- Support groups
- Community education
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Children's Program
- Individual support
- Support groups
- School outreach
- Legal advocacy
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Domestic Violence Intervention Program
- Coordination of group treatment
- Member of Outagamie County Domestic Violence Intervention Team
- Perpetrator assessments
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Teen Program
- Individual support
- Support groups
- School outreach
- Legal advocacy
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Services
The most visible aspect of Harbor House programs is the Harbor House shelter, which meets the critical safety needs of those fleeing abusive situations. However, Harbor House is much more than just a shelter. Here is a list of our programming.
- Shelter – Safe, handicap-accessible, temporary housing available. Food, personal care items and clothing are provided in a welcoming and supportive environment. Shelter services also include crisis advocacy, referrals to other agencies, support groups and transportation services.
- 24-Hour Helpline – An anonymous, confidential and free helpline that is available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Voice, TTY and video phone available.
- Advocacy – Support, encouragement, information. Help with housing, links with community agencies, and assistance with police, healthcare providers, clergy, schools, and workplaces.
- Legal Advocacy – Assist clients with restraining order paperwork, divorce options, accompany victims to injunctions, civil and criminal hearings for advocacy support in Outagamie and Calumet counties.
- Support Groups – Support, encouragement and education for victims and their children both in and out of shelter; enabling them to share their experiences with others.
- Children’s Programming – Advocacy and support to dilute negative effects of abuse in children’s lives and promote healthy expressions of emotions; coordination with schools to keep children in school, with emphasis on prevention and breaking the abuse cycle.
- Offender Intervention Program – Assessment, referrals, and classes for abusive men; education for perpetrators about abuse; liaison with police departments, probation/parole officers and the district attorney’s office. Note: Men’s Batterer’s Education Programs are not held at Harbor House.
- Ending Violence through Education (EVE) Class – Assessment, referral and 15-week class for women arrested for using force.
- Access to Pet Shelter – For those seeking shelter, Harbor House has a relationship with the Fox Valley Humane Society (FVHS) to provide temporary housing for pets while victims and their children stay in shelter. While in shelter, victims and their children can visit their animals in a special wing at FVHS. Their pets will not be adopted out, but will have their own shelter provided while their family stays at Harbor House.
- Community Education – Harbor House’s community education coordinator provides training and presentations to community groups and organizations, churches, workplaces, salons, colleges, etc. about domestic violence.
- Prevention Education – Harbor House’s prevention education coordinator provides presentations at local schools to children and teens about bullying, relationship behavior and dating violence.
- Emergency Transportation to Safety – Harbor House can arrange transportation in our area if a victim needs to access shelter or health care services.
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