Dec. 10, 1984
The first eight-bed
shelter in
Outagamie County
opens on Elm
Street. It’s location
is kept secret for
security purposes.
June 1985
The Children's Program is added with the help of the United Way.
1987
Mandatory arrest
policy is
adopted
in Outagamie
County (2 years
before state law).
Harbor House
creates Domestic
Violence Intervention
Program to
coordinate local
monitoring efforts.
April 10, 1989
A new fivebedroom
, 20-bed
shelter facility
opens on Russet
Court in Grand
Chute. Its location
remains hidden.
October 1990
First “Breakfast
With Your Public
Official” takes
place.
1992
First in-service to educate clergy on the important role they can play in intervening in domestic abuse cases is offered
Aug. 11, 1995
“I Tell My Story,”
an original play
and collaboration
among Harbor
House, director
Susan Rabideau
and Attic Theater,
premieres to soldout
audiences.
First all-day workshop
for healthcare
providers,
co-sponsored by
local medical
auxiliaries and
Harbor House
Harbor House
Domestic Abuse
Programs officially
becomes a private
nonprofit and the
shelter location is
made public,
creating greater
opportunities for
community
awareness and
outreach efforts.
1997
First Hispanic
women’s support
group is held in
collaboration with
UNIDOS Against
Domestic
Violence.
February 1998Calumet County
Outreach Office of
Harbor House
opens in Chilton
and a statewide
toll-free number is
established.
June 1998
Prevention Education Program is created to focus greater emphasis on primary prevention, reaching out to youth.
November 1998
A fire forces
Harbor House to
take up residence
at the Outagamie
County Chapter of
the Red Cross for
two-and-a-half
months.
Capital campaign
begins to raise
funds to renovate
the former
Peabody Manor
as the new shelter
and program
center. A total of
$2.65 million is
raised, the most
ever raised by a
DV program in
Wisconsin.
Sept. 5, 2001
Harbor House
moves into its
new 32-bed
shelter facility on
Fifth Street in
Appleton.
The connection
between child
abuse and DV is
recognized
through a Memorandum
of Understanding
between
Harbor House
and Outagamie
County Department
of Human
Services, a first
in Wisconsin.
2003
First “Women of
Wisdom” support
group for older
battered women
begins for women
55 and older.
2004
“Wings of
Change” support
group—a group
for DV victims who
have been
diagnosed with a
mental illness—is
offered in collaboration
with NAMI.
2005
Harbor House’s
Interfaith
Committee is
established.
March 2005
Ethel’s Wing
opens with major
funding from the
John and Ethel
Keller Family
Foundation,
adding 12 more
shelter beds and
making Harbor
House a 44-bed
facility.
“Voices of Men” is
performed in local
high schools to
educate young
men on their role
in ending violence
against women.
The play inspires
first men’s symposium
in October
and the formation
of a local Voices
of Men group.
June 6, 2007
Harbor House
sets a new oneday
shelter
census record
of 59 residents
in-shelter
October 2007
“Cut It Out,” a
program
to train
area
hairstylists
on
the
important role
they can play in
DV prevention,
is launched in
Outagamie and
Calumet counties.
January 2008
Calumet County
implements a
“Domestic
Violence Court,” to
ensure perpetrator
accountability.
February 2008“Opening the
Door,” a pastor’s
guide to premarital
counseling
seminar is offered
by Harbor House
and its Interfaith
Committee.
Voices of Men
group defines
its mission
statement:
“Fox Valley men
dedicated to
preventing the
abuse of girls and
women through
education, rolemodeling
and
mentoring of boys
and men.”
May 2008
The “Partnership
Apartments,” six
apartments for DV
victims, open in
the north wing, a
collaboration with
the Housing
Partnership of the
Fox Cities.
2008Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender
Advisory
Committee is
formed to better
serve LGBT
victims and
survivors of
domestic abuse.