Programs
Support services that provide safety, advocacy, and practical support for survivors and their families.
How Response Supports Survivors
Response offers a continuum of trauma-informed programs that meet survivors where they are during moments of crisis and throughout the journey toward safety, stability, and independence. Our services are confidential, culturally inclusive, and available to individuals and families affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, sexual harassment, and human trafficking in the Roaring Fork Valley.
Victim Advocacy
Response provides culturally inclusive, trauma-informed advocacy for victims, their families, and non-abusive significant others. Our advocates walk alongside survivors to help them understand their options, navigate complex systems, and make informed decisions about their safety and future.
Services include:
Services include:
Crisis intervention
Identifying options
Safety planning
Trafficking Support
Human trafficking support services
Sexual Harassment Support
Justice Support
Civil and criminal justice support including navigating the judicial and victim’s compensation systems
Medical Support
Accompaniment for a victim to the doctor or hospital
24-HOUR HOTLINE
(970) 925-SAFE (7233)
Confidential, immediate support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Crisis assistance: 970.925.SAFE (7233)
• Immediate response for victims any day of the week, at any hour.
• Crisis assistance: 970.925.SAFE (7233)
• Immediate response for victims any day of the week, at any hour.
SUPPORT GROUPS
When possible, Response offers facilitated support groups for adult victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. These groups provide a safe, supportive environment for survivors to connect, share experiences, and build tools for healing and resilience.
Community Outreach
Response works collaboratively throughout the upper Roaring Fork Valley with schools, businesses, community associations, judicial partners, and faith-based organizations to end domestic and sexual abuse. We focus on prevention, education, and shifting community norms by promoting bystander intervention, accountability, and collective intolerance of abuse.
We provide prevention education programming in middle schools from Basalt to Aspen and offer community presentations on topics including:
• Response Programs and Services
• Healthy Relationships
• Domestic Violence 101
• Sexual Harassment and Abuse
• Bystander Intervention
• Teen Dating Violence
We provide prevention education programming in middle schools from Basalt to Aspen and offer community presentations on topics including:
• Response Programs and Services
• Healthy Relationships
• Domestic Violence 101
• Sexual Harassment and Abuse
• Bystander Intervention
• Teen Dating Violence
Housing
Access to safe, stable housing is one of the most significant barriers survivors face. Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness for women and children, and fear of losing housing is one of the most common reasons victims remain with abusive partners.
Response provides:
Response provides:
- Confidential, temporary emergency shelter
- Transitional housing
- Case management and direct financial assistance to help survivors secure and maintain housing
Survivors often face additional barriers such as damaged credit, disrupted rental histories, employment instability, and housing discrimination. Response’s Housing for Survivors Program focuses on helping survivors obtain stable housing while providing the support needed to rebuild their lives and work toward long-term financial independence.
The program includes:
The program includes:
- Emergency short-term housing
- Shelter housing for up to two months
- Rental assistance
Survivors continue to receive advocacy, counseling, and community referrals throughout their participation in the program. Our housing program manager also supports budgeting, employment searches, and connections to additional emergency financial resources.
In 2021, 53 survivors and 42 children received housing support through one or more program components.
“This all is such a life changer for me. I can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate your help and how it has made this whole life-changing experience an uplift in my life versus the breakdown it could have been.”
— Anonymous survivor, Housing for Survivors Program participant
Securing safe, affordable housing is a critical step toward long-term safety, stability, and empowerment. In 2021, Response expanded this work by purchasing an additional transitional housing unit—our fourth to date. With continued community support, we will keep growing this vital program.
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