What We Do
Safe Havens is engaged in a number of projects. Our programs and services include:
The Vigil Project (begun in 1992), a way for congregations to honor victims, elders, youth, and children, to condemn IPV, and to engender long-term social change. Typically, congregations host a Vigil for the whole community, involving schools, local government, businesses, law enforcement, the health care community, and other local institutions. 
The Vigil raises awareness about IPV, stresses the disastrous impact on families, elders, and youth, and calls community members to respond collaboratively to the problem.
The Manna in the Wilderness Project (2004) provides outreach and education, in order to strengthen prevention, early intervention, accountability, and social change within faith communities. This involves consciousness raising, training, skills and capacity building, and leadership development. Often, participants meet area service providers for the first time.
The Family Violence Prevention Project (FVPP) (1998) provides a comprehensive, protocol-driven, faith-based response to IPV that addresses the dynamics of IPV, understanding those who abuse, the impact on families, youth, and children, trauma and PTSD, law enforcement interventions, and effective responses.
The Safe Havens National Technical Assistance Project (2003), which is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women, provides technical assistance to OVW-funded service providers.
Technical Assistance (1991) is a way for Safe Havens to help people who have questions about faith and domestic violence. Often, technical assistance is followed by a more formal training event.
Safe Havens Cell Phone Drives (2005) allows congregations to learn about domestic abuse and at the same time, support victims of abuse.
