Company Profile
Safe Horizon
Company Overview
Helping Individuals Affected by Domestic Violence, Rape and Stalking
The mission of Safe Horizon is
to provide support, prevent
violence, and promote justice
for victims of crime and abuse,
their families and communities.
Safe Horizon is the largest provider of domestic violence services in the country. Collaborating with the criminal justice system, Safe Horizon offers innovative programs that provide women with support throughout the complex process of leaving violent relationships and building safe futures. For survivors of domestic violence, stalking, rape, and sexual assault, Safe Horizon offers services that help them and their children move toward safe and independent violence-free lives
Company History
Supporting more than 350,000 victims of crime and abuse each year. Safe Horizon goes to the root of New York City’s most critical issues. We intervene with real solutions. We are integral to the City and its people.
We are both a catalyst and an agent of change. We transform lives. In 2003, Safe Horizon celebrates 25 years of helping New Yorkers.
From the beginning, we have responded directly to the urgent needs of New Yorkers. In the 1970s, more than half of witnesses failed to appear in court. They were scared of defendants who threatened them, and they
were angry at the indifference of the legal system.
The Victim Witness Assistance Program was founded by the Vera Institute of Justice in 1975 to address this
problem. The program was an important success, boosting the number of witnesses testifying against offenders by 35 percent. Placing the needs of crime victims at the forefront. In 1978 it became the Victim Services Agency, predecessor to Safe Horizon.
Since that time we’ve grown to be an essential part of the City. Today we have 80 programs. We are in the boroughs, police precincts, schools and courts. We work with hundreds of agencies and are a partner with every
level of government from City Hall to Albany to Washington.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Facts and Stats about Safe Horizon
Each year Safe Horizon helps more than 350,000 victims
of violence move from crisis to confidence
Providing 24-hour Lifelines to Crime Victims
Each Year
- We respond to over 182,000 calls on our Safe Horizon Domestic Violence, Crime Victims and Rape and Sexual Assault Hotlines. Average Response Time: 10 seconds.
- We provide nearly 15,000 links to shelter through our Domestic Violence Hotline.
Helping Victims of Domestic Violence, Stalking, Trafficking and Rape
Each Year
- We provide emergency shelter to more than 3,100 children and families fleeing domestic violence.
- We provide support and advocacy for nearly 50,000 victims of domestic violence.
- We counsel more than 3,000 stalking victims about safety planning and legal remedies.
- We investigate more than 5,000 cases of child sexual or physical abuse.
- We help over 1,300 rape and sexual assault survivors.
- We provide counseling and support services to more than 200 refugees and victims of torture.
- We provide expert support and guidance in an average of 60 cases of trafficking.
- We train over 175 executives at more than 75 companies about the impact of domestic violence on the workplace and how to address it.
- We issued $3.6 million to more than 50 community-based organizations, increasing their understanding of domestic violence and expanding our expertise into underserved communities throughout the city.
Helping Children and Youth Prevent and Cope with Violence
Each Year
- We teach close to 400 workshops on violence prevention to over 1,200 middle and high school students across the city.
- We reach over 12,000 students and adults in school communities throughout New York City to promote messages of safety and support.
- We make approximately 15,000 outreach contacts with homeless and street-involved youth on the streets.
- We distribute 35,000 meals and provide practical services and counseling to more than 2,000 homeless youth.
- We provide lifesaving compassionate services to 26,000 children.
Helping Families and Individuals Impacted by Crime and Abuse
Each Year
- We assist 50,000 individuals with court orientation, criminal justice advocacy, emergency financial assistance, and referrals.
- We provide more than 22,000 meals and free, supportive, educational child-care for children while their parents or guardians attend court.
- We install new locks in the homes of more than 2,100 crime victims within 48 hours of their requests.
- We counsel more than 400 individuals and their families who have been victims of crime and abuse.
- We provide intensive legal representation in nearly 3,000 new cases, including cases of orders of protection, U Visas, trafficking visas, custody, visitation, and child support.
- We provide nearly 4,000 hours of trauma-focused therapy for children and families.
- We conduct more than 1,350 court-mandated sessions for convicted batterers, to encourage them to be accountable for their violent behavior.
- We provide direct services to over 11,500 crime victims through dozens of police precincts throughout the city.
- We counsel an average of 1,000 children, adults and families who lost loved ones to homicide and violent crime.
- We help more than 11,000 clients peacefully resolve their disputes through mediation and provide mediation training to nearly 3,000 representatives of city agencies and community-based organizations.
Advocating and Raising Awareness
In 2006
- We had nearly 100 meetings with policymakers, elected officials and administrators, in Albany, New York City and the nation's capitol.
- We reached hundreds of millions of people nationwide through our public awareness campaign and media relations efforts, educating the public about issues of violence and victimization through media such as The New York Times, USA Today, Essence, InStyle, New York Magazine, The Today Show, ABC World News Tonight and BBC News.
Benefits
Tuition reimbursement
11 Paid holidays
Career development/training
Life Insurance
4 weeks vacation
Parental Leave