The mission of The Women's Home is to help women in crisis regain their self esteem and dignity, empowering them to return to society as productive, self-sufficient individuals.

Unique in Houston, The Women's Home offers women who are homeless because of mental health and/or substance abuse disorders long-term residential care, psychiatric and nurse practitioner services, psychotherapy, chemical dependency services and vocational and spiritual development programs based on its WholeLife Model.  The program is a long-term (up to 18 months) residential rehabilitation program with beds for 56 women.

The Home is one of only five programs in our region approved by the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services to provide residential rehabilitation services for women; there are nineteen programs for men.

The  Home is a United Way agency and is licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services.  The Home is celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007. 

For more information please visit www.thewomenshome.org or contact Pamela Stockton at 713-328-1950 or pstockton@thewomenshome.org.

The Center against Family Violence (formerly Advocates for Battered Women) was founded in 1978 to provide shelter and services to battered women and their children. A safe house was opened that year and has been operating for the past 25 years.

The mission of Women and Children First is to empower women and their children to live independently, free from domestic violence by providing crisis intervention, safe shelter, social and legal advocacy and support services.

Our vision is to improve the lives and life chances of women and children who are victims of domestic violence. By providing access to safe and secure shelter, transitional housing, legal catalyst providing victims with more control, direction and options for their lives. As a proactive leader in outreach, education and legal advocacy, we envision a future where victims are not only protected by the law, but their rights to privacy are protected as well, enabling them to live independently and free from domestic violence.

For more information please visit www.wcfarkansas.org or contact Paige Masters at 501-376-3219 or pmasters@wcfarkansas.org.