Arizona Public Service (APS) is investing $3,500 into 24-hour domestic abuse Hotline program Alice’s Place in Winslow, which offers safety, support and housing to domestic violence victims. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines on an average day nationwide. With the help of a 2018 grant for $3,500 from Arizona Public Service (APS), Alice’s Place can remain home to 400 of those calls annually with their 24-hour crisis hotline providing crisis intervention, safety planning, lay legal advocacy, emotional support and resource information. With Alice’s Place being the only domestic violence shelter program within a 60 to 90-mile radius of Winslow, they provide shelter for approximately 80-90 men, women and children per year and provide on average 4,500 bed nights per year. In addition to shelter, Alice’s Place provides supportive services to non-shelter clients including mobile advocacy, assistance with orders of protection and court accompaniment, personal advocacy services, transportation, support groups and can travel to communities throughout all of Navajo County and the Navajo and Hopi Reservations. They also equip the victims with lessons that can be used in day-to-day life such as financial management, workplace skills and most importantly, domestic violence education. “We are thrilled to have received this grant from APS as they are actively helping us to both save lives on a daily basis as well as creating a safer community overall through our 24-hour hotline,” says Executive Director Theresa Warren of Alice’s Place. “APS has been a longtime supporter and we believe with their continued help we really can live up to our mission of creating a safe environment for these victims. We at Alice’s Place firmly believe that everyone deserves a life free of violence.” At Alice’s Place, the 24-hour hotline is the most crucial part to their program as it acts as the entry point for at least 98 percent of their clients. This is the fifth consecutive year that APS has been a supporter of the hotline program. The APS grant allows Alice’s Place to grow their 24-hour crisis care by continuing to provide top of the line hotline services as well as the unique care each call may require such as phone and in person conversations with law enforcement, substance abuse programs, social service organizations and the victim themselves. A large majority of clients served at Alice’s Place (75 percent of clients in shelter and 60 percent of overall clients) are of Native American decent. For more information about Alice’s Place, please contact Warren at (928) 289-3003.
