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| Montgomery County Women's Center |
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| 1600 Lake Front Circle #200 The Woodlands, Texas 77380 |
| The Montgomery County Women's Center became an autonomous, locally-governed agency on January 1, 1987, after the merger of the Family Violence Outreach (FVO Advisory Committee, a satellite of the Houston Area Women's Center) and the Montgomery County Rape Crisis Coalition. |
| FVO had been providing non-residential counseling services, a family violence hotline, education and emergency shelter in hotels since 1982. A formal Shelter for Abused Women was opened in the summer of 1985. |
| The Rape Crisis Coalition had provided voluntary education and advocacy since 1980. In the fall of 1986 a formal program was organized and a staff member hired to provide a 24-hour crisis hotline, accompaniment for the victim through the medical and criminal justice processes and education and advocacy on issues around sexual assault. |
| The Montgomery County Women's Center receives funding from the United Way of Montgomery County, government grants or contracts, local contributions and fundraising efforts. The Women's Center 1998 budget is approximately $625,000. Services are provided in six locations to victims of family violence and sexual assault or abuse in Montgomery, north Harris, and northwest Liberty counties. These offices include: The Shelter for Battered Women and their children, at a non-published location; the main business office in the Woodlands; the Conroe Counseling offices; and three small outreach counseling offices in New Caney, Cleveland, and Montgomery. |
| Currently, the Women's Center provides face-to-face couseling, safe shelter and legal advocacy to over 1,200 adults and children each year. Approximately 550 of these individuals have been sexually assaulted or abused. |
| The Women's Center is the only source of counseling and shelter, free of charge, for most of these clients. |
| The Women’s Center participates in shopper programs sponsored by Randalls and Kroger. By using a card during check out, Montgomery County Women's Center receives a percentage of the shpper’s purchase. The program is of no additional cost to the shopper and is of great benefit to the Women’s Center. To receive grocery cards, please call the Women’s Center at (281) 292-4155. |
| PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY: |
| THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER ALL SERVICES ARE FREE OF CHARGE |
| SHELTER FOR BATTERED WOMEN |
| Shelter for up to 31 victims of family violence and their children for 45 days |
| Food, clothing and basic living essentials |
| Advocacy for the residents with the medical, criminal justice and social service systems |
| Individual and group counseling |
| A children's specialist to work specifically with the children's needs |
| Medical attention through a volunteer physician; prescription medications |
| Legal services Program, including attorney to represent clients. |
| Information and referral to community resources |
| FAMILY VIOLENCE OUTREACH |
| Legal services Program, including attorney to represent clients. |
| Individual and group counseling for victims of family violence. |
| A telephone hotline for shelter intake, peer support and crisis intervention, as well as information and referral |
| Advocacy with the medical, criminal justice and social service systems |
| Individual counseling for adolescent and child victims of abuse |
| A joint effort with the PIVOT Project for Batterer's Treatment (fee for this service). |
| RAPE CRISIS PROGRAM |
| 24-hour telephone hotline providing crisis intervention, peer counseling, and information and referral |
| Accompaniment through the medical and criminal justice systems |
| Individual and group counseling for male or female, adult or child, victims of sexual assault or abuse |
| Education presentations to the community |
| Anti-victimization programs in schools grades 6 - 12. |
| OTHER SERVICES |
| Educational programs to the community on family violence and sexual assault and/or abuse issues. |
| An educational scholarship program for Women's Center clients. |
| Rags to Riches Resale Shop which provides for the needs of clients while earning income for the agency from the sale of excess merchandise. |
| Project Even to provide cellular phones to victims of family violence. |
 (281) 292-4155 (888) 844-6289, or after hours (409)
441-7273 |
| Rape Crisis Hotline - (24 hrs a
day) (409) 441-RAPE (7273) (281) 292-4338 |
| TDD Access - 1 800 735-2989 |
 P.O. Box 8666 The Woodlands, TX 77387-8666 |
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