About Saving Grace

MISSION

SAVING GRACE (formerly COBRA) provides comprehensive family violence and sexual assault services and promotes the value of living life free from violence.

PRINCIPLES

Given this Mission, we believe in:

• Declaring freedom from fear of all forms of abuse a basic human right
• Empowering survivors of violence to make their own choices by exercising their right to self-determination
• Respecting children, women and men equally
• Breaking the cycle of violence through education
• Offering a program balancing prevention, intervention and support
• Endorsing public policy making violence unacceptable in our society
• Conducting our own affairs in an ethical and caring way
• Establishing ourselves in a leadership role in the community to promote freedom from violence
  

SERVICES

Our services for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors are designed to help them with the healing process and to provide them with resources to regain control of their lives. Our services for professionals and community members help them identify abuse and how to respond so future abuse can be prevented. Our services include:

24-hour hotline					Support groups
Emergency shelter					Professional training
Emergency transportation					Court advocacy
Respite child care					Systems advocacy
Programs for children exposed to violence					Community education
Hospital response					Therapy
Individual crisis counsel					Public awareness
Information and referral to social services					Youth violence prevention
Supervised visitation and exchange center					Batterer intervention group facilitation

SCOPE

Our 24-bed shelter in Bend, Mary's Place - supervised visit and exchange center, and offices in Redmond, Madras, Prineville and Sisters

08-09 YEAR END REVIEW

• 10,564 crisis services were provided for 4,249 people
• 242 women & children were protected, fed, clothed and lodged for 2,811 days
• 2,511 hotline calls were answered
• 2,564 people learned how to prevent violence
• 64 families recieved 1380 supervised visits & exchanges
• 75 volunteers provided 13,306 hours of services
  

    99% of victims said they now make better choices*
    97% of victims said they now have better access to resources*
    98% of victims said they now can keep themselves/children safer*
    94% of children felt safer when their parents used Mary’s Place**

                                *from surveys returned at 68% return rate  **93% survey return rate

SAVING GRACE ETHICAL COMMITTMENTS AND CODES OF CONDUCT