Services.

SISTR Program (Safety In Sobriety Through Recovery)
Offered through SAFE and Jake’s Place where women can come and live at the SAFE shelter in Dillingham with their children while they are in treatment. Their children will be cared for during the day and in evenings when they are at Jake’s or participating in after care. This is an ongoing weekly support group.

SISTR will pay transportation costs for women and her children to come to the shelter and for the costs of travel back and forth to Jake' s, AA meetings, support groups, etc. SAFE also offers free child care five nights a week from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. for children whose caregiver is participating in any sobriety supporting activities (AA meetings, support groups, church and faith community activities, Native dance groups, etc.)

EVOLVE Program (Ending Violence in Our Lives through Validation & Empowerment)
This is a 12 week course, meeting every Monday and is for women only. Dinner, transportation and childcare is provided for women attending this program. Read more about the program.

MOMS's Program (Maintaining Our Mother's Safety and Sobriety)
Day and Evening child care for children whose parents/custodians are in aftercare treatment.

SAFE staff does ask that parents or guardians call ahead to let them know how many children will be coming with you.

The DELTA Project
Focusing on the prevention of intimate partner violence between our teens and young adults. Read more here.

SAFE for LIFE Program
A comprehensive program of children services including subsistence skill training, parenting classes, substance abuse prevention workshops and a coordinated multi-media campaign highlighting the special needs of child victim witnesses of violence.

STOP Violence Against Indian Women
Court watch and tribal court and intervention support for village based initiatives for prevention, reduction and safety services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Men's Program
SAFE staff co-facilitates the Men's Program, a batterer's intervention program operated by the BBAHC Counseling Center. The Men's program is approved for meeting minimum state standards by the Alaska Council on Domestic Vioelnce and Sexual Assault and accepts men who are referred by the court as well as those who volunteer for the program. SAFE also provides victim safety monitoring for the partners of men enrolled in the program.

SART Team (Sexual Assault Response Team)
The team consists of a SAFE advocate, law enforcement officer, and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE). If a case involves a child under age of 16, social workers from the Child Advocacy Center and the Office of Children's Services may also be part of the initial response team.

The Team's responsibility is to provide a coordinated response to sexual assault victims when a report has been made to a law enforcement agent. The agent begins an investigation and may ask the victim if they will consent to a medical-legal--also known as a forensic--exam for evidence collection. If they do, the SANE will conduct the exam in the SART room at Kanakanak Hospital. If the victim does not consent to the medical-legal exam, they can still have a medical exam and advocacy services. An Advocate is always contacted and responds when the SART is activated, even when the victim does not consent to the forensic exam and/or chooses not to report to law enforcement. However, in every case, the victim chooses whether and in what form they want advocacy services.

Rural Domestic Violence & Child Victimization Prevention
Specialized grant program addressing three priority areas: capacity building for staff/volunteers and others who respond to child and adult victims of crime, comprehensive community education and outreach program, and direct support services and equipment (emergency transportation, communication equipment, etc.)

Community Coordination.

Interagency Task Force
Chaired by the local public health nurses, this is a multi-agency group that meets quarterly to share information and network services and resources.

Jake's Place Advisory Council
Serves as an advisory board of directors for the regional alcohol/drug abuse treatment program.

Community Justice Alliance
Meets quarterly to discuss issues specific to criminal justice and to share information and network resources.

Multidisciplinary Team
Meets monthly to review cases and coordinate interventions for children and families at risk.

For more information about these or other services call SAFE at 1-800-478-2316 or 842-2320.