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24-Hour Crisis Line- 907-272-0100

AWAIC, the largest domestic violence service provider in the state, began as a safe home program in 1977 to provide quality emergency and support services to women and children made homeless by violence. Our mission is to teach people to live and love without violence. We intervene in the cycle of violence with safe shelter for women and their children, support and advocacy for all family members, and community education. We work to empower all those affected by domestic violence so that they can make positive decisions about their lives. AWAIC provides confidential individual and group support for women who have experienced emotional, physical, and /or sexual abuse within their intimate or family relationships. Services and programs include:

24-Hour Shelter
AWAIC maintains a shelter where women and their children may seek help any time they are in danger. Located near the corner of 13th and A, it accommodates 52 people. Domestic violence victims may stay up to three weeks while they make decisions about what they will do next.

Crisis Intervention
AWAIC provides a crisis line that is answered 24 hours a day. Victims in danger or anyone who knows someone in crisis are encouraged to call and talk to a trained advocate about their situation.

Case management and advocacy
AWAIC provides case managers to each survivor to help with referrals to other services, and to provide comprehensive aid within AWAIC. Each survivor also works with an advocate who provides support while exploring options.

Children’s Programs
Children who have lived in a home with violence are affected by what they have witnessed or experienced. AWAIC has staff specially trained to help children understand what they have seen and help them gain strength. AWAIC provides a stable environment, with play areas for each age group, an outdoor playground, and arranged transportation to schools.

Youth Center
The Rotary Youth Center will provide space for children ages 10-16 to do their homework, watch TV or play games together while going through this difficult time in their lives.

Moving Forward
When a program participant leaves the emergency shelter at AWAIC, the Moving Forward program continues to help them as they move into apartments and access other services. Women may remain in this program for up to six months.

Harmony House
AWAIC offers transitional housing for women fleeing domestic violence. Harmony House offers low cost housing for up to two years to women making the transition to independent living. It accommodates ten women without dependent children, and is located on the AWAIC property.

Alaska Native Women in Anchorage (Willa’s Way)
Women from rural areas often function better in an intimate setting. AWAIC and Southcentral Foundation offer the Willa’s Way program, where women live in smaller safe houses and have a dedicated case manager.  To contact the Willa's Way program please call 729-2500.

Legal Advocacy
The legal system can be difficult to understand and navigate, so AWAIC employs a full-time legal advocate at the courthouse to help with protective orders, custody and visitation arrangements, or to accompany victims to hearings. The advocate is located in the domestic violence office of the old courthouse at 303 K Street, Anchorage, AK.

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