Programs and Services
The Home For Women and
Children is a domestic violence and sexual assault shelter located in Shiprock, NM on the Navajo Nation. We
serve the communities throughout the Navajo Nation and San Juan County including the Four Corners
area.
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Residential Care
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The Home provides shelter, safety and crisis intervention to victims/survivors
and their children. The Home is located in Shiprock, New Mexico on the Navajo Nation and serves the
communities within San Juan County and the Four Corners area. HFWC also provides advocacy, referrals,
living skills, assessments, legal support, networking, safety planning, counseling, and cultural
awareness and support. |
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Crisis
Intervention
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Shelter services provide for overnight residents and walk-in victims 24 hours a day, 365 days/year.
Shelter advocates assist residents at the shelter around the clock. Victims/survivors and their
children can reside at the
shelter for up to 90 days. Special requests for court trials and FBI investigations or additional
serious circumstances, or pregnancy/birthing can extend the stay. |
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Advocacy
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The Home provides advocacy for domestic violence and sexual assault victims. The Home utilizes all
resources in Shiprock, NM and all of the
Four Corners to help families. If necessary, the Home transfers families to other states across the
nation for safety. |
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Legal Advocate
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The Legal Advocate provides advocacy and education on legal protocol for domestic violence. The Legal
Advocate will assist residents in filling out and filing the domestic violence protection orders,
transport victims to court and
advocate during the court session, and provide debriefing upon the close of the court session.
Referrals are made to DNA or other legal services when requested |
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Education
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The Home provides many components related to the instruction of the cause of domestic violence and
sexual assault. Program Education includes: Victim Support, Offender Re-education, Sexual Assault
services, Family Roots and Wings Program (replacing Navajo Healthy Marriage), and Teen Dating Violence
education. Advocates realize healing from domestic violence is a
lifelong process and invite perpetrators and victims/survivors to return to classes and one-on-one
advocacy sessions. These education and support programs are open to the community for perpetrators and
victims/survivors, struggling with domestic violence and sexual assault issues. |
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Cultural
Sensitivity
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The Home for Women and Children serves all people and all races from the outlying communities of the
San Juan County and Four Corners including Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. With its location on the Navajo
Nation, HFWC has a commitment to respect and
be aware of traditional teachings of the Navajo people. This is done so by incorporating all aspects of
traditional healing including ceremonies, cultural teachings, language, and sweat lodges
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Child Advocacy
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The Child Advocate works with parents regarding their children’s issues, and works together with
the Shelter Manager and Shelter Advocates to assist the families in the healing process. The Child
Advocate will assist the parent with school registration, referrals, and networking. The Child
Advocate also provides parenting classes and children’s group, during which the Child Advocate,
identifies positive influences, prepares safety plans, discusses abuse issues, does presentations
and makes provisions for intakes for families and for goal planning. The Child Advocate also
provides recreation, craft making, and organizes celebrations for holidays and birthdays for the
children.
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Family Roots
and Wings
(replacing Navajo Healthy Marriage)
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The Family Roots and Wings Program is replacing Navajo Healthy Marriage and serves the local
community and the Four Corners region of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. Services
include relationship strengthening activities, parenting skills, cultural teachings including
Navajo tradition, culture, language, and land base awareness
for Navajo families and youth. Volunteer participants take part in the PREP training which
lasts for 6 sessions. Six week sessions are currently taking place and Family Roots and
Wings welcomes all new participants and referrals. This program differs from Navajo
Healthy Marriage by combining both the PREP (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement
Program) Curriculum with Navajo tradition and culture educating on cultural core values with
the objective that families will use their culture as a base or foundation. Youth are also
invited to participate where they will learn leadership skills as they become more familiar with
Navajo culture, tradition, and language. Equine therapy assisted learning is also available
to the youth. Family Roots and Wings plans on having 4 horse therapy sessions a
year.
The next session will be starting April 03, 2013 for six weeks every Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. We invite the community! Come and join us and tell your families!
Group sessions will be meeting throughout the end of the year. Call Family Roots and Wings
today for more information at 505-598-4088 or email at mistye@homeforwomenandchildren.com.
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Offender
Program
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The Home for Women and Children Offender’s Program will provide education, advocacy, and crisis
support to offenders in the community and access to resources to promote a violence free life. The
Community Educator provides presentations/education on the dynamics of domestic
violence and sexual assault and teaches skills in healing. The Community Educator and offenders
will set goals that focus on the cessation of abuse or violence, whether physical or non-physical,
and that is mindful of the safety of the victim and/or current partner and
children.
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Networking &
Collaboration
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HFWC utilizes resources in the Shiprock and the Four Corners area to help families in need. HFWC
belongs to the Coalition to Stop Violence against Women, Navajo Nation Advisory Council against
Domestic Violence and other State, National and Tribal consortiums with issues directed to domestic
violence and sexual assault. HFWC collaborates with many programs: Legal system, DNA, local and
regional Law Enforcement, Social Services, Health Services, Educational Services, Housing Services,
Navajo Traditional Teachers, and Elders. Task Forces includes: San Juan County, Shiprock, Utah,
McKinley County, Full Faith and Credit Committee, New Mexico State Coalition against Domestic Violence,
Native American Women’s Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Northern Navajo Medical Center Health
Promotions, Veterans Center, Farmington ,N.M. Department of Behavioral Health, Shiprock Chapter House,
Navajo Nation Department of Behavioral Health, Colleges, Schools and Businesses. |
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Sexual
Assault
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HFWC and Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, NM, have been working together
collaboratively to strengthen the communities capacity to immediately respond to the sexual assault of
American Indian women, increase advocacy and services to victims of sexual assault, and strengthen
coordination between tribal and federal agencies to respond to crimes of sexual assault of American
Indian women. Advocacy services
will provide immediate outreach and services to victims of sexual assault after the crime is committed,
assist with accessing healthcare services and assist in working with tribal justice agencies. HFWC
presently supports tribal ceremonial services that increase victim safety and autonomy and will combine
intervention programs with traditional healing practices. |
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Grandparent Foster
Program
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Many victims and their children find themselves confused and hurt. HFWC is grateful to have
volunteer grandmothers who provide comfort, care, and encouragement to them as they stay at the
shelter. Their reassuring words and their mothering spirit help the
victims and their children with the healing process. They tell stories of tradition and
experiences. They help the mothers with living skills, teaching them how to cook from scratch and
to cook traditionally. They teach traditional songs to the children.
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Victim
Support
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The Home provides many teachings related to the dynamics of domestic violence. Advocates for
Harmony provide education to victims/survivors offering weekly group sessions. Healing from
domestic violence is a lifelong process
and the victim support group invites victims/survivors to return to sessions anytime. These
education and support programs are open to the community for those that struggle with domestic
violence issues.
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Staff
Development
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Each year, staff is provided with training and education to maintain appropriate skills and
knowledge while working with domestic violence and sexual assault victims/survivors. Many
funding agencies mandate the numbers of hours of training and education required in order to
receive the agency’s funds. Basic C.P.R. certification is required each year.
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Community
Education
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The Home has community educators who do presentations in the community. Training is provided for
law enforcement, courts, businesses, and
medical and mental health programs. Home for Women and Children also provides education to school
age children and teens and regarding Teen Dating Violence Education.
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