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Northland Family Help Center
Northland Family Help Center (NFHC) is a nonprofit organization that has provided victim services to the community for 48 years. Their mission is to provide safe haven, advocacy, counseling, and education to promote and restore healthy relationships. NFHC began as a Crisis Nursery in 1978 and has evolved to now provide a 24-hour crisis line, shelter for victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking, shelter for unaccompanied youth under 18 years of age, Counseling and Legal Advocacy for victims of crime, Transitional Living Program for young adults ages 18-21 years, and Community Education for sexual violence prevention.
2025 Grant Support: $8,860
Expedited and ACF Collaborative Grants: The Forest Highlands Foundation awarded Northland Family Help Center a $7,500 grant during the Expedited process and an additional $1,360 in the Collaborative process to provide safe shelter and services to individuals and families in NFHC Domestic Violence Shelter (DVS) and NFHC Youth Shelter. In the Domestic Violence Shelter, clients can stay for 120 days per state contracts. NFHC’s 15 bed Youth Shelter provides immediate response and intervention to youth homelessness and family discord. Youth stay in the program until safe housing is found which can range from days to upwards of six months.
Program Update: Clients in the Domestic Violence and Youth shelters are supported by trained professionals who are well versed in trauma informed care and provided with a homelike environment, along with one-on-one assistance to pursue goals. Clients in DVS receive case management, educational groups, trauma therapy, and legal advocacy to overcome effects of interpersonal violence. The DVS Case Manager assists clients with transportation and accessing flexible funding assistance for IDs, gas, work uniforms, medications, housing application fees, rent, and furniture. Youth Shelter clients are provided 24-hour supervision, case management, family reunification assistance, trauma therapy, and recreational programming through life skills groups, mindfulness based substance abuse prevention groups, and fun outings. Domestic violence and abuse impacts people from all demographic and cultural backgrounds. NFHC’s Domestic Violence Shelter serves women, men, and families in need of safe shelter due to fleeing abusive situation, yet only 15% of shelter clients are men. Even more rare is a father entering shelter with his children.
Northland Family Help Center’s mission is to provide safe haven, advocacy, counseling, and
education to promote and restore healthy relationships.
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