Service Provided By Alternative

24 Hour Crisis Hotline: Alternative Horizons provides a 24 hour/seven day a week hotline for crisis intervention, follow-up peer counseling, advocacy, information and referrals. Our hotline is staffed entirely by experienced volunteers that complete 30 hours of training a year before staffing the hotline. 970-247-9619

Court Advocacy: Advocates are available to work with a victim/survivor in the criminal justice system every afternoon that court is in session. The court advocates offer support and advocacy to victims during criminal proceedings, assistance in obtaining protection orders, filing for victim's compensation claims, explaining the criminal justice process, assisting during criminal trials and providing general support. This service began in 1997.

Support Groups: AH sponsors three support groups per week for adult, female survivors - two offered in English and the other in Spanish. These groups offer support, encourage individuation by the participants, explain the power and control dynamics of domestic violence, and empower the participants to take charge of their own lives. This service began in 1986 with the Spanish groups added in 2000. In 2008, AH expanded its support/therapy group services to include children who have witnessed or experienced family violence. AH now offers 3 additional support groups for children and teens.

Multi-Cultural Outreach to Underserved Communities: To improve accessibility of AH services to the underserved communities, the organization has a paid staff member who is bilingual and bicultural. She provides education, translation, assistance with documentation, advocacy, information and referrals and crisis intervention. This service began in 1997 serving the Latino/Hispanic community and expanded in 2005 and again in 2008 to increase services to all the underserved communities.

Bridges of Hope Legal Project: During 2008 AH expanded its legal project and now employs an attorney and a paralegal to provide legal representation in District and Tribal court to survivors in Dissolution of Marriage and Parental Rights and Responsibilities cases. This project began in 1996.

Child Advocacy and Education: AH expanded its services during 2008 with the addition of a Child advocacy Director to provide child advocacy, support groups and case management to children and teens who have witnessed or experienced family violence and/or dating violence. The Child Advocacy Director also provides case management to the families of these children with the goal of establishing stability and safety.

Community Education: AH facilitates general educational presentations within the community, with specific prevention curriculums to Middle School through College aged youth. AH also provides Workplace Violence Presentations to employers.

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