- In all that we do, Women’s Crisis Center’s focus is on empowering victim-survivors. This is known as “empowerment-based” or “survivor-centered” advocacy.
- We believe that each victim-survivor is the “expert” on her own life, future, and circumstances; she knows herself, and what is best for her.
- We equip victim-survivors with the knowledge, tools, support, resources, and guidance necessary to make the best decisions possible to increase their own safety, stability, and well-being.
- We engage in active listening to enable each victim-survivor to identify her needs—as she perceives them—so that we may assist her in meeting them.
- We actively seek input from—and honor the opportunity to engage with—victim-survivors on all phases of their respective journeys.
- All agency staff—both direct-service and administrative—undergo rigorous training to orient them to the dynamics of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault.
- Women’s Crisis Center believes that batterers alone—not victim-survivors—are responsible for the acts of violence they commit. Our agency is a haven of safety for victim-survivors; we do not serve perpetrators, nor do we offer batterer-intervention programming or services.