Shelter • Empowerment  • Recovery

HELP FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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For our new non-congregate domestic violence shelter

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Recovery is Possible

OASIS women’s shelter is a Domestic Violence Program for battered women and their dependent children.  OASIS addresses the unique needs of victims of domestic violence trapped in the cycle of violence.

Located in Owensboro, Kentucky, and built on the “Empowerment Model”,  OASIS provides a safe place for women and their children to escape the trauma and devastation of domestic violence.

 

The program is divided into three phases:

Phase 1

ORIENTATION
Begins when entering the shelter. The purpose of this phase is to allow victims to become acclimated to the shelter environment.

Phase 2

STRUCTURE
Offers structured individual and group counseling services in a safe and nurturing environment to facilitate change for the individual and family.

Phase 3

SERVICES
Offers specialized services to enhance progress achieved during Phase I

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Did you know?

  • 1 in 3 women in the US have been victims of some form of physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime. 33% 33%
  • 1 in 5 women have been victims of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. 20% 20%
  • 1 in 7 women have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime 14% 14%
  • Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime 15% 15%
  • 19% of domestic violence involves a weapon 19% 19%
  • 1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence 6% 6%

* ncadv.org

Services available in the following counties:

  • Daviess Co. Non Residential (270) 685-5271
  • Daviess (270) 685-0260
  • Hancock (270) 298-4485
  • Henderson (270) 826-6212
  • McLean (270) 298-4485
  • Ohio (270) 504-5100
  • Webster/Union (270) 389-9906

OR CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-88-ABUSE
(1-800-882-2873)

OASIS,  Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion origin, or disability in employment or the provision of services.

Domestic violence services are funded, in whole or in part from federal and state funds provided by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services through a contract with KDVA.

This project is also  funded, in part, by funds from United Way, VOCA and UK TANF

“The OASIS Non-residential Services Project is sponsored, in part, by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services using Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Funds through a contract with the University of Kentucky.”