Our Services

SAFE SHELTER: We can accommodate up to 46 women and children.  Staffed 24-hours by trained and caring advocates.  Domestic violence victims may stay in shelter up to eight weeks, victims of non-intimate partner sexual assault may stay up to three days.  There are exception procedures for residents requiring longer stays.  During the shelter stay, residents are offered case management services to help identify individual goals, identify needed resources to attain the goals, and to identify alternative solutions to barriers encountered.

24-HOUR HOTLINE: Staffed by trained advocates who provide crisis intervention, safety planning and information and referral to primary and/or secondary victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.

VICTIM ADVOCACY : Our Victim Advocates are located at the shelter, as well as in the Clay County Courthouse.  These advocates assist shelter residents, conduct safety planning, make "Partner Checks" for partners of men attending Alternatives, our batterers' intervention program, and coordinate community services to best meet the needs of the victims.

TRANSITIONAL HOUSING: Four independent, yet secure apartments to enable women and their children to rebuild their lives as they make a permanent break from the abusive relationship.  Rent is low-cost, based on the woman's net income.  A dedicated transitional case manager provides intensive case management services to these families, including budgeting assistance, life skills management, etc., to facilitate the families' self-sufficiency at the end of the two-year program.

INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING: for female as well as male victims, and their children, providing victims with the tools to recover:

• Adult Victims of Domestic Violence

• Adolescent & Adult Victims of Child Sexual Abuse

• Adult Victims of Sexual Assault

CHILD ASSESSMENT AND COUNSELING: In an attempt to break the generational cycle of violence, our child counselor and child advocate assist children in learning critical interpersonal and coping skills such as anger management, boundaries/personal space, and conflict management.  This service is provided in-shelter as well as on an outreach basis.

ON-SITE ADVOCACY FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: Trained advocates are available, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to provide on-the-scene advocacy, crisis intervention, and support after an emergent report.

ON-SITE ADVOCACY AT THE CLAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE: Our Court Advocates assist victims in filing for injunctions for protection, safety planning, crisis intervention, accompanying victims to Court proceedings, and overall advocacy within the legal system.  These advocates also receive a copy of every domestic violence police report in Clay County so that they may contact each adult victim to offer services.  Our staff are not lawyers, and are thus unable to provide legal advice or representation.

PET SHELTER: Recognizing that many abused women are reluctant to seek shelter without their pets for fear that their pets would be harmed if left behind, Quigley House has added an on-site 10-run dog kennel, and a climate controlled feline facility that enables abused women to bring their domestic pets with them into shelter.

BATTERER'S INTERVENTION: Quigley's only fee-based service, our "ALTERNATIVES" program for men is a State-certified BIP program aimed to assist batterers to adopt a nonviolent lifestyle and alternative method of communication.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM: As a means of reaching out and encouraging victims in the community to break the silence surrounding domestic violence, Quigley House utilizes knowledgeable trained staff, Board members and volunteers to promote community awareness concerning the incidents, dynamics, and preventative strategies of domestic violence and sexual assault.  Quigley House also provides in-service training for law enforcement officers, members of the judicial system, medical personnel and others who come into contact with victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.

ALL ADVOCACY, COUNSELING AND SHELTER SERVICES

ARE FREE TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

(AND THEIR CHILDREN).

CLAY COUNTY'S GROWING NEEDS

As Clay County's population continues to grow, so will the need for Quigley House services.  We have responded to these growing needs by:

• Adding a Pet Shelter Program, one of only a handful in the country, and the second in Florida.  This program removes yet another barrier to keeping women and children safe, and recognizes that all family members, both two- legged and four-legged, need protection from domestic violence.

• Expanding Services to Elder Victims of Domestic Violence who are Abused by their Caretakers, Adult Children, Adult Grandchildren, etc., in Keeping with the Florida Statutory Definition of Domestic Violence.

• Adding a Transitional Housing Program, the only such Program Specifically for Domestic Violence Survivors in Clay County, and the First Transitional Housing Program in Clay County.

• Printing Specialized Brochures for the Elderly, with Large Print for Easier Reading, and Stiff Paper for Easier Handling.

• Translating our Sexual Assault Brochures into Spanish and Korean, to Reach Out to Clay County's Residents Whose Primary Language is not English.