Services
Haven House, Inc was organized to provide as comprehensive a service as possible to assist clients in living in a violence-free environment if possible. To do so, clients must know how to access all available support that exits in this county.
Besides addressing safety needs, Haven House provides the following:
- 24-hour hot line, 365 days a year, in which all crisis calls will be documented - 219.931.2090
- Crisis admissions and temporary shelter 24-hours a day, 365 days a year
- Crisis intervention
- Information and referral
- Bilingual Services
- Immigration information
- Counseling services for residential and non-residential clients
- Support group services for residential and non-residential clients
- Rape recovery support for residential and non-residential rape victims, which are run primarily with volunteer rape advocates
- Community education and awareness
- Advocacy services for residential and non-residential rape victims
- Drug education and referral services for residential and non-residential clients
- Free clothing for clients and their children
- Free meals for residential clients and their children, with no requirement for clients to use their food stamps for the program
- Emergency transportation to the shelter for admission for residents of Lake County
- Transportation needed to accomplish service plan goals, ie..housing during residency
- Court advocacy services, ie…protective orders, restraining orders
- Employment resource service
- Parent/Child resource center
Maximum length of stay for domestic violence victims for emergency shelter at Haven House is forty-five (45) days. However, if within that maximum length of time safe placement for the client and her family has not been made, then client and her dependents are offered an extension of time at Haven House until safe placement is confirmed.