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Northwest Victim Services
What the org has to say: “Northwest Victims Services aims to provide prompt, effective, and holistic services to all victims of crime in Northwest Philadelphia while increasing strategies to elevate community safety. Services provided include crisis and supportive counseling, accompaniment, financial assistance, and information/referral. In addition to providing services to crime victims, NVS provides community programs to increase safety and knowledge of their services.”
What we found: Losing a loved one to gun violence or surviving a shooting can create so many needs, including medical costs, lost time from work, funeral expenses, the need to move, counseling, and more. NWVS helps victims of all crimes face these hurdles, turning hardly anyone away. Even after an individual’s immediate needs are met, NWVS stays in touch by attending court with clients, sending holiday cards, and collaborating with local hospitals.
Address
6023 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Website
northwestvictimservices.orgmpn@northwestvictimservices.org
Phone
(215) 438-4410
Features & Policies
- Police do not need to be involved
- Free of charge
- Relocation services
- Mental health services
- No waitlist
- Staff trained to assist individuals with intellectual disabilities
Languages spoken by staff
- English
Sankofa Healing Studio
What the org has to say: “Sankofa Healing Studio recognizes incarceration as a traumatic experience. The system of mass incarceration operates through structures of gendered and racial discrimination which disproportionately affect the Black Community. Sankofa is breaking the physical and emotional chains of trauma. We believe that holistic treatment approaches are needed to disrupt the development of re-traumatization, interrupt the cycle of intergenerational trauma, and heal the wounds of traumas that were experienced before incarceration. We support transformative justice.”
What we found: Sankofa offers therapy and other services that support mental health, with an emphasis on supporting the Black community through the impacts of racial and gender discrimination, particularly incarceration and interactions with police. The healing studio team runs trauma-informed in-person and online therapy sessions, group therapy “healing circles,” reentry support groups, and peer support programs for mental health professionals.
Address
1415 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
Website
sankofahealingstudio.orgtherapy@sankofahealingstudio.org
Phone
(215) 802-3533
Features & Policies
- Police do not need to be involved
- LGBTQ friendly
- Online and virtual services due to COVID
- Mental health services
- Art therapy
- Advocates for people that are incarcerated
- Focus on Black community
Languages spoken by staff
- English
Women Against Abuse
What the org has to say: “The mission of Women Against Abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end domestic violence through advocacy and community education.”
What we found: Women Against Abuse serves people of all gender identities who are experiencing intimate partner violence, and operates the only emergency domestic violence shelters in Philadelphia. The organization has confidential locations and 24-hour security, as well as other trauma-informed on-site services, including case management, therapy, and children’s programming.
Address
100 S Broad Street, Suite 1341
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Website
www.womenagainstabuse.orgPhone
(215) 386-1280
Features & Policies
- Police do not need to be involved
- Free of charge
- Relocation services
- LGBTQ friendly
- Private rooms
- Transitional housing
- Mental health services
Languages spoken by staff
- English