DESCRIPTION
- Overview of Organization and Services:
The mission of the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center is to empower individuals and engage communities to end domestic violence.
They offer:
free, comprehensive services that support adult and child survivors healing from the trauma of domestic abuse;
programs in schools that promote positive gender norms, teach skills for healthy relationships, and counter social patterns of violence that begin early in life; tools and strategies to reduce domestic violence homicides.
The team is comprised of 32 staff members who use evidence-based approaches to meet the complex needs of families in crisis due to domestic violence.
Since opening our doors in 1982, they have helped approximately 1,200 - 1,400 adults and children each year move from crisis to safety and long-term independence.
Survivor services include:
Advocacy and Support
Therapeutic Services
Legal Services
The Children's Safety Project
The Family Safety Project
If you need other assistance, call our confidential hotline available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 978-388-1888.
- Additional Info:
How to Contact Us during COVID-19: Staff can be reached at (978) 834-9710 (Amesbury office) or (978) 989-9361 (Children’s Trauma Program), where you will be directed by an automatic greeting to leave a voicemail for the person you are trying to reach. Staff will then receive voicemails remotely within moments and will return your call. As always, our 24/7 Confidential Hotline is available: (978) 388-1888; (800) 439-0183 (TTY).
SERVICES
- Demographics Served:
Adults: 19+, Children: 12 and under, Families, Seniors: 60+, Youth: 13-18 - City/Towns Served:
Amesbury, Newbury (incl. Byfield), Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, West Newbury - Types of Services Provided:
Domestic Violence
CONTACT INFORMATION
- Address: 5 Market Square, Suite 109, Amesbury, MA 01913
- Phone: 978-388-1888
- Email: scdubus@jeannegeigercrisiscenter.org
- Website: http://jeannegeigercrisiscenter.org