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Our own Cherlye Clarke has been chosen a finalist in The Life Improvement Project, Presented by IKEA®. Support her plan to spend a year (and $100,000) helping others by building a new ATFV Safehouse. You can vote as often as once per day - (http://thelifeimprovementproject.com/Finalists.aspx). And every time you vote IKEA® donates $1 to Save the Children’s U.S. Program.

ATFV

Alternatives To Family Violence (ATFV) is a Colorado non-profit organization founded in 1978 to eliminate domestic violence by providing safety and empowerment to those affected.

Mission

The mission of Alternatives To Family Violence is to provide HOPE—Help, Options, Protection, & Empowerment—to those subjected to domestic violence while promoting nonviolence as a social value.

Philosophy

We work to create an environment that is empowering for clients as well as staff. Empowerment is not about rescuing or telling; it is about creating a space for a person’s talents and ideas to flourish so that she can gain strength and wisdom.

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Committment

We are committed to living non-violence lifestyles and to helping others do the same.

Safehouse

Alternatives’ Safehouse provides emergency shelter in a confidential location for women and children who are attempting to leave an abusive living situation and would otherwise be left homeless.

H.O.P.E.

H.O.P.E. – Help, Options, Protection and Empowerment

Welcome to ATFV

Alternatives To Family Violence (ATFV) is a Colorado non-profit organization founded in 1978 to eliminate domestic violence by providing safety and empowerment to those affected.

The mission of Alternatives To Family Violence is to provide H.O.P.E. - Help, Options, Protection and Empowerment, to those subjected to violence and oppression while promoting nonviolence as a social value.

Alternatives, located in Adams County, Colorado, serves victims of domestic and sexual violence, including those from around the state, the country and the world.

Support Alternatives to Family Violence

Help ATFV in continuing our efforts to end violence against women:
• Register to attend our annual H.O.P.E. Gala. For more information, call 303-428-9611
• Make a financial donation to ATFV
• Sponsor an Alternatives’ fundraising event
• Donate to our “Dress for Success Career Closet,” or donate facility supporting items
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