Services Provided:
Agency Description: The Community Safety Program provides specialized services for victims of anti-LGTB bias and hate violence, domestic violence, HIV-related violence, rape and sexual assault as well as services for family and friends of those murdered in anti-LGTB hate crimes or as a result of domestic violence. Services for those affected by crime include crisis intervention, peer counseling, and advocacy with police, courts and other areas of justice system medical, criminal justice personnel, mental health and social service providers, local city and state representatives and others. The Community Safety team works within and beyond the LGTB community providing community organizing, training, education, outreach and advocacy with local and state agencies and others to address inadequacies or gaps in laws and services for LGTB people.