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About Us

For more than 40 years, Center for Safety & Change has worked tirelessly with victims, survivors and their family members, offering life-saving and life-changing programs and services to thousands in Rockland and beyond. On October 5, 1979, we opened the doors to our Emergency Shelter and waited for the rotary phone to ring.  The first day, we filled 11 beds and on the second day we filled the remaining four.  Since then, the phones have not stopped ringing.  Today, our shelter remains a safe haven for thousands of children and families.   From Rockland Family Shelter to Center for Safety & Change, our agency has grown into our name, as the only victim-centered non-profit organization in Rockland, offering free and confidential life-changing programs and services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and other crimes.

Mission Statement

Center for Safety & Change provides critical services and support to women and all victims and survivors of gender-based violence and other crimes while working toward justice by creating social change.

Value Statement

We Are Client-Centered

We are committed to growing as an anti-racist/anti-oppression organization in order to serve all people of every race, ethnicity, religion, ability, immigration statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and economic statuses with respect and compassion.

We listen without judgment, follow the lead of victims and survivors and provide the supports and services they choose in order to increase emotional and physical safety.

We honor the trust that victims and survivors place in us by ensuring the confidentiality of the information and documents they share.

We advocate on behalf of and alongside victims and survivors by exercising high professional standards and best practices, and by continuing to grow and learn with humility in deference to survivor’s voices.

We Are Multi-faceted Advocates

As advocates for victims and survivors, we provide comprehensive information, critical services and meaningful emotional support while prioritizing the autonomy of the survivor.

As advocates for social change, we provide training and coordinate community initiatives to raise awareness and engage our entire community in the movement to end violence.

As advocates for systemic transformation, we collaborate with schools, colleges, businesses, community-based organizations, places of worship, medical and mental health providers, criminal legal system and other government agencies in order to increase accessibility and responsiveness to the needs of victims and survivors; and pursue survivor-centered policy and legislative change.

Vision Statement

A world in which all people are free from oppression and violence and experience respect, dignity, equity and safety in every aspect of their lives.

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