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Child Advocates trains and mobilizes volunteer court-appointed advocates (CASA volunteers) to represent and protect the best interests of abused and neglected children in Harris County. Their work is focused on ensuring each child in foster care has a consistent, well-supported advocate who helps judges and the child welfare system make safe, permanent placement decisions.

Lazarus House's mission is to offer guests connected to St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia and western rural Kane County, Illinois, who are homeless or in need, hope for the future by providing hospitality, food, safe shelter, and education – tools for life. We strive to make certain that all who enter feel the love of Jesus. Goals are to: 1)help the homeless return to independent living with the skills and habits needed for long-term success and 2)offer services and referrals to help those in need in our community in order to prevent homelessness and support the well being of individuals and their families.

Denton County Friends of the Family provides trauma‑informed support to people affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and related abuse; they operate a 24‑hour crisis line and offer emergency shelter, counseling, advocacy, transitional housing, legal assistance, and prevention/education programs to help survivors find safety, stability, and healing.

Domestic Violence Intervention Services provides comprehensive intervention and prevention services to people affected by domestic and sexual violence, human trafficking, and stalking. It operates a 24-hour crisis/information line and offers emergency and transitional housing, counseling, legal advocacy, hospital and court advocacy, and community education to help survivors rebuild safety and stability.

Our Mission: To lead in ending sexual assault and exploitation, child abuse, and domestic violence through prevention, intervention, and advocacy for change. Our Vision: A just and safe community free from violence and abuse.

PADV works to end intimate‑partner/domestic violence and to empower survivors by providing crisis intervention, emergency shelter, legal advocacy, supportive housing, counseling, and community education and prevention programs. They operate a 24/7 crisis line and run prevention/education programs while helping survivors secure safety and long‑term stability.

CASA of Lexington recruits, trains, and supervises volunteer Court-Appointed Special Advocates who represent the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect. Volunteers investigate each child’s needs, report findings to the family court, and help connect the child to services so they can reach a safe, permanent home.

HOPE offers supportive services, opportunities for healing, and community education to assist victims, and end violence and abuse.

To end the trauma cycle for children and adults by Healing Hearts through the Arts.

Formerly New York Asian Women's Center, Womankind works with survivors of gender-based violence to rise above trauma and build a path to healing. We bring critical resources and deep cultural competency to help Asian communities find refuge, recovery, and renewal.

Jane Doe Inc.’s mission is "to bring together organizations and people committed to ending domestic violence and sexual assault. We create social change by addressing the root causes of this violence and promote safety, justice and healing for survivors. JDI advocates for responsive public policy, raises awareness, promotes collaboration and supports its member organizations to provide comprehensive prevention and intervention services. We are guided by the voices of survivors." JDI's mission and strategic vision is to help the public and decision-makers understand that we need to address all of these issues collectively and simultaneously in order to effectively support survivors and hold offenders accountable. We also need to help people understand that sexual and domestic violence is preventable. We believe that by addressing the root causes of inequity and injustice, we can change the social norms that foster and perpetuate sexual and domestic violence.

Open Arms partners with Christian churches to implement and maintain gospel-based programs to bring hope to at-risk children in the church’s local community. Open Arms Worldwide (Open Arms) envisions a world where all children grow up understanding that they are beautiful and precious in God’s eyes and are enabled to discover the hope and future that He has for them.