Survivors Outreach Ministries
We are Survivors 4 Survivors!
Christ-Centered
Non-Crisis Peer Advocacy.
WE ARE NOT A SHELTER
Call or Text (727)-371-5995
Our History:
The Beginning
Survivors Outreach Ministries was created by domestic violence survivors expressing the necessary resources needed when escaping, planning to leave, and how "NOT" to return to a domestic violence relationship. The lack of on- going support for survivors, accompanied by the difficulties we and other survivors found themselves in trying to navigate resources, services and contradictory messages found in the system, it became apparent to us that others attempting to escape may face similar circumstances.
Most DV/HT programs do not provide long-term support and individually assist survivors in navigating a very complex system of services and resources. Knowing that this would be a problem for other Survivors as well, the idea of Survivors Outreach Ministries began to form. Our founder gathered a group of survivors to put together the first Christ Centered DV Peer Mentor Advocacy program specifically designed solely for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking.
Specialized DV/HT Peer Support Services and Community Supports are necessary to empower Survivors to leave and stay out of the cycle of abuse. With the help and support of other Survivors, participants find someone who they can identify with and in time can lead them on the road to recovery and healing from abuse.
The objectives of Survivors Outreach Ministries are to: (1) improve Survivors overall well-being, (2) promote mental, emotional, spiritually, and financial healing. (4) define and encourage healthy relationships, (5) promote stability and improve social competency by helping survivors access local and community resources (5) bridge the gap between traditional domestic violence and human trafficking services and substance abuse/mental health treatment, (6) provide legal education and court advocacy, and (7) promote social change and support justice initiatives with an Emphasis on Family Court Reform across the U.S and Restorative Justice in the Court System.
Kintsugi is a Japanese art that repairs broken pottery with gold, rendering a new piece that is more exquisite than it was before the break. True healing allows for a Kintsugi result that enables us to see our scars as something stunning, powerful, and unique.
His power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:19)
WE DO NOT PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER.
We DO however leverage our experience, drive and training to provide recovery, housing relocation if at all possible and stabilization services, using a client centered approach. We connect survivors with housing resources, possible alternatives to emergency shelter and help brainstorm to find safe housing. While we cannot find housing for all clients, we can refer to different and alternative external housing programs. Please remember that these programs are limited, often have waiting lists, and many have specific requirements or restrictions.