Family Shelter

The Family Shelter is dedicated to reducing the trauma of domestic violence by providing a safe haven for crime victims and their children. While the shelter is located in San Angelo, we serve the entire Concho Valley area of 15 Counties. We offer food, clothing, shelter and basic needs. Our Victim Advocates also offer counseling for adults and children, educational classes, case management services, legal advocacy, safety planning and other crisis related programs. Help us break the cycle!

The Family Shelter is an organization under the Institute of Cognitive Development, Inc. (ICD), umbrella, a non-profit. ICD also operates the Early-Redwine Childcare Center and Stone Bridge (home for the intellectually disabled adults). The Family Shelter helps adults and children regain their stability and sense of empowerment. Our efforts help break the cycle of violence, help them move forward with housing and lead an abuse-free lifestyle. As an after-care service, we offer non-residential services for a continuum of care to them and their children. Family Violence causes homelessness in our community. The Family Shelter makes an impact with these victims by helping them with the housing process, income assistance, document restoration, re-education or continuing education, promoting employment back in the work force, and childcare management. With our community partners, we are able to provide "wrap around" services to those we serve. Despite Covid-19, the Family Shelter was able to help those in need. We appreciate the community for their dedication and assistance to our program! See our sister organization, Early-Redwine Childcare Center!

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Statistically Speaking:

❤More than 1 in 3 women (35.6%) and more than 1 in 4 men (28.5%) in the U.S. have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime
❤An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year
❤85% of domestic violence victims are women.
❤Most cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police
❤The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services
❤ Domestic violence-related police calls have been found to constitute the single largest category of calls received by police, accounting for 15 to more than 50 percent of all calls
❤Almost one-third of female homicide victims that are reported in police records are killed by an intimate partner
❤In 70-80% of intimate partner homicides, no matter which partner was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder
❤30% to 60% of perpetrators of intimate partner violence also abuse children in the household
❤Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults
❤Children who were raised in Domestic Violence, once they reach adulthood, are six times more likely to commit suicide, 50% more likely to be addicted to drugs and alcohol and 74 times more likely to commit a violent crime.