Deaf Overcoming Violence through Empowerment (DOVE) primarily provides services to victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the Colorado Deaf community. The Colorado Deaf community is a diverse community that includes those who identify as: Deaf, deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, DeafBlind, and Children of Deaf Adults (CODAs). Services include: a 24-hour hotline, crisis intervention, emergency relocation assistance, shelter, legal advocacy, community education, cultural competency training, technical assistance, and youth advocacy and prevention. Deaf Overcoming Violence through Empowerment serves the state of Colorado.
Local Programs
This page has contact information for programs that offer help/referrals to victims of abuse throughout the state. If you plan to contact a program via email, please review our Safety when using email page first.
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Denver
Deaf Overcoming Violence through Empowerment
SafeHouse Denver
Bilingual (English/Spanish). 24-hour crisis and information line, safety planning, individual counseling and advocacy, support groups, referrals to community resources, children’s programs, secure emergency housing, specialized services for lesbians and bisexual women.
Douglas/Elbert
The Crisis Center
24 hour crisis line for crisis intervention, support, safety planning, information and referrals; emergency shelter; adult and child therapy; legal advocacy. Therapy and legal advocacy are available to people not in the shelter through The Crisis Center’s outreach building.
This resource is not bilingual, but they have access to a translation center for the crisis line and can bring an interpreter to the shelter.