Boise Rescue Mission Ministries offers City Light Home for Women and Children to women and their families experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, addiction, or other struggles. Services include meals, shelter, clothing, education, work-search assistance, mental health counseling, addiction recovery, and children’s programs. City Light Home for Women and Children serves across the Treasure Valley area.
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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Boise Rescue Mission Ministries
Faces of Hope Victim Center
Faces of Hope Victim Center is a resource for people affected by interpersonal abuse. Services include protection order form support, safety planning, forensic exams, follow-up medical care, crisis counseling and long-term counseling services, empowerment classes, support groups, self-defense classes, law enforcement reporting, and criminal case orientation. Emergent services are available 24/7/365 by visiting their facility. The Boise office serves Ada county.
Family Advocates
Family Advocates provides kids and parents resources who suffer from abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Services include court appointed special advocates (CASA), which includes Guardians ad Litem and pro-bono attorneys. Family Advocates also offers family strengthening classes and activities which teach individuals how to build healthy family relationships. Resources like diapers, wipes, food, and clothing are free of charge for families who attend educational classes. Family Advocates serves Ada, Canyon, and Elmore county.
Idaho Youth Ranch's Hays House
Idaho Youth Ranch’s Hays House is a 24-hour shelter for runaway and homeless youth who may be trying to escape abusive environments. Services include a safe, supportive, stable place to live with life-skills classes, strength-based family and individual counseling, structured education, and community-based recreation. Additionally, Hays House offers an accredited academic program for grades 9 to 12 that includes GED instruction and testing. Parents may also contact Hays House for services and referrals. Idaho Youth Ranch’s Hays House serves individuals in Treasure Valley.
Safe Place Ministeries
Safe Place Ministries is a religious advocacy program offers resources to individuals, care providers, and churches who have been impacted by domestic abuse, childhood sexual abuse, and/or sexual abuse, and/or sexual assault. Services include educational classes, mentoring, assessments, advocacy, social services, and spiritual care.
St. Luke's CARES (Children at Risk Evaluation Services)
St. Luke CARES (Children at Risk Evaluation Services) is a program for children and their families to find understanding about their trauma and begin the process of healing. St Luke’s CARES treats children in an age-sensitive manner to reduce further emotional trauma. It offers medical examinations, treatment, forensic interviews, legal documentation, court preparation, crime victims compensation assistance, referrals to counselors and other community resources while offering financial assistance, and education for individuals.
Terry Reilly Health Services
The Sexual Abuse Now Ended (SANE) Solutions at Terry Reilly Health Services provides community-based outpatient counseling and treatment programs to victims, families, and offenders involved with sexual abuse trauma. Services include personal safety and community education, protective parenting education, and individual/family/group counseling. Services for adult and juvenile offenders are also offered as to prevent further abuse. The Boise office for SANE Solutions also operates a Family Violence Prevention Program for adults who commit physical, verbal, and emotional abuse.
Women's & Children's Alliance
Women’s & Children’s Alliance (WCA) crisis program supports individuals impacted by domestic violence or sexual assault. Services include emergency and transitional housing, personal case management, financial empowerment courses, safety planning, therapy and support, court advocacy, rape crisis advocacy, and online educational resources.