Community Resource Directory
Volunteer With S.A.F.E. House!
The Domestic Violence Project/Shelter Available For Emergency (S.A.F.E.) House needs your help! We need volunteers for all program areas. You can become part of the solution to violence against women and children in our community by working to promote healthy and peaceful families and relationships.
Women's Volunteers provide crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and information and referral services for battered women. Volunteers answer the 24-hour crisis line, transport families, assist families with communal living arrangements, provide follow-up services, and assist in shelter activities and programs. Contact: Sarah Christensen 995-5444.
Night/Weekend Advocates staff the shelter overnight or on weekends. In addition to the responsibilities listed under Women's Volunteers, Advocates also facilitate evening support groups and meetings. Work Study positions are available. Contact: Sarah Christensen 995-5444.
Children's Volunteers provide crisis intervention, support, advocacy, and assistance for children. Child Advocates provide structured activities and organize field trips while modeling positive and non-violent roles. Men are encouraged to apply. Contact: Linda Clayton 995-5444.
The commitment for Women's Volunteers, Night/Weekend Advocates and Children's Volunteers is a minimum of four hours per week for six months. If you are a student working for class credit, the minimum commitment is one semester.
On-Call Team provides crisis intervention, information, and support to survivors of domestic violence immediately after the assailant has been arrested. Opportunities exist to accompany the survivor through the criminal justice system. Working with the On-Call Team is a rare opportunity because there are few programs like it in the country. Team members should be women dedicated to working for social change. Shifts are available nights and weekends and can be arranged according to your schedule - very flexible! Contact: Amy Coha 995-5444.
Counselor/Advocates provide face-to-face crisis intervention and short- and long-term counseling for survivors of domestic violence and non-offending family members who are not in residence at the shelter. Contact: Liz Cramer 973-0242.
Speakers' Bureau Volunteers provide community education presentations about domestic assault and about S.A.F.E. House services and resources. Contact: Liz Cramer 973-0242.
Training begins January 19. Training is required and provided for all direct service positions. Please call now to schedule an interview. We ask for flexibility, reliability, sensitivity, compassion, and energy. S.A.F.E. House has a special need for women of color, middle-aged and older women, men to work with the children and on the Speakers' Bureau, formerly battered women, and bilingual volunteers. Academic credit is available through programs at U-M, Eastern Michigan University, and Washtenaw Community College.
The Domestic Violence Project/S.A.F. E. House is a non-profit United Way agency dedicated to ending family violence in Washtenaw County.
Domestic Violence Project/S.A.F.E. House, P.O. Box 7052, Ann Arbor, Ml 48107. Crisis Line: 995-5444. Business Line: 973-0242.