Our place in the community

The Ark is a domestic violence shelter that provides a critical service to protect individuals and families from all types of physical, verbal, sexual, and emotional abuse.

The Ark depends on funding from special grants, individuals, corporate contributions, and support from the communities that we serve to keep the shelter open and provide much needed services to victims.

Domestic violence and sexual assault is everyone's concern.  They erode the very moral fabric of our society and spread into our schools, workplaces, civic organizations, and local government.  They create a drain on our social and emergency services and cost millions in lost productivity and wages due to poor work performance.

The Ark's goal is not to create social dependents, but rather to instill a feeling of safety and self-confidence into the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and to empower them to take control of their own lives.