Alice House
Registered Name: Second Stage Housing Association of Dartmouth
Business No: 119298693RR0001
This organization is designated by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a registered charity. They comply with the CRA's requirements and has been issued a charitable registration number.
Alice House provides second-stage safe housing, counselling, and support services for women and children fleeing intimate partner violence.
Our History
Alice House was founded in 1983 to address a vital community need that would save lives. In the early 1980’s and after the boom of women’s crisis shelters and transition houses, it became clear that our communities needed more. Women who fled domestic violence were returning to those homes after a period of reprieve at crisis shelters. This was due to not having anywhere to go, financial barriers, or ongoing safety concerns not resolved by leaving home.
At Alice House, we fill this gap and provide second-stage, safe housing for women. A family can stay in these homes up to two years. In addition to expanding our housing over the years, we have also expanded programs and services offered.
At Alice House, women and children are given the opportunity to reclaim their safety, sense of peace, and a future free of violence. They reclaim their lives.
Our Mandate
Mission
We provide opportunities for women and their children to create a life free from intimate partner violence by offering safe housing, counselling, and support services.
Vision
A society in which every person can live a life without fear or threat of physical, sexual, emotional, financial, social, or spiritual abuse.
Values
- Equality: We believe that all people, regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age and ability, have the right to equal opportunities to develop their potential to live full and meaningful lives.
- Trust: We value the trust of our clients, partners, and funders, and commit to being transparent and accountable in how we deal with confidential information.
- Community: We continuously pursue opportunities to work with our clients, volunteers, community partners and funders to address intimate partner violence in our community.
- Self-determination: We provide opportunities for women and children to determine their own path to safety, healing, and the direction their lives will take.
- Safety: We strive to ensure our clients and staff are physically and emotionally safe to enable healing, growth and realizing their potential.
- Respect: We embrace diversity, support inclusion, and take conscious steps to increase equality, and create respectful environments for our clients and staff.
Our Priority Areas
Safe Housing
Our Housing Provides
- 18 safe housing units for women and children fleeing violence
- Confidential location
- Equipped with enhanced security features (including perimeter cameras, 24-hour alarm monitoring, kick-proof doors)
- Available to women at 60% below market rate
- Lease agreements between Alice House and women build credit and landlord history
- Women and families stay in housing for 18-24 months, sometimes up to 36 months
Support Services
ReBuilding Lives Program includes:
- Women's support services and counselling
- Healing Hearts Counselling and Programs for Children and Youth
- Capacity Building services including our Food Security Program and Financial Independence Program
Community Outreach and Advocacy
Including
- Healing Hearts Prevention Education
- Alice on the Go
- Domestic Violence Court Support
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