Domestic Violence
Resources
for Survivors & Families
Organizations That We Trust:
The Gabby Petito Foundation
The Gabby Petito Foundation supports domestic violence survivors, families of missing persons, and communities working to prevent abuse. Created in Gabby’s memory, the nonprofit provides domestic violence education, prevention resources, advocacy, and guidance for families searching for a missing loved one. It also partners with organizations that provide direct assistance, supports efforts to locate missing persons, and works toward changes that can help keep others safe.
Learn more and find support through the Gabby Petito Foundation.
Alliance For HOPE International
Alliance for HOPE supports domestic violence survivors and families affected by domestic violence homicide, suspicious deaths, and hidden homicide. Through its Family Justice Centers and survivor resources, the organization helps people find local advocates and assistance with safety, housing, legal aid, and healing. Its Justice Project also works with families who believe a loved one’s death may have been wrongly treated as an accident or suicide by detectives.
Colorado Resources For Survivors and Families:
Rose Andom Center
The Rose Andom Center is Denver’s domestic violence and sexual assault support center and Colorado’s first Family Justice Center. It brings safety planning, legal advocacy, counseling, medical care, housing resources, and family support together in one location. Services are free, voluntary, and trauma-informed, and survivors do not have to make a police report to receive help.
The Rose Andom Center follows the Family Justice Center model supported by Alliance for HOPE International.
COVA
The Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance helps crime victims, survivors, and families across Colorado access support after violence or trauma. COVA’s Emergency Fund can help cover urgent expenses such as rent, food, temporary lodging, childcare, moving costs, and transportation. Requests for emergency funding must be submitted through a victim advocate. COVA also provides free support for survivors of labor and sex trafficking and trains victim advocates throughout the state.
TESSA Of Colorado
TESSA provides free, confidential support to individuals and families affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking in Colorado Springs and surrounding communities. Services include a 24/7 Safeline, emergency shelter, safety planning, housing assistance, counseling, legal advocacy, and support for children and teens. A police report is not required to receive help.
Find help through TESSA or call or text the 24/7 Safeline at 719-633-3819.
Organizations Improving Domestic Violence Policy and Investigations:
Ending Violence Against Women Project
The Ending Violence Against Women Project is a statewide program of the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council (CDAC) focused on improving how domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases are handled. EVAW trains prosecutors, law enforcement officers, victim advocates, and medical professionals in domestic violence investigations, strangulation, evidence collection, protection orders, trauma-informed interviewing, and prosecution.
Rather than providing direct services to families, EVAW works within the systems victims and families depend on. Its training can affect how victims are treated, how evidence is gathered, and how thoroughly cases are investigated.
Its connection to CDAC also matters. CDAC represents Colorado’s elected district attorneys and advises lawmakers on criminal justice legislation, including policies affecting domestic violence victims and cases.
Violence Free Colorado
Violence Free Colorado is Colorado’s statewide domestic violence coalition. It helps survivors and families find free, confidential domestic violence programs near them, including safety planning, emergency shelter, housing assistance, financial resources, support groups, and information about protection orders. The organization also trains service providers and advocates for laws and policies that better protect domestic violence survivors.
Violence Free Colorado does not provide emergency services directly. Its significance is connecting families with trusted local help while working to improve Colorado’s response to domestic violence.