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LAKE COUNTY – The California Department of Housing and Community Development, through the Emergency Housing Assistance Program, has awarded the Lake Family Resource Center Freedom House Domestic Violence Shelter Project $1 million to be used toward the construction of the new shelter in Kelseyville.
The award comes in the form of a 10-year loan which will be forgiven provided the use of the property does not change during that period.
The new domestic violence shelter will be built on 1.4 acres on the corner of Live Oak Drive and Highway 29 in Kelseyville.
The new shelter will increase the number of available beds for victims of domestic violence from 14 beds to 25 beds.
“This has been a vision of our agency for several years,” states Gloria Flaherty, executive director of Lake Family Resource Center. “Victims of domestic violence will finally have a safe, secure place to stay while receiving all of the assistance they need.”
Services provided at the new shelter will include intensive case management, individual and group counseling, court accompaniment, legal and social services advocacy, life skills development, emergency and nonemergency transportation, nutritional counseling, education advocacy for youth and counseling and a program for children, Flaherty said.
“This has been an arduous process,” said Kathy Fowler, a member of the Lake Family Resource Center Board of Directors. “The state of California thoroughly reviewed Lake Family Resource Center's application to determine if fiscal processes and ability to provide services was of the highest quality. I’m so happy to report that we passed all tests with flying colors!”
Groundbreaking on the new shelter is expected to take place by September 2009.
In the meantime, fundraising efforts will continue in order to reach the goal of $3 million needed to build the new facility.
Lake Family Resource Center expects to raise at least another $1 million from grants and awards, but at least another $600,000 will need to be raised locally to meet the total funding necessary to complete the project.
The center's board of directors is kicking off a capital campaign to raise the needed funds.
If you would like more information about the Freedom House Domestic Violence Shelter Project, or would like to assist in the fundraising campaign, call Gloria Flaherty at 262-1611 or email
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Lake Family Resource Center is a 501(c)3 public benefit nonprofit organization; donations made to Lake Family Resource Center are tax-deductible.
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