Created Gainesville Residential Home
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WE HAVE BIG NEWS! A very generous donor has donated a house to Created Gainesville!!! We are earnestly looking to open this home, but first we need to cover the operating costs so we can support women who will be living in the home! This is our biggest and most immediate need. Would you prayerfully consider becoming a part of opening Gainesville's first safe home for women coming out of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation?
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"This is a matter of life and death for our women."
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Our Vision:
Created Gainesville's vision for our restorative care program incorporates multiple phases. We purpose to walk alongside women every step of the way, building towards empowerment and independence. Our program will be a safe, supportive environment where women can experience healing and restoration through community and the love of Jesus.
Law Enforcement & Court Advocacy - When a woman is picked up, we will meet with her so we can help her understand her options. The Created Care program is an alternative to jail, so a woman can actually receive rehabilitation and restoration.
Intake House - The purpose of this stage is to detox from “the life” and to determine if the long-term program is the best next step. We can assess her needs, give her access to medical care, and give her space to decide what she would like to do next. This phase will be 4-6 weeks long.
Long-Term Safe Home - This phase will be a 12-month program. The first 6 months will focus on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing. It will have a heavy emphasis on trauma care, with trauma and addiction counseling. The last 6 months will have an emphasis on goal setting and skill development. We will provide education, job skill development, apprenticeships, and internships.
Empowered Living Phase - This will be an expansion on the Residential Program for transition into independent living. The emphasis will be on: working, reunification with family, budgeting, saving for home/car/etc.
Intake House - The purpose of this stage is to detox from “the life” and to determine if the long-term program is the best next step. We can assess her needs, give her access to medical care, and give her space to decide what she would like to do next. This phase will be 4-6 weeks long.
Long-Term Safe Home - This phase will be a 12-month program. The first 6 months will focus on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing. It will have a heavy emphasis on trauma care, with trauma and addiction counseling. The last 6 months will have an emphasis on goal setting and skill development. We will provide education, job skill development, apprenticeships, and internships.
Empowered Living Phase - This will be an expansion on the Residential Program for transition into independent living. The emphasis will be on: working, reunification with family, budgeting, saving for home/car/etc.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the operating costs of the residential home?
What would the Created Gainesville Home provide?
- $1,700 covers the monthly cost of housing and staff, to create a safe and peaceful sanctuary, perfect for healing and restoration
- $400 provides medical treatment upon arrival to the home
- $1,800 covers monthly trauma and addiction counseling services, to help women reclaim their story and move forward in freedom
- $1,500 provides monthly job and life skill training, to empower women toward independence
What would the Created Gainesville Home provide?
- Immediate Shelter from Danger - When a woman is in crisis and actively escaping her traffickers or being released from jail with no safe place to go, it is a dangerous situation. We are scrambling to provide shelter for women on a weekly basis. provide The Created Gainesville home will be an immediate option for shelter so a woman is not on the streets.
- Restoration and Healing - There is not another program in Gainesville for women who have been sexually exploited and trafficked. Other short-term shelters do not provide the care and treatment that women need when coming out of trafficking and exploitation. The Created Gainesville Home would not only be a shelter, but a long-term place to begin healing, restoring hope, and rehabilitating from trauma and addictions. The Created Gainesville home will provide a safe place to live, supportive community, trauma and addiction counseling, job and life skill trainings, and opportunities for spiritual development so a woman can move forward into empowerment and independence.
- An Alternative to Jail - When local law enforcement picks up a woman who is being sexually exploited or trafficked, often the only safe place for this woman is to be placed in jail. The Created Gainesville Home would provide law enforcement with an alternative safe place for women in need. In addition, women who have been trafficked and exploited could be court ordered to attend our rehabilitation program rather than prison time! Many of the women we meet in jail are suffering from PTSD, addictions, mental illness, and low self-esteem. A rehabilitation program is much more appropriate and would restore hope, dignity, and purpose.
Our new donation option takes ZERO processing fees, so 100% of proceeds go straight to the Created Gainesville residential home!
