Organizations Filed Purposes:
Empower survivors of domestic abuse and engage the community to break the cycle of violence.
Crisis Intervention: Our core services focus on providing immediate safety to adults and their children who are at emotional or physical risk resulting from domestic abuse. Services include 24/7 Call and Text line to access all SSS services; Domestic Violence Response Teams who are trained volunteers that work in partnership with 21 municipal police departments to support and educate survivors in police care; a confidential Safe House that provides emergency shelter for adults and their children in need of immediate housing due to violence/abuse; and our Domestic Violence Liaison who works in the Department of Children Placement and Permanency to assist families experiencing domestic abuse as identified through reports of child abuse and endangerment. Once safety and stability are established through our core services, survivors are able to achieve lasting and greater levels of hope and healing.
Advocacy and Transitional Housing: We empower clients with skills, education and resource to build vibrant lives for themselves and their families. Our Family Advocacy program works with survivors and their families to ensure that their basis needs and connections to the community are met; to serve the more than 99% of survivors experiencing financial abuse - the Financial Empowerment Center supports survivors in their journey to become financially literate, stable and on the path to self-sufficiency through coaching, workshops and accessing stable housing; the Legal Advocacy program provides legal support, case management, court preparation and accompaniment to support survivors in obtaining and dismissing restraining orders and connecting with pro bono attorneys to access legal support when needed; our transitional home houses up to 4 families for a period of 12-18 months to help clients build skills, job stability and equity to move to long term housing stability.
Counseling and Education: Our counseling programs use a progressive array of evidence-based and trauma-informed modalities, individual and group models, to help survivors heal from their experiences with domestic abuse. Our clinicians are certified in EMDR, Prolonged Exposure and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for treatment of survivors and children with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and trauma related to domestic abuse. Our SPEAK Outreach programs interact with the community to create awareness of domestic abuse and our organization so that all in need of help related to domestic and dating abuse receive the support they need. SPEAK provides educational programs, workshops and trainings to schools, professional organizations, community partners and faith based organizations so that all possess the information, skills and tools needed to break the legacy of violence. Our bi-annual 40 hour volunteer training equips individuals from the community with the tools and skills needed to support clients and the work of the organization.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Michele Boronkas | Executive Director | 40 | $125,744 |
| Cassandra Bellfield | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Sonia Rodrigues Marto | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Debora E Preston | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Hutton | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Grzella | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Annette Geller | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Trudy Doyle | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Denise Coyle Esq | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Terry Thompson Esq | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Sturges Spagnola Esq | Secretary | 4 | $0 |
| James Berg Cpa | Treasurer | 4 | $0 |
| Sheila Breeding | President | 4 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202043189349301544_public.xml