Human Options

Established in 1981, Human Options helps battered women, their families and communities break the cycle of domestic violence. It is one of the very few emergency programs to conduct both quantitative and qualitative studies on the effectiveness of its programs and the long-term impact those programs have on domestic violence.

Human Options is a calm, safe, and welcoming environment consisting of a hardworking staff and volunteers. The funds most recently dispersed from Lennar Charitable Housing Foundation (LCHF) to Human Options were allocated to the funding of the Family Healing Center. Within four months, this center served ten families.

Human Options as well maintains a 24-hour crisis hotline at the emergency shelter, which is the first point of contact for those women who call for information or request emergency shelter for themselves and their children. If rooms are vacant, the counselor refers the women to their local police department so that the police may furnish safe transportation to the shelter. If there are no vacant rooms, callers may check into Human Options’ Safety Net Motel Program which affords people a few days of morel stays until a room becomes vacant. The hotline had received 425 calls between January 1 and April 30, 2006.

Saving countless amounts of lives each year, Human Options has become a great place for battered women and their children to start their lives over. It helps people be the strongest that they can be in their weakest moments in life.