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Domestic & Family Violence

I NEED HELP

Noah Project offers crisis intervention services to anyone experiencing domestic violence or intimate personal violence, including:

24-hour hotline
Safe shelter
Outreach services for clients not in shelter
Living essentials (hygiene items, clothing, etc.)
Safety planning
Crisis counseling
Children's services
Legal services

LONG-TERM RECOVERY

Recovering from domestic violence is a long-term process. Once a client has established their immediate safety, we can begin the process of empowering a victim to become a survivor and live independently through these resources:

Education about the dynamics of family violence
Support groups
Transitional housing
Therapy & counseling

My child needs help

Noah Project has tailored services for children who have experienced domestic violence in their families:

Children's support group
Re-enrollment in previously attended school
Educational resources (computer, backpack, school supplies, etc.
Safety-planning to help children escape violence
Activities for children living in the shelter (fieldtrips, summer programs, etc.)
Children’s therapy
Indoor and outdoor play areas, with books, toys, bicycles, etc.

Do I need help?

Domestic violence can take many forms. If you are experiencing any of these situations, call Noah Project at (325) 676-7107.

Threats, Coercion, or Intimidation

Physical abuse is more than just hitting. It may also involve:

Objects like tools or weapons
Destroying your things
Crowding your space
Holding you so you can't walk away
Driving you out to the middle of nowhere
Threatening suicide
Making someone use drugs/alcohol
Abusing pets
Displaying weapons
Destroying property
Asking victim to drop charges
Threatening to leave

Emotional Abuse

Emotional abuse can be very damaging. It’s difficult to identify, but usually involves repeated words and actions intended to hurt or humiliate you in front of others, such as:

Name calling
Gaslighting
Mind games
Humiliation

Economic abuse

Economic abuse is about more than just money. Economic abuse involves cutting off or limiting your money, but it also includes any time your partner keeps you away from the things you need to be successful. Economic abuse could be:

Preventing you from getting and keeping a job
Harassing you at work
Controlling access to money
Giving you an allowance
Taking the money you earned at work

Minimizing, Denying, & Blaming

Abusers don’t want to admit to their wrongdoing. Instead they will:

Make light of the abuse
Not listen to your concerns
Say you caused the abuse
Deny the abuse

Isolation & Social Deprivation

Keeping you away from your friends is not okay. Cutting someone off from friends and family is very common in abusive relationships. Your partner should not:

Make you feel bad about hanging out with friends
Make you feel guilty if you want time to do your own things.
Control what you do, where you go, or who you talk to
Use jealousy to justify unhealthy actions

Using Children

Abusers often use children as leverage to get what they want. They might:

Threaten to take the children
Use children to relay messages
Harass victim during visitation

Male Privilege

In cases where the abuser is male and the victim is female, the abuser will use his gender as a weapon by:

Enforcing rigid gender roles
Treating women as inferior
Making all the decisions

I Know Someone Who Needs Help

If you know someone experiencing any form of domestic violence, encourage them to call Noah Project. Only the victim can make a report and seek services. To support your friend:

Believe them

Many survivors fear seeking help because they have been told by their abuser that nobody will believe them. If you know a survivor, listen to their needs, and communicate your support.