Youth Programs

Children and adolescents who have witnessed or experienced abuse, family violence, or sexual assault may benefit from counseling services. ATV currently offers counseling services for children and their families if they are a current resident of our Safehouse. However, community partners in Northern Colorado provide access to professionals to help children identified as victims. Some of these resources offer services on a sliding scale or accept Medicaid.

• ChildSafe, Fort Collins: Provides individual, family and group therapy to child and adolescent victims of child abuse and family member in child sexual abuse cases. (970) 493-3833
• Summitstone Health Partners, Fort Collins: Provides counseling for psychological, emotional, and behavioral problems, domestic violence and sexual assault victims, and drug and alcohol problems. Individual, family and group therapy are available. (970) 494-4200 
• Heart-Centered Counseling, Loveland: Whether you’re dealing with depression or anxiety, marital issues, or strife in your family, the therapists at Heart Centered Counseling are ready and able to help. (970) 310-3406

Parenting Group

New Hope Parenting Solutions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that offers effective parenting tools to anyone raising a child ages birth to 18 years old. They help to provide a healthy and supportive environment in which children thrive.  New Hope Parenting Solutions specializes in typical families, as well as those that have been impacted by trauma.  They work with biological, kinship, foster, and adoptive families. They pull from many well-known parenting programs as well as trauma informed programs to create an individualized parenting plan specific to you and your children.

New Hope Parenting Solutions meets with ATV clients on Fridays.

For more information please visit their website at www.NewHopeParentingSolutions.org or call 970-682-4048.

Outreach Presentations

Education-based presentations are available to any school, community, or professional group. Presentations are designed to educate the public on topics related to domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking in order to provide education and resources for these situations that affect our community.
Topics include:

• Dating Violence
• Healthy Relationships
• Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Assault Prevention
• Personal Safety
• Domestic Violence

Why is all this important?

• In homes where there is domestic violence, child abuse is 15 times more likely to occur than in non-violent homes.
• Studies estimate that the number of children at risk for exposure to family violence is about 3.3 million.
• Children who witness abuse to a parent display the same symptoms, including post traumatic stress, as children who are actually abused.
• Children who are abused or witness abuse may exhibit behavioral and emotional disturbances that range from withdrawal, low self-esteem, nightmares, self-blame, aggression against peers and family members, and property destruction.
• A history of family violence or abuse is the most significant difference between delinquent and non-delinquent youth.