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COPE provides a secure and well monitored environment for families in need of relief from domestic violence. The first step is to make a safety plan.


MAKE A SAFETY PLAN
  • Do not tell your abuser your plans.
  • Collect telephone numbers of agencies and service that can help you. Keep these where your abuser won’t find them.
  • Contact a domestic violence program and find a safe place to stay – a shelter or other place where your abuser won’t find you.
  • Take your children with you if possible.
  • Bring all of your important papers with you: driver’s license, car titles, birth certificates, and social security cards for you and your children.
  • Take car and house keys.
  • Take a change of clothes.


PROGRAMS for children
COPE is working to prevent domestic violence in our four-county area of Laclede, Dallas, Texas and Wright Counties. We offer many programs for children of all ages, from toddlers to teens. These programs, coupled with the shelter’s prevention education program in these counties’ school districts, are funded by a generous grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health. For more information, go to http://www.mffh.org.

We want your children to feel safe and comfortable while you are staying at the shelter. Part of that comes from having children who feel they are important. This feeling comes when they are a valued part of our family. To that end, we have activities scheduled for your children while they are here.  We hope that this will help your children feel a sense of importance and belonging while you are here.

SERVICES list
COPE provides safe shelter and related services to victims of domestic violence and their children.

24-Hour Hotline & Crisis Intervention
Hospital Advocacy
Legal Advocacy
Parenting Help
Safe and Secure Shelter
Weekly Support Groups
Assistance in Securing Employment & Affordable Housing
Referrals to Other Needed Resources Such as Professional Mental Health Services & Legal Help
Access to counseling.
Legal advocacy to all victims of crime.
Community awareness as to the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Education Prevention Program in the schools
Sexual assault advocates
Non-resident services

24 HOUR HOTLINE:
417-532-2885
877-275-0930
Toll Free

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COPE is a member agency of the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence - www.mocadsv.org