Our Services
In addition to providing a safe shelter for victims, survivors and their children, DOVES offers numerous services to anyone dealing with intimate partner violence.
- 24-hour hotline staffed by professionally trained trauma-informed care advocates
- Providing basic care and personal hygiene needs
- Patient advocacy for hospital visits/stays
- Support groups
- Advocating for children
- Safety planning
- Assistance obtaining legal counsel
- Victim advocacy at court hearings
- Money management and financial education
- Referrals to other agencies
- Case management
- Education programs
- Life skills training
- Self-esteem coaching
- Parenting classes
- Trainings to build/identify healthy relationships
- Housing assistance
DOVES also:
- Offers speakers to educate the general public on the realities of interpersonal violence and to explain our services and interventions
- Attends health fairs, community events and conferences to provide information and resources
- Provides trauma-informed care training for professionals and education about the services, resources and support available to domestic and dating violence victims
Find a shelter near you.
DOVES of Gateway provides services to the Gateway counties of Rowan, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and Bath.
All Kentucky counties are covered by one of the 15 sister shelters of ZeroV, Kentucky’s coalition of domestic violence shelters and services.
