Since 1980, Jackson Victim Services Shelter for Battered Families, a program of Catholic Charities, Inc., has served as a lifeline for adults and children escaping domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. For more than four decades, the shelter has provided safety, support, and hope to those beginning the difficult journey of healing.
This is more than just shelter; it’s a comprehensive support network providing not only emergency housing, but also counseling, transportation, legal advocacy, job readiness, and trauma-informed care. It’s a program designed not just to rescue, but to restore. It gives survivors a second chance at a life free of fear from trauma inflicted by someone they once and may still love.
Most importantly, it’s staffed by people who understand the lasting wounds abuse leaves behind, People trained to meet victims with compassion, not judgment. Their goal is not only to protect survivors from harm but to empower them to move forward with strength and self-determination.
When families leave the shelter, they don’t just walk out the door. They walk into a future that once seemed impossible. It gives people a second chance at a life free from fear, a life no longer defined by trauma inflicted by someone they once and may still love.
Jackson Victim Services serves women. It serves men. It serves children. It serves people from all walks of life. Abuse does not discriminate, and neither does this program.
But like many such organizations, Jackson Victim Services cannot do this work alone. It depends on the support of donors, churches, civic groups, and everyday citizens who believe that everyone deserves to live free from violence.
That’s why the continued contributions from partners like Northminster Baptist Church and Treasures Women’s Group are so appreciated. Their generosity is not just helping one program. It is helping to heal a community.
Because no one should have to choose between staying in a violent home or facing the streets. Because no one should have to suffer in silence. Because every survivor deserves not only shelter, but a chance to thrive. When families leave the shelter, they don’t just walk out the door. They walk into a future that once seemed impossible.
