Resource Report 15 - SafePlace

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Hello and welcome to Resource Report, where we
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share with you important information about local
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nonprofits and resource organizations that support
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the community we share, produced by Pathways
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to Agency. I am your host, Rainmaker. Today's
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guest is Kayla Young with Safe Place. I am here
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at Safe Place. in downtown olympia with kayla
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young how are you doing kayla doing well thank
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you yeah so can you uh introduce yourself and
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your position and share with me how you came
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to be here yeah um so i'm kayla my um title is
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um the youth prevention sexual assault manager
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which is shifting as we're reorganizing so I'll
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be doing outreach and some direct services and
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then working in prevention still. I've been here
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about a year and a half and my undergraduate
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work is all infant and family mental health and
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I found that a lot of the work I was doing there
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was kind of like putting out these fires after
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trauma and working with kids and families that
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have struggled through domestic violence and
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sexual assault. And I really wanted to try to
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get ahead of it a bit more. And so coming to
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Safe Place and being able to work in prevention
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and doing like parent education and youth education
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while still helping those that have been harmed
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already has been really fulfilling. So that's
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how I ended up here. And yeah, it's been a really
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great year and a half. Awesome. Yeah. Okay. So
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can you give me a brief history of Safe Place?
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What Safe Place is? Yeah. Safe Place has been
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around for a really long time. It's been about
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50 years. It's been in the heart of Olympia the
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whole time, although the office building has been
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elsewhere. We've always served Thurston County.
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And it started as a DV. domestic violence and
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sexual assault non -profit organization that's
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what we are today yeah oh awesome um so on your
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website there are a lot of different uh just
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resources yeah so some of those are just general
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information resources that some of those are
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actually services they provide. Can you talk
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about that? Yeah, yeah. So our services that
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we actually provide, so I always start off with
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talking about our sexual assault services and
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DV services inside hospitals. So our advocates
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are dispatched 24 -7 to support someone who is
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on their way to the hospital who's experienced
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severe domestic violence or sexual assault. And
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we're there in the hospitals offering emotional
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support, offering more resources, making sure
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that they know their rights as a survivor as
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well, and just supporting them through for as
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long as they need us to be there. We provide
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follow -up to that as well. We have our legal
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services, which helps people with intimate partner
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violence, restraining orders, protection orders,
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going to court. and supporting them in court.
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We've had advocates sit up on the stand with
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survivors for emotional support. Moving into,
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we do community outreach, helping populations
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in the community with food, supplies like household
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supplies, shampoo, conditioner, things like that,
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clothing. We have our housing program that houses
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Individuals who have experienced domestic violence
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or sexual assault, and they're really just trying
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to get back on their feet from that. People can
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lose a lot when they flee. Everything from furniture
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to identification, income. So we do our best
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to get them back on their feet and housed. We
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have our shelter, too, which is a level four
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high lethality shelter. We are sheltering people
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who are at the greatest risk for homicide or
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severe stalking and things like that. So we have,
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I think, 11 or 12 rooms now. We screen people
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in, any identity, any gender. Everyone is welcome.
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They screen in. And we just work to... get them
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to safety we keep them safe while they're here
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and then help moving forward even if that's into
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our housing program we can help them into there
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as well and we also did just start our contracts
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it's a domestic violence high risk team so we
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have officers that will call us directly on scenes
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of survivors who have experienced high levels
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of domestic violence that score high on that
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danger assessment, they call us directly and
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we speak to that survivor right then and there.
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And that night, do we need shelter? Do we need
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hotel? Do we need a safety plan? And then we
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follow them through the court system as they
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go to provide support and make sure that we're
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trying to reduce the rates of and like going
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back and having to do all this over again when
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it gets even more dangerous. And so that's a
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program that we now have to have. Awesome. So
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I want to go in a little bit on some of those
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programs. The one that you just mentioned that's
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new working with law enforcement. Can you talk
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about a little bit more like details around that?
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Yeah. Yeah. So this started. A couple years ago,
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but it's new to us at Safe Place. And it had
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been designed as a scale to assess risk and danger.
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And they started applying it in law enforcement
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and other areas. And now they're trying to roll
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it out as a standard. And so what happens is
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police officers are dispatched. Right now we
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work with Lacey. Police Department. I think we
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work with the Sheriff's Department and we're
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kind of figuring things out with OPD. They will
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do the danger assessment on site. They will call
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us and say, hey, this is a really high danger
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assessment score. And so then we talk to that
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survival right then and there, usually over the
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phone. And if they want to receive services,
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then we say, hey, this is what we do tonight.
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get you safe tonight? Do you have family that
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can come be with you? Most of the time in those
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calls, the perpetrator will be arrested. So they'll
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have a safe night. But from there, we don't know,
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like, are they released? Did they make bail?
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Are they going to be back? Are they released
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that night? So safety and planning with them
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in that moment. And then from there, if they
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pursue charges or want support in that, We help
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them through all of that, restraining orders,
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protection orders, going to court. And the wonderful
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thing with this is that we also work directly
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with the prosecuting attorney's office and the
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police department so that we all know what this
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incident was, what happened, so we can work together
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to make sure that no details are lost as it travels
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through the court system so that there's fair...
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and things will remain safe for that survivor.
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Because it was so dangerous, nothing's getting
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lost and we're all on the same page when it comes
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to sentencing and things like that. Yeah. So
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I have a question about that. You know, working
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with law enforcement can be very triggery for
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some individuals. There's fear oftentimes around
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involvement. How would you navigate that? Yeah,
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that is a big thing that we see at Safe Place
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because oftentimes if we're responding to domestic
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violence or sexual assault, even human trafficking,
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there's police involved and there's that fear,
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right? Whether it's possible. warrants that somebody
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has there's an implicit fear of law enforcement
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because of the history of law enforcement with
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racial profiling and there's a lot of perceived
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and some of it realized aggression on behalf
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of police department and not being so trauma
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informed and so the first thing that we do when
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we meet somebody we go into the hospital or we
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talk to them the first thing that we say is we
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are not affiliated in any way with law enforcement.
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We are separate from them. We do not work for
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them. We will advocate for you, whether it's
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with them or with whoever else you need support
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with. And we also let them know too, in the hospitals,
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that we are not affiliated with the hospital.
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We are just Safe Place and we're here just to
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help you. Nobody else is partnered with us to
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the point where, we would give them information
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unless you tell us it's okay, we are here to
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just protect you. And that tends to make things
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easier, but not always. Some people still don't
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trust and that's okay and it's warranted and
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we just do the best that we can to try to let
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them know that we're there and that we're there
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just for them. So it's a toss -up, but a lot
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of times once they hear that, they know, okay.
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These people are safe from safe place and they
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can support me. Yeah. There's another concern
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that kind of goes in along with this sort of
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thing, which is the role of the mandated reporter.
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Yes. Yeah. And so. All of the legal advocates,
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is it only your legal advocates or anyone here
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at Safe Place? Anyone considered a mandated reporter?
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Anyone here, including our front desk. And we
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are big on, especially with CPS, we know there's
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a history of CPS being discriminatory or, you
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know, they just, no program is perfect, but that
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program. has a history. And so we let people
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know right up front, even when we're getting
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consent for services, we are mandated reporters.
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If we suspect or you disclose that there's child
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abuse happening, we have to report. Yeah. We
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also let them know that we aren't pushing for
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that. That's not our goal. We want your family
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to stay safe and stay united. And CPS can be
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a barrier there. And so. We let them know if
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you need to ask a question about CPS or about
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something that happened with your child and you're
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unsure and you're scared, say, what if? 24th
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is a hypothetical situation. Because the last
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thing we want to do is make things more stressful.
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And by someone coming here and saying, we are
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fleeing domestic violence, is already... and
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showing us that you're putting your child first.
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You're here with your child trying to leave that
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situation. We don't want anyone to come in and
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then take your child. So just letting them know
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up front. And if there is ever a time that we
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do have to call CPS, for me, my best practice
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is letting that family know. And sometimes I'll
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say, we can make the call together because if
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you're there in that call too and they can hear
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you and you can... speak with them and they can
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see that you're working with us, that's a huge
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leap forward. And it makes a big difference a
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lot of the time. Good to know. So an important
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message to take away from this is wording matters.
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Yes, it does. Yes, it does. Moving on from that,
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your domestic violence program. Yeah. Can you
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explain a little bit more about that? Is that
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a support group or other? How do you handle that?
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Yeah, we do actually have a support group. I
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forgot to mention earlier, it's for sexual assault
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and domestic violence. We've put it together
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because what we're really talking about is trauma.
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And so we don't go into details of an event,
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but we just help people process and learn about
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trauma and how it affects our body and our lives.
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And so that's really impactful. Our support group
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went from one to two people a week with some
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tweaking and a new advocate who runs support
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group. We're getting upwards of 20 people a week
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and it's phenomenal. That sense of community
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itself is huge. And so the one thing that does
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get really tricky with domestic violence in general
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for Safe Place. is that we are intimate partner
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violence. So domestic violence can be somebody
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that you live with. It can be between family.
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But for us, our dollars are designated for intimate
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partner violence. And so sometimes someone walking
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in saying, you know, my dad is doing this to
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me or my brother is doing this to me. It's hard.
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We want to help everyone. federally speaking
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and financially speaking we don't have the funds
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for that but we're going to do everything we
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can to get you to the right place to support
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you in that um so that that's where safe place
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is a little different is that it's just intimate
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partner okay with sexual assault it is different
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it could be stranger it could be anybody who's
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experienced sexual assault we will help you that's
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an important clarification yeah Yeah, definitely
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good for people to know. And so that also explains
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why you have such an extensive list of resources
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on your website. You have a domestic violence
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shelters listed. There's Hope Alliance, Turning
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Point, Dove House, the YWCA in Kitsap and Pierce.
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Yeah. Yeah. We're always our other places that
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you can and you talk with them and connect them
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and you might call out to one of those places
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and say, here, I have this person here that I
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want to send you. Absolutely. Yeah. We do have
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someone right at the street, an organization
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called Innovations, and we've had them call us
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and say, hey, we have someone here right now.
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that could really use your services. We don't
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offer those services. I'm going to walk them
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up the block to you. And I love that. I love
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that. That's just how we work with one another.
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And it's so important and it's personal and comforting
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and trauma informed. And so that's what we shoot
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for. We're always able to call and say, Hey,
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you know, we're from safe place. Do you have
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space for this person? And things like that.
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Definitely. Yeah. You are listening to Resource
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Report on Chaos and my interview with Kayla Young
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with Safe Place. We'll be right back after a
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brief message. Safe Place would like to talk
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with survivors of sexual abuse, assault, and
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rape about how they have found healing and how
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Safe Place can better support survivors. All
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adults who want to talk about their experiences
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and insights are welcome to share their stories
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Welcome back to Resource Report on Chaos. Let's
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return to the conversation with Kayla Young at
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SafePlace. And then also working with, you work
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with different legal aid services. You have a
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legal clinic here. Yep, that's with South Sound
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Legal. I always forget because it's after hours
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for Safe Place, but it is so incredibly important
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and wonderful to have these officials or attorneys
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come and volunteer their time to help these individuals.
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It's huge. It's a game changer. And then our
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advocates are trained to help with that paperwork
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outside of clinic too. But just what a wonderful
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resource. I think anyone on the street, if something
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were to happen and they needed an attorney, holy
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smokes, that's... It's a lot of money just thinking
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about it, you know. And so to have that support
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there and get guidance is incredible. That's
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just a great resource. I can personally attest
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how amazing it is going through my own divorce.
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This was how I did it, coming to your legal clinic
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for over a year. Yep. Yes. And we got through
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it and it was helpful and supportive. One thing
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that I want to, you know, ask about is the whole
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situation with just getting into the legal clinic,
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okay? You've got to get here 45 minutes early
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and stand in line and hope to be one of the first
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maybe five or six people in line. You know, and
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y 'all are always telling us don't be in the
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parking lot. Yeah. But then how else are we supposed
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to do that? And so people will be sitting in
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their car. 100 % issue. So we have been looking
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at things. We used to have more staff, so it
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wasn't that we get through people, but not enough.
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And so what we've come up with is in acknowledging
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that there are barriers, I have to take the bus.
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Like I can't get there until this time because
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I have my child or I have to get off of work.
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That's not fair. Those are barriers and they're
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inevitable barriers. And so what we're doing
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now is having people register online. Which is
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also can be a barrier. But if you're going to
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read, you need to register, call us and I will
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help you do it on the phone. You know what I
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mean? That way you have a spot because you still
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need to talk to someone regardless of the hours
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that you work. You know, the situation with child,
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bring your child, you know. So we're trying to
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make it more accessible and also not wasting
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people's time who take their time to get here
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and they're just not able to be seen. And so
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that's what we're doing moving forward. And that's
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on behalf of sound legal aid as well. They're
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wanting to do it that way. And I think it makes
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better sense for everyone. That way it's evenly
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distributed. When did that online sign up begin?
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Four weeks ago. It's very new. It's very new.
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And we're still working out the kinks of it.
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But so far it's been good. And we're telling
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people that do come by. This is how we're doing
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it now. And if there's kinks that happen or it's
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not working out for one, we're going to get you
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services. We're going to find a way. We have
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to work some things out and it comes up, but
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we're getting there and this is going to help.
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Okay. Yeah. It's a process. It is. It is. Hang
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in there. Yes. Okay. Yeah. So in this transition
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of setting that up better, Is it the sort of
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thing where people maybe don't know about that
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or, you know? they're not able to somehow do
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it online or call or whatever. So they're showing
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up 45 minutes early. They're the second person
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in line. And then all those people get told,
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none of you have gotten in because we've already
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got a list online. Is that what's happening?
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So we've done a lot of advertising, a lot of
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speaking with people. We'll speak to people who
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are at the court when we go to court. We're just
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trying to spread the word and so does sound legal
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aid. But if someone does show up, I would assume
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if there's time, they're going to do it for sure.
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And with those appointments being set, it's saving
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time. And if there is that barrier and they just
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show up and say, this is all I could do, we're
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going to help. Like, let's hop on the computer.
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Do you need a phone? We might have a phone. Things
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like that to just make sure that we're helping
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them. get to where they need to be. Because in
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a lot of agencies, it's easy to say, all you
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need to do is this. I don't know why you're not
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doing this. Well, think about the 10 other hurdles
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that are in the way and also emotionally just
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- Task initiation. Exactly. Executive dysfunction
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issues. 100%, especially in trauma. You cannot
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bring your brain down. You can't connect to those
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cognitive processes. When you're experiencing
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trauma, it's just not, that's not how your brain
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works. And that's what we want to help with.
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It's not just getting you the resources, but
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getting you there too. Yeah. And remind us again,
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when are the legal clinics? Yes, they are the
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first and third Thursday evenings. But can be
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changed because of holidays. So just letting
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people know, keeping people updated, especially
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people who come in and are like, hey, the question
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about this I've been working doing with Sound
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Legal Aid. Oh, my goodness. Let me let you know,
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too, that we've changed it to this day next week.
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So just trying to let everybody know. And what
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times are they at? So we close our doors at five
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for just walk -ins in general. public um so getting
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here around five your appointment time will be
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um the first one i think will be around five
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um and then just going i think they have an end
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time but depending on appointments too they can
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go longer things can happen we're gonna keep
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an appointment we're gonna work with you i think
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here's tonight till 9 34 yep and we have wonderful
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advocates that stay from safe place and those
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attorneys that will stay and just make sure you
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get what your need what your need The drop -ins.
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Drop -ins. Yep. Mondays, you can drop in in business
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hours. And we have whoever's here on Monday who's
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an advocate, we're going to help you. There's
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a misconception that it's just legal drop -ins.
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Okay. It's for anybody. come drop, you have a
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question, you need to talk to somebody. A lot
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of our legal advocates do come and work with
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drop -ins. You can request a legal advocate for
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drop -ins if we have one, but I'll also go down
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and do drop -ins too. And you know, how can I
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help you if it's a protection order? Well, I
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actually can't help you with that. I'm going
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to go grab a legal advocate. So we're here. Um,
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whoever's in the building is really just trying
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to help out. Talk about your shelter, residential
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services. Yeah, shelter is, because it's so high
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needs, high danger levels, we don't disclose
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the address to anybody. It's off -site. It's
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off -site. And it's also, even the people that
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are coming to shelter, they are picked up from
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somewhere else and brought to shelter. Because
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we try to keep it that tight under locks because
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people are dangerous and people will do whatever
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they need to do sometimes to get to somebody.
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And so, yeah, it's off -site. We lock and key
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and codes and cameras and everything that we
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can. And then residential services is a lot of
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that work is done either in shelter with. survivors
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that are trying to get housed from shelter um
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and then others that so when you say in shelter
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yeah you're talking about like if they're at
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the Union Gospel Mission or uh other kind of
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urine shelters that they have around town and
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so right now our capacity has we've been really
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bogged down so we're working directly with our
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shelter right now only But there are cases that
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if we have the capacity, we'll take it on and
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say, okay, we will meet you where you're at if
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that's what you need us to do and get going,
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do an intake, do what we need to do. And a lot
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of times those housing intakes can immediately
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turn into a legal referral too, right? You know,
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I need to get an apartment. I need to get away
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from it. I have a prior eviction. I don't, they're
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not going to let me. Let's pop you over to legal
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and see what we can do about it. Sure. And get
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them in that way too. Right on. Yeah. And to
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that end with housing, do you work with coordinated
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entry? Yes. So we have a specific, we have specific
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funds for coordinated entry and a contract for
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them. And we also have HUD and just generalized
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funding as well. Now. In a previous interview
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I did with the Family Support Center, we discussed
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coordinated entry. Can you just give us a little
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understanding of what that is again? Yeah, I
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will do my best. Housing is one that I am, they
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do so much. I'm like, how do you handle it all?
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But it is a separate source of funding and you're
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still working with us as Safe Place. We're still
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going to get you. house as best we can but we're
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using coordinated entry funds and then coordinated
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entry processes so you have to do an intake with
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safe place but also with coordinated entry and
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we work closely with Family Support Center actually
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to get them housed that route too we'll even
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have FSC come into our shelter and work with
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those that are using coordinated entry so it's
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just a matter of who you're working with, and
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if it's coordinated entry specifically, we have
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FSC, we have a separate intake, but we're still
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walking you through it, essentially. And there
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are other organizations in Thurston County that
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work with Coordinated Entry as well, besides
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even just Family Support Center guys. So you're
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going to be working with... those as well. Yep.
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We work closest with Family Support Center because
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we have a working relationship and we have ROIs,
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Release Of Information, signed so we can work
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together. But you can work with coordinated entry
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in other places as well, including DSHS, which
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is notoriously busy, but they have that option
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too. Right on. That's good to know. And you have
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a 24 -hour helpline. Yes. 24 hour, we mean it.
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We have someone on that helpline all night, seven
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days a week, holidays, someone's covering. So
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if he needs to talk to somebody, we're there
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to talk. As things are being switched around,
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it might end up being that at night that helpline
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is, you're calling our helpline number, it might
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route to a different helpline. that has someone
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manning it. We can only do so much sometimes.
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And if we don't have staff, we want to make sure
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that we're covered. And so at night, it might
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go to this person over here and they'll say,
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okay, great. We have your information or we can
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help you right now. Anything else, like we'll
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tell a safe place in the morning and they'll
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get back to you. And so that helpline is resources,
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screenings, legal screenings. Hey, I'm interested
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in the DVSA group. Great. We'll get your information
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for that. Housing referrals. We have right now,
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I'm not sure moving forward, funds for relocation.
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So if you're fleeing and you have a safe place
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to go that's across the country, we'll get you
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there. Like we will pay for it and we'll get
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you there. Wow. That's amazing. Yeah. And we
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do it quickly, very quickly. If we have the capacity.
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We've had someone leave the night of. We've gotten
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a call that said, I'm really trying to leave.
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My partner's being released tonight and he's
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the one who victimized me. I'd met someone in
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the Target parking lot with gift cards and saying,
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here's gift cards for food. Here's gas. I will
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book you hotel each night that you go and we'll
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get you there. And we've gotten them there in
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three days or four days or however long it takes.
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We do it. And that's funding dependent. So always
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just calling the helpline too and saying, hey,
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can you guys do relocations right now? We'll
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let you know. We can or we can't, but if we can,
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we will. Do it fast. Yeah. And your 24 -hour
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helpline. So you said that it can route different
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people. So I know that there are other organizations
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that also offer a crisis helpline. And there
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is the crisis clinic, actually, as well. And
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BHR has a crisis line. Are they all connected?
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Not quite. And so this is a new thing. We're
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rolling out. We're trying to. sorted out with
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other help like helplines and crisis lines like
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can you support us during these hours especially
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if someone's calling and it's 2 a .m and they
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are in crisis we want to get you to the crisis
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line because they're probably more equipped while
00:31:01.670 --> 00:31:04.309
our advocates can de -escalate and support crisis
00:31:04.309 --> 00:31:07.750
it's not our primary role whereas like crisis
00:31:07.750 --> 00:31:11.789
lines have very specific training for that and
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we might be a great help they might be even better
00:31:14.589 --> 00:31:17.549
help So getting you to the right place as well.
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So that's still up in the air. We're still working
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on it, but trying to kind of weed out the needs
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and make sure that you're not just reaching someone
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that can help. You're reaching someone who is
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specialized and can really help you get what
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you need. You work with immigration and safety
00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:45.460
planning, and then you also have just a general
00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:48.380
safety plan. Yeah, general safety planning we
00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:51.359
use all the time. Anyone we talk to that said,
00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:53.420
I'm experiencing domestic violence, the first
00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.940
thing we're going to want to do is safety plan
00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:57.309
with you. Are you safe tonight? Here are things
00:31:57.309 --> 00:31:59.849
you can do. We can map out a route for you to
00:31:59.849 --> 00:32:02.150
get out of your house if we need to. You can
00:32:02.150 --> 00:32:05.029
work out a system with your neighbor that you
00:32:05.029 --> 00:32:07.269
can call your neighbor and they know. Things
00:32:07.269 --> 00:32:11.549
like that. Safety planning and working in this
00:32:11.549 --> 00:32:15.740
time. Politically, especially with ICE, it looks
00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:18.859
a little different. Our hands can be tied, but
00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:20.180
it doesn't mean we're not going to do anything.
00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.920
And so what we're doing right now is working
00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:25.420
very closely with our advocates and making sure
00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:27.640
that we know the difference between search warrant
00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:31.579
and arrest warrant. So if it's an arrest warrant,
00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:33.920
we're not going to let you in. If you're asking
00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:35.660
for names, we don't have to give you those names.
00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:39.920
We've had someone, police officers, show up at
00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:42.140
the shelter and say, we have an arrest warrant,
00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:44.960
and we know they're in there. We're like, we
00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.980
cannot disclose whether or not they're in here.
00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.819
And if you have an arrest warrant, that's for
00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:52.039
arrest only, so you're not coming in here. So
00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:54.420
making sure that we're covering. And doing what
00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:57.180
we can to protect at all times. And knowing,
00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:59.440
like, they will push boundaries and say, no,
00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:01.819
this is the law. And we can easily say, no, it's
00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:04.680
not the law. And we're not going to do that right
00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:08.819
now. Yeah. Yeah. ICE, Immigration and Customs
00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:11.859
Enforcement. Yeah. Have y 'all ever had yet to
00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:15.220
deal with anything involving ICE? Winx? Yeah.
00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:19.420
We've seen. We've had. And this is, I hope it's
00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:22.480
not too much to. disclosed but downtown olympia
00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:26.059
we've had our advocates stopped and questioned
00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:29.960
because of the color of their skin and question
00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:34.380
having needing to provide their id so we know
00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:37.059
they're around down here they're cruising around
00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:40.640
and so we've i don't know that anyone's come
00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:44.480
in the building yet but we've had funding orders
00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:46.480
that have said yes we're going to give you a
00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:50.849
lot more money if you send us a list Absolutely
00:33:50.849 --> 00:33:53.890
not. We're not going to do that. So they're sneaking
00:33:53.890 --> 00:33:56.190
in. They're trying to, but we're not playing.
00:33:56.630 --> 00:33:59.509
Wow. It's sneaky, and that's why we're working.
00:33:59.690 --> 00:34:02.690
We'll give you funding if you give us details
00:34:02.690 --> 00:34:07.890
on people that we think we should arrest as ICE.
00:34:08.150 --> 00:34:11.929
It's deep. Wow. And so just know for safe place,
00:34:11.949 --> 00:34:15.210
and I'm sure every other nonprofit for that reason,
00:34:15.389 --> 00:34:18.300
we're not. We're not falling for it. We know.
00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:21.739
And we're taking the precautions and making sure
00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:23.119
that we're being really careful. That's very
00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.380
reassuring. It is. Because at the end of the
00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:28.460
day, we're helping anybody. Like I said, not
00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:30.880
just race or religion or ethnicity or anything
00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:33.679
like that. Any status. Like we're going to help
00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:36.039
you. We're going to do the best that we can.
00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:39.519
Thank you for sharing that. That's very important.
00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:43.519
Yeah. Along the lines of that, you do provide
00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:47.119
services in Spanish. Yeah. Yep. If we don't have
00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:51.019
someone on site that speaks Spanish, we have
00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:53.139
interpreters that we can call over the phone.
00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:57.400
We can make long term arrangements as well to
00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:59.260
just you're going to need a Spanish speaking
00:34:59.260 --> 00:35:01.820
advocate for quite some time. Let's see if we
00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:05.420
can't even find an organization that is specific
00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:09.019
to your community. Everyone speaks Spanish there
00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:10.980
and they might offer the same exact services.
00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:15.019
So that might be a really good fit for you. We're
00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:16.739
always going to try to find a way to communicate.
00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:19.639
We're always going to help. We have tons of different
00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:30.579
languages that we can interpret via phone. Talk
00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:32.980
about the client bill of rights that you have
00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:37.219
on your website. Yes. So we read those to anyone
00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:40.199
that calls, anyone we talk to. They've said,
00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:41.980
well, we've already read our rights. Well, guess
00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.320
what? We're going to have you sign them again
00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:46.840
just so you know. And their rights to protect
00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:49.460
us, they're also rights to protect them. So we're
00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:52.119
letting them know you have the right to receive
00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:54.739
services. You have the right to decline services
00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:57.480
at any point. You can change your mind, say never
00:35:57.480 --> 00:36:00.980
mind. You have the right to have protected information.
00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:03.840
So we are not releasing your information to anybody
00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:08.900
unless you sign paperwork to do so. We are mandated
00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:12.280
reporters we put in there. You have the right
00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:15.659
to access your file here. You can see anything
00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:18.500
that we have here. It's your information. You
00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:21.960
can see it. All sorts of things that are there
00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:26.219
to protect survivors and let them know up front,
00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:28.800
you have rights and we're telling you your rights.
00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:32.900
Even if you need to engage in those rights. with
00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:35.840
us right you know maybe there was a miscommunication
00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:38.019
you have a right to say no thank you i'm not
00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:40.559
telling you that and if it's an honest mistake
00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:44.139
we're probably gonna you know swallow our tongue
00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:47.039
oh my gosh i didn't even realize i i did that
00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:52.239
um and so it also protects safe place um we are
00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:54.940
mandated reporters we have to tell you that um
00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:57.880
and so if we do have to make that call they are
00:36:57.880 --> 00:37:00.869
aware that we're mandated reporters, things of
00:37:00.869 --> 00:37:02.769
that nature. They're on our website and we read
00:37:02.769 --> 00:37:06.070
them to everybody that calls. If they've called
00:37:06.070 --> 00:37:09.090
before, we'll say, hey, have you called us before?
00:37:09.449 --> 00:37:11.849
Yes. Do you want me to read you your client rights
00:37:11.849 --> 00:37:15.210
again? They can say yes or no. Most of the time
00:37:15.210 --> 00:37:17.869
they say no, but we're going to make sure that
00:37:17.869 --> 00:37:19.550
you know they're there and we can get them to
00:37:19.550 --> 00:37:23.489
you. That's very supportive. Thank you. So I've
00:37:23.489 --> 00:37:26.349
noticed it shows up on every page of your website.
00:37:26.530 --> 00:37:30.489
What is that little escape button? Yeah, that
00:37:30.489 --> 00:37:36.070
escape button is in place for safety reasons.
00:37:36.929 --> 00:37:40.230
We have a lot of survivors who are still living
00:37:40.230 --> 00:37:43.570
with their abuser. They're still in danger every
00:37:43.570 --> 00:37:47.070
day. And if they're actively trying to get out
00:37:47.070 --> 00:37:49.630
of that situation, they're going to need to pull
00:37:49.630 --> 00:37:53.690
up resources. And if phones are monitored or
00:37:53.690 --> 00:37:57.409
someone's looking over your shoulder. If you
00:37:57.409 --> 00:37:59.849
hit that escape button, it'll take you out of
00:37:59.849 --> 00:38:03.590
our website and into Google. And that type of
00:38:03.590 --> 00:38:07.030
software is rolling out very quickly right now
00:38:07.030 --> 00:38:09.489
because we're realizing there's a need. There
00:38:09.489 --> 00:38:13.809
are resources out there that have masks on them,
00:38:13.889 --> 00:38:16.309
skins on them. And so what you're needing to
00:38:16.309 --> 00:38:18.409
use is underneath, but you can quickly hit that
00:38:18.409 --> 00:38:21.110
button and it pulls up a skin. that says this
00:38:21.110 --> 00:38:23.630
is what you can see it's not what I'm using but
00:38:23.630 --> 00:38:25.670
this is what you can see now does that wipe the
00:38:25.670 --> 00:38:29.929
the browser history some apps it does this one
00:38:29.929 --> 00:38:32.590
ours i don't believe it does oh some apps are
00:38:32.590 --> 00:38:35.809
really sophisticated so this one it's just the
00:38:35.809 --> 00:38:39.389
back button yeah okay because i go back okay
00:38:39.389 --> 00:38:41.670
push that back button and you'll go back to the
00:38:41.670 --> 00:38:45.570
safe place website yeah okay not all places are
00:38:45.570 --> 00:38:48.230
like mostly apps have that really sophisticated
00:38:48.230 --> 00:38:52.679
software That will do that. Or they'll use incognito.
00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:59.199
Oh, yeah. Yep. So what is the process for getting
00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:05.179
services? We, like in the hospitals, we're there
00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:07.639
and we're telling you we're there and we have
00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:10.179
these services if you want them. Some people
00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:13.460
know word of mouth, like, oh, I'm going to go
00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:15.940
check this place out. You can walk in and receive
00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:18.550
services. That's something really great. that
00:39:18.550 --> 00:39:20.570
we have available to. It's not a closed office.
00:39:20.929 --> 00:39:23.989
Okay. And then calling that helpline too, saying,
00:39:24.050 --> 00:39:26.469
I really need these things. Let's put in a referral.
00:39:26.550 --> 00:39:28.250
You can self -refer and we'll get you there,
00:39:28.369 --> 00:39:32.150
as well as other agencies that can tell you that
00:39:32.150 --> 00:39:34.809
we're here too. So it's not like you've got to
00:39:34.809 --> 00:39:38.730
fill out this paperwork in intake form and we'll
00:39:38.730 --> 00:39:40.829
get back to you and make an appointment, talk
00:39:40.829 --> 00:39:44.690
about what your needs are. straight out the door,
00:39:44.849 --> 00:39:47.489
get right off, right off the cuff. We're going
00:39:47.489 --> 00:39:49.530
to talk about it. What are your needs right now?
00:39:49.710 --> 00:39:52.289
I don't need to tell you my entire backstory.
00:39:52.550 --> 00:39:56.030
I don't need to tell you, you know, here's my
00:39:56.030 --> 00:39:58.369
date of birth and my phone number and, you know,
00:39:58.369 --> 00:40:01.469
all the million things that you might have to
00:40:01.469 --> 00:40:05.530
provide other. other organizations to receive
00:40:05.530 --> 00:40:08.889
services. It's just right now. Let's go. The
00:40:08.889 --> 00:40:11.070
only time we'll ask that identifying information
00:40:11.070 --> 00:40:13.809
if they're ready to share or want to share is
00:40:13.809 --> 00:40:16.710
if we're trying to relocate them right away or
00:40:16.710 --> 00:40:20.110
we're trying to screen them into shelter to see
00:40:20.110 --> 00:40:24.849
do they qualify. this will need to call you back
00:40:24.849 --> 00:40:28.429
right um and so um those are really the only
00:40:28.429 --> 00:40:31.869
times and unless you choose to divulge that information
00:40:31.869 --> 00:40:34.369
you don't have to tell us anything it's confidential
00:40:34.369 --> 00:40:37.929
you know we're not gonna try to call you back
00:40:37.929 --> 00:40:40.010
especially if we don't know that it's safe things
00:40:40.010 --> 00:40:52.829
like that okay What kind of barriers have you
00:40:52.829 --> 00:40:57.289
experienced people having coming to you? Yeah.
00:40:57.389 --> 00:41:01.289
One of the biggest barriers that we have outside
00:41:01.289 --> 00:41:04.190
of just experiencing domestic violence is a barrier
00:41:04.190 --> 00:41:07.949
to getting help is a lot of the population that
00:41:07.949 --> 00:41:12.329
we help struggle with addiction or they've been
00:41:12.329 --> 00:41:16.380
drug affected. One of the most vulnerable populations
00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:19.500
for receiving or being on the receiving end of
00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:22.599
domestic violence is people with disabilities
00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:26.480
as well. And so those are huge barriers. We can't
00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:28.599
really get consent if you're under the influence
00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:33.320
to protect you as well, because we want to make
00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:35.239
sure you're understanding what we're here for.
00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:39.019
And sometimes it's hard to help somebody who
00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:41.119
comes in under the influence because we just
00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:46.400
don't understand their needs. But that is one
00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:48.639
of our biggest barriers. We want to help. We're
00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:51.800
not here to judge if you use drugs or alcohol.
00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:58.559
So a criteria to receive services is not being
00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:01.739
under the influence. In that moment. In that
00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:06.539
moment. Okay, so if someone is using, whatever
00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:11.000
substance right but in that time that they're
00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:14.440
coming to you yeah they need to be sober not
00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:18.739
necessarily clean no but sober no and we really
00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:24.619
understand that um self -soothing and self -healing
00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:29.179
and struggling with trauma leads to addiction
00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:31.380
a lot of the time if you don't have resources
00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:34.380
and we know that everybody copes and everybody
00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:36.119
copes in their own way and we're not here to
00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:38.639
judge you for that that's not that's not what
00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:41.320
it's about but we do need to make sure that you're
00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:43.860
understanding and we can get those signatures
00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:48.019
and there um we can use them because if somebody
00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:50.400
doesn't understand what they're signing or they
00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:52.480
seem as though they can't make their own decisions
00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:56.099
if we have a disability perhaps, then we have
00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:58.719
to make sure we can go about it. Maybe we'll
00:42:58.719 --> 00:43:01.219
try again tomorrow. Maybe we'll reach out and
00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:05.219
see, like, can we talk to someone in your family?
00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:08.059
Will you sign a paper that says, yes, I can talk
00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:11.619
to somebody? So try to do our best. But to engage
00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:14.079
in services, you have to be able to have moments
00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:17.199
where you're sober and really take, you have
00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:20.739
to be active and engaged in the process. Now,
00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:24.300
this is more of a nuanced, more situational question,
00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:29.519
but situations like this can come up where you
00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:33.820
have, for an example, someone who has been a
00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:37.219
heavy meth user, for example, and that does,
00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:40.340
even if the person is not currently under the
00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:47.150
influence, that does create changes in... brain
00:43:47.150 --> 00:43:51.550
structure which can make communication and thought
00:43:51.550 --> 00:43:58.369
processes difficult to be coherent in their delivery
00:43:58.369 --> 00:44:03.929
of that um and so how do you discern how do have
00:44:03.929 --> 00:44:08.429
the same place discern when someone of that you
00:44:08.429 --> 00:44:11.860
know disposition is wanting to communicate and
00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:16.000
say, I am not currently on math. Yes. Yes. But
00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:18.840
are still having a hard time articulating. And
00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:23.219
so a person who may not be as familiar might
00:44:23.219 --> 00:44:27.719
assume that they're lying. Yeah. So how do you
00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:30.380
navigate? How do you discern those situations?
00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:40.940
One of the biggest symptoms that we see of somebody
00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:45.019
who is permanently or chronically affected is
00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:50.280
paranoia. Very heavy paranoia. And mind you,
00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:53.760
this isn't specifically a meth user as an example.
00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:57.780
Anybody. This can also happen with people who
00:44:57.780 --> 00:45:00.599
have been in alcoholism for a long time, for
00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:04.929
example. Yep. physically clouded or change their
00:45:04.929 --> 00:45:07.070
brain structure like you were saying and so they're
00:45:07.070 --> 00:45:12.289
programmed unintentionally and not even it's
00:45:12.289 --> 00:45:15.489
implicitly experiencing these things or they've
00:45:15.489 --> 00:45:17.809
it's blocked their cognitive functioning abilities
00:45:17.809 --> 00:45:22.889
permanently sometimes and so we use our judgment
00:45:22.889 --> 00:45:28.690
personal judgment we also we'll pull other advocates
00:45:28.690 --> 00:45:30.809
or people in the office to come talk with us
00:45:30.809 --> 00:45:34.409
to get an So we can corroborate and talk about
00:45:34.409 --> 00:45:36.489
it a little bit more. And there's sometimes.
00:45:36.730 --> 00:45:38.769
Like, this is what I think. What do you think?
00:45:38.869 --> 00:45:41.289
Everybody has different experiences and knowledge
00:45:41.289 --> 00:45:44.269
and understanding. Yep. And a lot of times when
00:45:44.269 --> 00:45:47.150
someone's coming in in that position, the first
00:45:47.150 --> 00:45:50.730
thing I'm going to do is if they're incredibly
00:45:50.730 --> 00:45:53.070
drug affected and they're struggling to remain,
00:45:53.409 --> 00:45:55.809
like they just can't take care of themselves
00:45:55.809 --> 00:45:59.539
or they really need help. I really try to reach
00:45:59.539 --> 00:46:02.539
out to like behavioral health if they consent
00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:05.500
to that. There's sometimes that we've had somebody
00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:09.400
or multiple somebody's come in that are so heavily
00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:14.179
drug affected that we've had to call help. And
00:46:14.179 --> 00:46:16.980
it's a program called crew. So they come in specifically
00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:19.619
their crisis response and they help. What's it
00:46:19.619 --> 00:46:23.539
called? Crew. So see our crisis response unit.
00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:27.400
Olympia has their own. Okay. And so we'll call
00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:29.820
them and say, we really don't know that they're
00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:33.039
aware of where they are or that they're okay
00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:35.840
or we can't really get through to them and they're
00:46:35.840 --> 00:46:38.880
acting erratically, things like this. The first
00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:40.659
thing that we're going to do is try to get them
00:46:40.659 --> 00:46:43.599
grounded. And sometimes that means getting other
00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:47.719
agencies involved. It has through their own consent?
00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:53.210
Yep. Sometimes crew. It's like calling 911 in
00:46:53.210 --> 00:46:56.489
a sense. We can call and they can come and make
00:46:56.489 --> 00:46:59.670
a judgment call. Kind of like 911 showing up
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like this person clearly has a wound and it needs
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to be treated. And so that might mean that if
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they're unconscious, we're still taking them,
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you know. But after that, like with crew, sometimes
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they'll end up in behavioral health and they
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will put a hold. just for their own safety at
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behavioral health or at a hospital. We're putting
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a hold to see if we can't help you get to where
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you need to be. And then we'll move in for services
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if we can get them where they need to be. Okay.
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So that means putting a hold on accessing services
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with you while they're moving through this process
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of services with, for example, behavioral health.
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Yep. And sometimes even being brought to the
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hospital, they will not even, They will not release
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for 72 hours or longer. And they will not let
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people in to speak with them for 72 hours. It's
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almost like a detox period where they can truly
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assess where that person's at and make sure that
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they're safe from themselves. And judgment as
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am I able to see that I'm safe from others too.
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Yeah. Okay. There's a space that says trainings
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on the website. You offer trainings. What is
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that? Yeah, so sometimes we host trainings just
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as our building is hosting it, but we're not
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putting it on. So we'll post there if something's
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happening. We do offer right now ACT training,
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which is required for any advocate in Washington
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State. ACT, A -C -T, Advocate Core Training.
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You're going to work as an advocate. In Washington
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State, you need that training. And so we train
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our own advocates. We also open it up. So if
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you need to be ACT trained or you want to be,
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you can come do that here. And so we've done
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self -defense classes. We've offered those and
00:49:00.969 --> 00:49:05.489
people can come and pay discounted rate and do
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those trainings. I've developed trainings. Other
00:49:08.789 --> 00:49:10.690
staff members have specialized trainings that
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they can come and enjoy. So it's just where we
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keep it. updated and posted yeah actually i interviewed
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peer Olympia and they also do uh trainings as
00:49:20.489 --> 00:49:23.050
well advocacy trainings what are the differences
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between uh yours and Peer Olympia's if you know
00:49:25.869 --> 00:49:30.510
yeah so we are our program is not only domestic
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violence but it's sexual assault so that determines
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the requirements and so if you're applying for
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a sexual assault um position elsewhere, you have
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to have those sexual assault hours too. And so
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ours have merged to make sure we're meeting all
00:49:48.960 --> 00:49:51.559
the requirements for domestic violence and sexual
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assault. Okay. So there's a difference in specialty.
00:49:56.320 --> 00:50:00.219
Yeah. Okay. Having both never hurts at all. Yeah,
00:50:00.219 --> 00:50:02.659
for sure. Cover all bases. Yes. But if you're
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working for an SA specific program, you need
00:50:05.460 --> 00:50:17.719
those hours. Okay. Okay. Renting the East Wing
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is a meeting space. Talk about the East Wing.
00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:24.420
Yeah, we have this essentially small conference
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room. We do our big meetings in there, trainings.
00:50:27.539 --> 00:50:32.519
I did an artist walk back a couple months and
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I hosted in there for community to come in and
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see art and do art. I've done movie screenings
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in there. And so it's just a space. If you have
00:50:40.820 --> 00:50:43.579
a large... meeting that you need to hold call
00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:46.159
us and we'll see if we can book it for you it's
00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:47.940
really just a simple phone call and saying hey
00:50:47.940 --> 00:50:50.340
like we'd like to do this can we use your space
00:50:50.340 --> 00:50:53.119
you can go and look at the website yeah yeah
00:50:53.119 --> 00:50:56.380
and then you have contact form yeah i'd always
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um that's why i say like call and ask those questions
00:51:00.380 --> 00:51:03.960
because we work with different organizations
00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:07.099
in different ways and so you can fill it out
00:51:07.099 --> 00:51:10.500
on there but also just call and see like I'm
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going to fill it out and I'd like to do this
00:51:12.380 --> 00:51:15.039
on this date. Do you even have availability on
00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:17.519
that date? Right. Yep. Your best bet for this,
00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:19.679
something like this would be not to call the
00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:22.860
helpline, but to call our business office, which
00:51:22.860 --> 00:51:36.500
is also on our website. Yeah. So I noticed that
00:51:36.500 --> 00:51:39.980
you have in your news and events on your website,
00:51:40.039 --> 00:51:43.619
you have a soiree coming up in September, September
00:51:43.619 --> 00:51:48.000
27th. Yes, that is our gala. We do it every year.
00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:51.480
It's one of our biggest fundraising events. We
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invite. People in the community are partners.
00:51:55.469 --> 00:51:57.989
They can purchase tickets to come in, which all
00:51:57.989 --> 00:52:01.090
goes right back to Safe Place. It's really fundraising
00:52:01.090 --> 00:52:05.250
and networking to try to gain other partnerships
00:52:05.250 --> 00:52:09.809
as well, because we are nonprofit and we don't
00:52:09.809 --> 00:52:11.530
have a lot of funds. So sometimes we have to
00:52:11.530 --> 00:52:14.739
do. events or ways to raise money and this is
00:52:14.739 --> 00:52:17.840
a really fun one to put on and people get really
00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:20.019
excited about it and they just want to be there
00:52:20.019 --> 00:52:24.559
what's fun about it it's um formal so people
00:52:24.559 --> 00:52:27.079
can come up there's dinner provided there's good
00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:29.659
like conversations and just we do our best to
00:52:29.659 --> 00:52:32.159
make sure everyone's entertained sometimes they'll
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have different things happening at each gala
00:52:34.360 --> 00:52:36.820
so this time as it's planning we're not sure
00:52:36.820 --> 00:52:39.480
what's exact we don't have an exact itinerary
00:52:39.480 --> 00:52:42.699
right now But we're really like reading our crowd
00:52:42.699 --> 00:52:45.780
and seeing like this person would really love
00:52:45.780 --> 00:52:48.440
to or this person might really love to see this
00:52:48.440 --> 00:52:53.699
organization come and speak or come and engage
00:52:53.699 --> 00:52:56.780
with us. Let's reach out to them. So it's just
00:52:56.780 --> 00:52:59.940
a really cool night to help your community, but
00:52:59.940 --> 00:53:03.820
also dress up and have a nice dinner and spend
00:53:03.820 --> 00:53:06.519
time with people who are also like -minded too.
00:53:14.440 --> 00:53:19.480
Oh, cool. How can people get involved? Volunteering?
00:53:19.539 --> 00:53:23.559
Are you hiring? How do people donate? Join the
00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:27.219
board? Yeah, the first step is check out our
00:53:27.219 --> 00:53:30.880
website. There's always links to donate or lists
00:53:30.880 --> 00:53:33.739
of things that we'll need. You can also call
00:53:33.739 --> 00:53:37.239
the helpline and see like, hey, do you guys need
00:53:37.239 --> 00:53:39.400
anything right now? How do I come in and actually
00:53:39.400 --> 00:53:43.309
volunteer? we do have spots for interns to come
00:53:43.309 --> 00:53:46.590
in and then for hiring our postings always go
00:53:46.590 --> 00:53:50.570
on indeed and glass door and so if you're on
00:53:50.570 --> 00:53:53.849
there if you just search safe place search advocate
00:53:53.849 --> 00:53:56.489
we should pop up and we'll also post there if
00:53:56.489 --> 00:53:59.170
we need volunteers or board members that are
00:53:59.170 --> 00:54:03.889
volunteers And we'll post opportunities there
00:54:03.889 --> 00:54:07.849
for interns. What are some things that a volunteering
00:54:07.849 --> 00:54:12.409
board member could do? Yeah, so our board, they
00:54:12.409 --> 00:54:15.250
obviously oversee Safe Place, and they're making
00:54:15.250 --> 00:54:18.250
those really generalized decisions on behalf
00:54:18.250 --> 00:54:23.670
of Safe Place. And so they would be interviewed,
00:54:23.949 --> 00:54:27.269
and then they'd go through training to make sure
00:54:27.269 --> 00:54:29.920
that they're... have a good understanding of
00:54:29.920 --> 00:54:32.380
what we do and who we work with. And then their
00:54:32.380 --> 00:54:35.059
job is to just really engage in those big decisions
00:54:35.059 --> 00:54:39.659
and meeting very regularly to just discuss how
00:54:39.659 --> 00:54:42.119
things are going and make sure that if a shift
00:54:42.119 --> 00:54:44.559
needs to happen, then we're going to make that
00:54:44.559 --> 00:54:46.840
happen. And so we like board members who are
00:54:46.840 --> 00:54:49.719
strategic, but we also like board members who
00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:53.260
have a lot of experience in this field that are
00:54:53.260 --> 00:54:55.480
creative thinkers, things like that, just collecting
00:54:55.480 --> 00:54:59.579
a really good. hive mind to be able to support
00:54:59.579 --> 00:55:11.920
us. Is there anything else you would like to
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share? Yeah, I mean, Safe Place does a ton of
00:55:17.219 --> 00:55:19.280
really wonderful things and they've been around
00:55:19.280 --> 00:55:22.179
for a long time. But one thing we really want
00:55:22.179 --> 00:55:25.619
to note right now is that these are really hard
00:55:25.619 --> 00:55:29.909
times. politically and so many things are changing
00:55:29.909 --> 00:55:32.849
and happening and just knowing that we're standing
00:55:32.849 --> 00:55:36.170
strong in our mission and our values and while
00:55:36.170 --> 00:55:40.030
sometimes things may have to shift because it's
00:55:40.030 --> 00:55:43.349
mandated we're still gonna do what we believe
00:55:43.349 --> 00:55:46.250
is right and so we're here we're for everybody
00:55:46.250 --> 00:55:50.070
we're for anybody and we just want to help in
00:55:50.070 --> 00:55:54.530
any way that we can really yeah all right Thank
00:55:54.530 --> 00:56:04.760
you so much, Kayla. Yeah, thank you. I'm so glad
00:56:04.760 --> 00:56:07.780
I got to sit down with Kayla to get all the nuanced
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details about all that Safe Place has to offer.
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Safe Place is located at 521 Legion Way Southeast
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in downtown Olympia, and their lobby is open
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Monday through Thursday from 9 a .m. to noon,
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then from 1 to 5 p .m., and they are closed Friday,
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Saturday, and Sunday. 8754 and their 24 -hour
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hotline at 360 -754 -6300 and for TTY service
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the number is 711. You can also shoot them an
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email through either safeplace@safeplaceolympia
00:56:52.019 --> 00:56:57.820
.org or confidential@safeplace .org. Drop
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-ins are on Mondays from 9 a .m. to 11 .30 a
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.m. and from 1 to 4 .30 p .m. Sound Legal Aid
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is available typically the 1st and 3rd Thursday
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of every month, but please make sure you check
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the website to confirm. SafePlace is also one
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of our resource reports. zine distro locations.
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