Services
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Advocacy
Looking For My Sister provides legal support & resources, as well as attorney referrals to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Our victim legal-advocacy assistance includes helping domestic violence survivors to obtain Personal Protection Orders (PPOs), to navigate the legal system, and we will also attend legal hearings in court to provide support and guidance.
Community Education
Looking For My Sister (LFMS) provides extensive community-education as a key component in achieving our goal of eliminating domestic violence.
For those wishing to learn more more about domestic violence awareness and cessation, LFMS offers several training workshops each year. Our workshops inform the public about the dynamics of domestic violence and the toll it exacts on families and on society. Staff and volunteers appear before corporate audiences, civic organizations, church congregations and other public forums in an ongoing effort to increase awareness about the severity of domestic violence. The workshops cover a wide range of topics including but not limited to Workplace Violence, Dating Violence, Dynamics of Domestic Violence, Types of Abuse, and Warning Signs.
We have had the pleasure of conducting educational workshops and informational seminars for:
- Volkswagon of America
- Wayne State University
- Eastern Michigan University
- Wayne County Community College
- Finney High School
- Greater Grace Temple
- St. Timothy Church
- St. Mark Baptist Church
Counseling and Case Management
Individual counseling sessions with Looking For My Sister are encouraged for all victims of domestic violence. One-on-one counseling offers a woman the opportunity to share the depths of her suffering and to vent her long-withheld anger and fears. Our counselors are state-Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW) who have been impacted by or are intimately familiar with the tragedy of domestic violence; counselors help each victim to recognize and appreciate their individual strengths and to establish new goals and an action-plan to achieve them; we're focused on helping survivors to heal from domestic abuse and achieve self-empowerment. Counselors will also connect victims and survivors with valuable resources and referrals for housing, finances, employment, legal-aid, and more.
