Family peace center
The Family Peace Center lobby is warm and inviting.
where we work, collaborate and help survivors
The Family Peace Center has been an affiliated center with Alliance for HOPE International since 2016. We have been recognized as a center that has successfully incorporated the Alliance’s 11 Guiding Principles and is following a best practices service delivery model that focuses on creating systems change by challenging the traditional way of providing services to survivors and their families that includes bundling services and integrating critical government and non-government services in a single location.
Sojourner and Children’s Wisconsin formed a unique partnership to create one of the first co-located child advocacy and family violence centers in the country. The Family Peace Center was one of the first in the nation to provide comprehensive services for victims and families impacted by domestic violence. Using a proven, collaborative model, which combines co-located service providers in one easily accessible location, victims of domestic violence and their families have access to more integrated, streamlined and cost efficient services.
The Family Peace Center accommodates a number of co-located and visiting partner organizations and service providers. Families receiving services at the Family Peace Center have access to a wide array of services to support their efforts to achieve healing, self-sufficiency and freedom from abuse.
Family peace center co-located partners
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Impact ReportS & KPIs
Learn the life-changing impact the Family Peace Center has on the individuals and families we serve.
Family Peace Center Key Performance Indicators
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One of Children’s Wisconsin’s Child Advocacy Centers is located at the Family Peace Center.
Family justice center model
The Family Peace Center is based on the nationally known and proven Family Justice Center model. Family Justice Centers around the country have led to a reduction in family violence, better quality of life and tax savings for the communities in which they are located. Noted benefits include:
Reports of domestic violence tend to increase with the initial opening of the center, but decease over time. This trend is attributed to an increase in accessibility of services at the Center, followed by a move toward prevention.
In 2000, before the San Diego Family Justice Center opened, the city experienced 30 domestic violence-related homicides; in 2008, the city experienced three domestic violence-related homicides.
Family Justice Centers around the country report increased victim safety and empowerment, efficiency in collaborative services for victims among service providers, offender accountability and community support for services for victims and their children.
Family Justice Centers also report a reduction in homicides, reduced fear and anxiety for victims and their children, and reduced recantation and minimization by victims.
Host your meeting at the Family Peace Center
Sojourner is committed to opening our doors to promote connectivity within the community. While we welcome visitors, we are concerned about safety. Our primary goal is to focus on our programming and the families we serve.
For inquiries, email reservations@familypeacecenter.org.
Tours
Are you interested in learning more about how we came to be, what we do, and how you can help? Join us for a tour to see our facility and get to know us, our partners, and our building! We would be honored to have you.