Providing Pathways to Hope and Healing
OUR MISSION
Creating pathways of hope and healing by providing trauma-informed support for survivors and children exposed to violence through soft interview rooms, training, camps, and year-round mentoring
Sobering Statistics
Domestic Violence
Of WV Women & 36%+ of Men will experience Domestic Violence in their lifetime
Victims
(age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year in the United States.
Children
and adolescents in the United States witness acts of domestic violence each year
The Lifetime
cost, per child, associated with child maltreatment
Of Adults
in West Virginia report four or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
ABOUT US
Alliance For Hope Appalachia, Inc. (AHA) is a non-profit organization with the mission of providing trauma informed, victim centered services to survivors and to interrupt the generational cycle of violence and abuse in families throughout West Virginia and Appalachia. We will achieve our goals through two initiatives, Trauma-Informed Interview Rooms and Camp HOPE Appalachia.
Our board of directors, including a prosecuting attorney, law enforcement, victim advocates, leaders of statewide coalitions against domestic violence and sexual assault, educators, and business experts, bring experience and expertise to create an organization that will support these initiatives across West Virginia.
IT’S MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO NOTHING.
—Vincent Felitti, MD, Co-Investigator of the Adverse Childhood Experience Study
