Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 2018 1PROVIDED INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO OVER 150 DEAF, DEAFBLIND, DEAFDISABLED, AND HARD OF HEARING (DDBDDHH) VICTIMS/SURVIVORS OF ABUSE. 2CREATED AND RELEASED FIVE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) AND CAPTIONED/TRANSCRIBED IN ENGLISH ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL. 3RECRUITED AND SCREENED TWO NEW VOLUNTEER ADVOCATES (VAS) TO JOIN OUR ANNUAL 30-HOUR VA TRAINING IN 2019. 4PROVIDED 4 YOUTH ADVOCACY & PREVENTION WORKSHOPS TO A TOTAL OF 90 DDBDDH YOUTH. 5PROVIDED 9 TRAININGS TO A TOTAL OF 226 SERVICE PROVIDERS. 6PROVIDED 4 EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS TO A TOTAL OF 32 DDBDDHH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VICTIMS/SURVIVORS. 7PROVIDED 8 SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS TO A TOTAL OF 26 DDBDDHH SURVIVORS. 8AWARDED A NEW PROJECT-BASED GRANT FROM COLORADO COMMISSION FOR THE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING, AND DEAFBLIND TO CONDUCT FIVE TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA SESSIONS FOR DDBDDHH SURVIVORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 9HOSTED AN EQUINE THERAPY SURVIVORS WEEKEND AT HAPPY DOG RANCH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NATURAL WISDOM COUNSELING (NWC). 10HOSTED A COMMUNITY DAY AT HAPPY DOG RANCH, ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NWC TO PROVIDE DDBDDHH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE AND PARTICIPATE IN GROUP EQUINE THERAPY PROCESSES. 11HIRED TWO NEW FULL-TIME STAFF POSITIONS: SABRINA ROULT AS PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND AL MASCARENAS AS ADVOCACY COORDINATOR. 12AMI GARRY, WITH DOVE SINCE 2001, TRANSITIONED TO A NEW POSITION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION: SURVIVOR RESILIENCY COORDINATOR, WHILE AVI HAIMOWITZ (7 YEARS) TRANSITIONED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION. 13BOARD OF DIRECTORS RAISED OVER 10,000 DURING OUR SECRET GARDEN- THEMED ANNUAL BENEFIT CELEBRATION IN OCTOBER. 14MAINTAINED OR INCREASED CONSISTENT FUNDING FROM 4 LOCAL VALE GRANTS, 1 STATE GRANT (DVP) AND 1 FEDERAL GRANT (VOCA); WROTE A NEW GRANT REQUEST TO VOCA AND WAS AWARDED FUNDS THAT MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR FEDERAL FUNDING STREAM FOR 2019 AND 2020.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $243.4K

  • Advocacy and Support for Deaf Community

    DOVE 2022 KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: - PROVIDED INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO OVER 85 DEAF, DEAFBLIND, DEAFDISABLED, AND HARD OF HEARING (DDBDDHH) VICTIMS/SURVIVORS OF ABUSE. - HAVE STAFF WHO LIVES IN COLORADO SPRINGS TO PROVIDE DIRECT ADVOCACY SERVICES IN THE AREA - HAVE A RURAL STAFF POINT OF CONTACT TO PROVIDE ADVOCACY TO RURAL AREAS AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND OUTREACH TO DV ORGANIZATIONS - PROVIDED 5 YOUTH ADVOCACY WORKSHOPS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND TRANSITIONAL YOUTH, TOTAL OF 117 CHILDREN. - ANSWERED AT LEAST 165 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CALLS. - CREATED AND RELEASED 17 EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) THAT ARE CAPTIONED/TRANSCRIBED IN ENGLISH - PROVIDED 16 EDUCATIONAL TRAININGS AND SHARED CONTENT FOR 175 INDIVIDUALS OF OUR DEAF COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS - HOSTED 37 SUPPORT GROUPS FOR 87 OF OUR COMMUNITY OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS - IMPLEMENTED AND HOSTED 5 FUNDRAISING COMMUNITY EVENTS - RECEIVED 1,000 PER MONTH, IN MONTHLY DONATIONS FROM KONG FOR 12 MONTHS
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $386.1K