Who We Are

In 2020, our agency adopted five values that embody what we strive to represent as an agency. Our staff, board, and volunteers work everyday to make sure that our values are reflected in all of our individual and collective efforts to carry out the mission and vision of SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition. These values guide all of our agency’s actions. They are considered in every decision we make, and when we fall short, we lean on these values to help us correct what went wrong. These values provide the underpinning to help us liberate our community from all forms of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Those five values are:

Delivering excellence is to be kind, responsive and above all, dependable in every task assigned no matter how big or small the assignment is. In order to deliver excellence, we must listen to our client, assist them to define their mission, research what they may need, participate in ongoing training relevant to client needs, recognize barriers or issues that the may be unknown to the client and understand how to assist clients through an empowerment lens.

Delivering compassion is to genuinely empathize with people’s realities. In order to deliver compassion, we will actively listen to clients, coworkers and community members and respond with service and advocacy for each individual, each group or community, and for society as a whole.

Delivering integrity is to do the right thing no matter who may be watching. In order to deliver integrity, we will always strive to do the thing that is consistent with our mission and values and we will behave in an honest and responsible way no matter our personal feelings and beliefs.

Delivering collaboration is helping and supporting each other for the sake of our mission. In order to deliver collaboration, we will enthusiastically assist clients, coworkers and community partners and provide support, encouragement, and resources necessary to accomplish collective goals.

Delivering equity is to guarantee fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all while striving to identify and eliminate barriers that have prevented the full participation of historically under-served and under-represented populations. In order to deliver equity, we will strive to ensure that all of our actions, policies, and procedures acknowledge these unbalanced conditions and provide what is needed to assist in the provision of effective opportunities to all groups.