Family Justice Center To Help Victims Of Domestic Violence
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — An effort is underway to launch a Lafayette center where victims of domestic violence will be able seek help and file police and legal paperwork in one location.
Crystal Scrantz, program director at Faith House, tells The Advocate the search is on for a site to open the Family Justice Center sometime next year.
Faith House is a domestic violence shelter for women and children that provides counseling and support services.
Scrantz says the Family Justice Center would house under the same roof all of the services that a survivor of domestic violence might need: counseling, shelter information, legal representation and law enforcement.
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Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com
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