By Nick Watson The (Gainesville) Times After three months of intensive rehabilitation, multiple surgeries and roughly 19 months away from her job, April Ross returned to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office in November 2015. Her caseload would be focused on domestic violence cases, as she had spent the past […]
WHAT: 13th Annual Domestic Violence Breakfast & Briefing featuring domestic violence survivor April Ross. The event is presented each October (Domestic Violence Awareness Month) by the Hall County Task Force Against Domestic Violence. We are honored to have Ms. Ross share her powerful story (more background below). We also will […]
Due to inclement weather associated with Tropical Storm Irma, Gateway has canceled support groups for Monday evening, Sept. 11. Everyone stay safe and please call the crisis hotline at 770-536-5860 if you need us.
Gateway Domestic Violence Center is pleased to announce our platinum-level certification by GuideStar, a nonprofit organization whose mission is “to revolutionize philanthropy by providing information that advances transparency, enables users to make better decisions, and encourages charitable giving.” Known as “the search engine for nonprofit information,” GuideStar gathers and disseminates […]
By Nick Watson The (Gainesville) Times Wearing a bracelet with her sister’s motto, “be excellent,” Dao Huynh and her sister’s co-workers tried to “channel their inner Trinh” with a day of service Friday at the Gateway Domestic Violence Center in Gainesville. “She tried to put love and good in the […]
By Nick Watson The (Gainesville) Times Selected as a “model program” for domestic violence transitional housing, Gateway Domestic Violence Center gave tips to more than 120 other groups looking to develop their own. Gateway was selected as one of three programs by the National Network to End Domestic Violence for […]
By Nick Watson The (Gainesville) Times The pink bags seen around Sterling on the Lake in South Hall have no connection to the Gainesville domestic violence center. Flowery Branch Police received multiple reports of solicitation connected to Hope for Domestic Violence, which is based in Lawrenceville. Gateway Domestic Violence Center […]
Gateway Domestic Violence Center recently was one of three “model programs” selected by the National Network to End Domestic Violence to present a webinar on transitional housing. “Transitional Housing Program Designs: Taking a Closer Look at Model Programs” brought together three transitional housing programs of varying size, structure and location. […]
What was the biggest decision you made at 9 years old? Maybe it was deciding who to invite to your slumber party or whether to do your homework before or after practice. Who would you be for Halloween – Batman or Superman? For Karen Ahedo it was deciding to dial […]
She may be retired, but Alice Volk isn’t finished working. In her 70s now, Alice has been volunteering at Gateway for almost 10 years, about as long as she’s lived in Gainesville. “I started out working in the office, filing and answering phones,” Alice says. An occupational therapist suggested that […]