Goal: $60,000.00

Specific Need

A shelter facility emergency has displaced survivor families. Your Give Choose gift helps provide shelter and food today!

Thank you for visiting the LAWS Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services (LAWS) Give Choose page.

Today, we need our community more than ever!

Just last week, an unexpected leak at our domestic violence shelter revealed significant damage that made it unsafe for families to remain in the space. Survivors and their children had to be quickly relocated to alternative safe shelter in our community, creating urgent and unplanned expenses for housing and food, totaling approximately $30,000 each month and not covered by insurance, until repairs are complete and our shelter can resume normal operations.

At the same time, the need for services has not slowed. In fact, it continues to grow. With four months remaining in our fiscal year, LAWS has already provided advocacy to 740 adults and children, surpassing the total number served during all of last year. Our emergency shelter has already housed 130 adults and children, compared to 178 during all of the last fiscal year.

This is why your support is so critical today!

Double Your Impact

Our Give Choose goal this year is $60,000. Thanks to generous supporters, reaching that goal will unlock an additional $22,200 in matching funds.

At a time of unexpected housing, food, and repair costs, your support is more critical than ever.

Give today and help ensure survivors and children in Loudoun County have access to safety, advocacy, trauma informed therapy, legal services, the Loudoun Child Advocacy Center, and emergency shelter when they need it most.

Opening the Doors to Safety

Every day, survivors impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault turn to LAWS seeking safety, stability, and a path forward. Many arrive with children and are rebuilding their lives after trauma.

LAWS provides comprehensive support because survivors and children rarely need just one service. Safety and healing happen when multiple doors of support open at the same time.

This includes services for children served through the Loudoun Child Advocacy Center, where children impacted by child abuse, domestic violence, sexual violence, and neglect are welcomed into a safe, child focused environment and connected to advocacy, coordination, and trauma informed therapy and care. For many children, the Child Advocacy Center is the first place they are believed, supported, and protected.

How Your Gift Helps

Your Give Choose gift helps open the door to safety, healing, and stability for survivors and children in Loudoun County. Your generosity ensures families have access to coordinated services that support them from crisis to recovery, including:

Today, your gift helps us respond to an urgent situation while continuing to provide critical services every day.

$100 helps provide emergency housing and food for a survivor and their children displaced from our shelter
$250 helps cover temporary housing and basic needs for families while our shelter is being restored
$500 helps sustain housing, food, and support services for multiple families during this unexpected crisis
$25 helps answer a hotline call and provide immediate safety planning for someone seeking help
$50 helps provide trauma informed therapy for a survivor or child beginning the healing process
$1,000 helps support a full day of coordinated advocacy, therapy, and crisis support for survivors and their children

Together, we can ensure that when someone reaches out for safety, LAWS is ready.

Mission

LAWS' mission is to provide victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse with safety, hope and empowerment services to live as survivors free from the effects of violence.

Profile

LAWS Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services is the primary provider of comprehensive services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse in Loudoun County.

In FY2025, LAWS:

Responded to more than 1,200 crisis hotline calls, providing immediate safety planning and support
Provided 4,291 of safe shelter nights for 75 adults and 103 children fleeing violence
Conducted 197 forensic interviews with children who experienced abuse and provided ongoing family support and advocacy to 224 children and 203 of their non-offending caregivers to support the healing process through the Loudoun Child Advocacy Center.
Supported 607 adults and 100 children with guidance and support as they work towards safety.
Conducted 234 legal consults, appeared in court 78 times with survivors and secured 36 protective orders and 20 family court orders
Delivered 301 hours of trauma therapy to children and 627 hours to adults impacted by violence
Reached thousands of teens and youth through prevention education focused on healthy relationships and violence prevention

Demand for LAWS services continues to grow, and survivors often need multiple supports at the same time. Gifts on Give Choose Day help ensure LAWS can respond quickly, remove barriers to care, and continue building safe futures for survivors and children across our community.