Our Services
Emergency Services
Our grant funding and community support revolves around ensuring that we are always able to serve those fleeing from interpersonal violence immediately. This could mean shelter, food, clothing and many other immediate needs.
Advocacy & Peer Support
Our Advocates go through 155+ hours of training in order to become certified Victims Advocates. They can assist with safety planning, peer support, and so many other services. They give one on one confidential support and will make time to serve every survivor where they are at.
Restraining Order Assistance & Court Accompaniment
Shelter from the Storm keeps information on the different kinds of restraining orders that are available to an individual in Union County. Advocates are trained to assist others in filling out these documents and offer follow through with a survivor throughout the entire process. Advocates are also able to accompany survivors to court and support them during court appearances.
Transitional Housing & Housing Assistance
We are able to provide stabilizing funding for survivors to transition from emergency services to stable housing. This service is limited and dependent on funding. Those who qualify for this program must work with a case manager.
Counseling
Our Advocacy In Response (AIR) Program provides us funding to assist a survivor with professional one on one counseling with our contracted counselor locally here in La Grande. Please contact us if you are in need of this service.
Legal Assistance
We are sometimes able to assist survivors with funds that provide a lawyer to represent them in contested restraining orders.
Co-Located Services
Shelter from the Storm currently has Advocates working at Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS), as well as Eastern Oregon University (EOU). If you find it difficult to reach our at our office location, you can find advocates in these other locations in La Grande.
Shelter from the Storm offers a food pantry on site. If you are in need of staple food items, please let us know. Our food pantry is open: Tuesday to Thursday from 1-4 pm!
Food Bank
*In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
1. mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442
3. email: Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Support Groups
Our support groups are BACK! There are arts, crafts, light refreshments, and childcare can be available.
Call the office to sign up or stop by the office to get signed up!
2024 Service Statistics
Hotline Calls: 273
Domestic Violence Calls: 123
Sexual Assault Calls: 29
Stalking Calls: 12
Other: 109
People Sheltered: 47 adults & 27 children
Total nights in shelter: 2042
Food Boxes:
Total Boxes given: 912
Total of people who received food: 2616
Total number of services provided: 1803
● Total hours spent by advocates providing services: 3400 hours
Volunteers who served: 17 (Thank you to our wonderful volunteers!!!)