Gateway Domestic Violence Services

A nonprofit organization

Gateway's Emergency Shelter programs and supportive services provide pathways toward healing and hope for individuals and families impacted by domestic violence. We practice a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, individualized approach to care because healing and hope look different for each client. Our programs include a 24/7 Crisis Hotline, Emergency and Extended Stay Shelter, Counseling, Housing Navigation and Court Advocacy.

Each year, we respond to more than 4,000 calls to our 24/7 crisis line, provide 8000 nights of safe shelter and provide compassionate services to more than 2,000 adults and children. Everyone is welcome here. We serve adults and children of all races, ethnicities, socioeconomic status, gender and sexual orientation, including non-binary, and LGBTQ+ people. We are one of the few shelters in the area that accepts pets. 

Testimonials

Today I feel grateful and proud because I look back and no longer see myself as that woman who was adrift, sad with negative thoughts. Now I see myself with great goals to meet in the short, medium and long term. I will be eternally grateful to the Gateway organization and to each of the people who supported us unconditionally in our bad times. I have so much enjoyed the past year or so of my life with my children and with myself. I feel moments of true happiness again after going through a long spell of feeling little or nothing. Gateway has had a large hand in reviving my soul. I have a lot to be thankful for and I'm determined to lead a peaceful life.  I'm thankful for my counselors, and the caring souls who held my hand and heart in the shelter in the early days. - Survivor

En el momento más oscuro de mi vida, Gateway me encendió una luz, me dio la mano y me ayudo a buscar un camino. Me voy con las herramientas suficientes para afrontar lo que viene, confíen en el proceso que si se puede! Si llegas aquí eres valiente y grande. - Sobreviviente

In the darkest moment of my life, Gateway shone a light on me, held my hand and helped me find a way. I leave with enough tools to face what is coming, trust in the process, it is possible! If you get here you are brave and great. - Survivor

Mission

Gateway Domestic Violence Services is dedicated to preventing and eliminating intimate partner violence through counseling, residential care and empowering people for social change.

Background Statement

Gateway Domestic Violence Services (Gateway) was founded in 1979 as an emergency shelter to serve women and their children in a domestic crisis. Over the past 45 years, Gateway has expanded its services beyond immediate shelter to address the growing needs of the community and increased incidences of domestic violence (DV). Today, we provide a highly effective combination of safe shelter and comprehensive services to adults and their children of all races, ages, genders, ethnicities and sexual orientation, and even their pets fleeing domestic violence. Our first shelter in the City of Aurora still exists and remains the only 24/7 safe and confidential shelter for domestic violence survivors in the City of Aurora and Arapahoe County. As such, Gateway fills a vital and unduplicated need in the service area. Our mission remains the same: to prevent and eliminate intimate partner violence through counseling, residential care, court advocacy, and empowering people for social change. We provide a professionally staffed 24-hour crisis line, licensed counseling, emergency and extended-stay shelter care, and court advocacy. These services are offered in both Spanish and English and are 100% free of charge.

Since Gateway was founded, we've served more than 420,000 victims/survivors of intimate partner violence.

At Gateway, we help survivors go from merely surviving to thriving. We are thankful for our community of supporters whose contributions ensure we can continue providing comprehensive, caring services at no cost for the most vulnerable in our community.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Gateway Domestic Violence Services

other names

Aurora Arapahoe Battered Women's Shelter,Gateway Battered Women's Services, Gateway Domestic Violence Services, GDVS

Year Established

1979

Tax id (EIN)

84-0815774

Category

Human Services, Housing & Shelter, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention

Organization Size

Large Organization

Colorado State Tax Credits

Colorado Homeless Credit

Address

P.O. Box 914
Aurora, CO 80040

Service areas

Adams County, CO, US

Arapahoe County, CO, US

Douglas County, CO, US

Aurora, CO, US

Phone

303-343-1856

other

303-577-7924

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