WOMENS PROTECTIVE SERVICES OF LUBBOCK INC
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Mission Statement
The mission of Women’s Protective Services of Lubbock, Inc. is to create an environment of empowerment for women, children, and families to eliminate family violence.
About This Cause
Women’s Protective Services of Lubbock is an innovative, battered women’s shelter designed to de-institutionalize shelter living, helping families heal and grow into an independent life free from violence. WPS provides crisis intervention, emergency shelter, and support services to battered women and their dependent children across the South Plains. The WPS shelter is designed to provide a complete healing environment for families who seek protection. Women’s Protective Services of Lubbock, Inc., or WPS, is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization specializing in advocacy for women, men, and children who have experienced domestic violence. WPS has been serving Lubbock, TX, and the surrounding communities since 1978. WPS provides services to battered women and their dependent children in a 10,500 square-mile region, with a population of over 325,000. The WPS target area includes 12 West Texas counties; Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hockley, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, and Yoakum. WPS serves over 3,000 clients a year and offers them shelter and support for as long as they need. The services provided at WPS are free and confidential. Services are available without regard to race, sex, handicap, national origin, color, religion, sexual orientation, or income. Our purpose and objectives are to provide a safe environment, offer community education, prevention, rehabilitation of violent family members, encourage the transition to self-sufficiency, and advocate for the prevention and elimination of family violence. This is but a brief glimpse into what we offer victims of family violence and members of our community daily. 24-Hour Crisis Hotline Shelter, Food, Clothing, and Transportation Individual and Group Therapy Support Groups Parent Education Children’s Programs Assistance in Obtaining Legal Services Assistance in Obtaining Social Services Court Accompaniment Welfare to Work/Job Readiness Program Community Education