If you, or someone you care about need help escaping domestic violence, we are here.
As part of our mission to help women feel empowered to build a better future for themselves, we provide assistance in the following ways:
Whether it is covering the cost of a hotel stay in an emergency situation, providing tong-term temporary housing, or assisting with utility bills, we ensure that women fleeing dangerous situations have a safe place to stay.
We provide food, clothing, and hygiene supplies for women and their children.
Counseling and life coaching are available to support our survivors on their healing journey.
Parenting and cooking classes foster skills that enable the women we serve to provide a healthy lifestyle for their children.
We work with partners to place children in affordable childcare.
From resumé building and interview skills to job placement, we do everything we can to set the women we serve up for financial independence.
In July 2022, we celebrated the opening of a shelter specifically for mothers who are pregnant and/or have an infant (0-2 years old). Women in this demographic are underserved by other organizations. At Feet of Clay, we are committed to serving all mothers regardless of the age of their children. You can help us make a difference in the lives of domestic abuse survivors.
In 2019, Tamara, then a mother of a one-year-old and a new baby, needed to leave an abusive relationship. She reached out to Feet of Clay.
FoC helped her find resources including a shelter where Tamara and her two sons could be safe as she began putting her life back together, and an organization that would provide housing assistance once she found an apartment.
“We didn’t have anything when we moved in,” Tamara remembers. “Feet of Clay provided donated items: dishes, bedding, microwave, pots and pans. And help buying food and pampers.”
Lawanda assisted Tamara with healing mentally and emotionally from the abuse. “She has a 12-step program for the women she works with,” Tamara says, “and part of it was writing down all my thoughts and emotions about what had happened to me in a journal. It really helped me.”
To raise domestic violence awareness, Tamara is now working on a book about her experience. She plans to include excerpts from the journal.
Today, Tamara and her sons are thriving. She is a busy small business owner.
“Lawanda really pushed me to get my cooking business started,” she recalls, and in 2020, Tamara took that advice and started a catering company providing meals for individuals / families, and also food for small gatherings. “I’ve catered birthday parties, a talk show, and a small wedding.” She has also started a cleaning company.