The Family
Resource Center (FRC) a proud partner agency of the Office of Attorney General, is located at 211 N. Timmons Street in Seminole. FRC is
dedicated to working towards diminishing domestic violence, sexual
assault, stalking and dating violence by "changing and saving lives daily." At the Family Resource
Center you will find advocates who are committed to assisting and
supporting individuals, children, and survivors of domestic
violence/sexual assault by providing services and ensuring a safe
shelter environment to individuals living in and/or affected by violent
relationships. By striving continually to break the cycle of domestic
violence through encouragement of victims, survivors, and children by
increasing safety awareness, self-worth, self-determination, and
personal well-being; FRC offers services to victims such as: 24-hour
crisis intervention, court advocacy, children services, domestic
violence support group, sexual assault support, parenting education, job
skills, independent living skills, domestic violence victim anger
prevention and referral assistance, as well as working with the
offenders in the batterers intervention re-education program.
Established since 1997, the Family Resource
Center is a 501© 3 non-profit organization and victims are not charged
for services provided to assist them. Grants and local donations are
the sole source of funding for day-to-day operations of the Family
Resource Center, the shelter and to employee staff. The Family Resource
Center’s target service population is Seminole and Hughes County,
although clients are accepted from all over the state and out of state
dependent upon their situation. Frequently, when a victim enters into
shelter they are totally dependent on FRC for all their needs, such as;
room and board, food, clothing, shoes, toiletries, resources to be able
to acquire their birth certificates, drivers license, and
transportation. Residential and non-residential clients are encouraged to
develop a safety plan and service plan with achievable goals and work to obtain the objectives to begin the journey from
victim to survivor. Through this process clients attend domestic
violence, parenting education, job skills,
independent living skills to help them better understand their situation
and to navigate effectively through situations it in the future. FRC
services are available to both non-residential and residential clients.
Clients do not have to be in shelter to receive support services. |