We at the Carlsbad Battered Families Shelter want to make sure that victims of domestic violence are aware of various services that may help you in your time of need. Domestic violence is a vicious cycle and there are services availible to help in breaking that cycle.

Our job here at the Carlsbad Battered Families Shelter is to help you with dignity and respect. We hope that our victim service program will help you to move past this time of crisis with as little trouble as possible. If you have questions or would like to make an appointment for victim services, as well as Temporary Restraining Orders, please call Sharon Janes, Monday through Friday, at 885-4615. If she is not at the office at the time of your call, please leave your name and safe phone number and she will get back to you as soon as possible.

Please call the Carlsbad Battered Families Shelter at 885-4615 for any information. Staff is availible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year.

COPE’s mission is to help people affected by domestic violence and other forms of abuse in Otero and Lincoln Counties, NM.  We do this by providing a comprehensive array of direct services, including shelter, counseling, advocacy and legal services; by engaging others in effectively addressing these issues in our community; and by promoting safe and healthy relationships through outreach, awareness and prevention programs.  COPE services include:

• 24-hour crisis hotline, face-to-face crisis intervention, and information and referral services. 
• Shelter services for survivors of domestic violence and their children, with a complete array of individual and group counseling, advocacy, life skills training and case management services. 
• Non-residential individual and group counseling for victims, children and abusers at both Alamogordo and Ruidoso offices. 
• Advocacy services that link people experiencing family violence to legal, housing, employment, and other needed community resources at Alamogordo and Ruidoso offices. 
• Legal representation for survivors regarding protection orders, divorces and child custody. 
• Personal assistance to clients, i.e., food, clothing, household items.
• Educational programs on domestic violence, dating violence, bullying and stalking to professionals, community groups and youth.

For more information, see our website, http://www.copedv.org or call us at 575-434-3622 (Alamogordo office), 575-258-4946 (Ruidoso office) or 24/7 crisis line: 575-437-2673 or toll free 1-866-350-2673.

Advocacy

We help victims with orders of protection and make referrals to legal aids and other agencies that will help them with the legal issues.

Individual Therapy

Designed for Children, Victims and Perpetrators, individual therapy sessions help the person explore the choices they have made and are given options and insight to new choices that will take them to live violence-free lives.

Group Therapy

In group therapy people learn from each other through sharing experiences, and are guided by a facilitator to understand the importance of identifying patterns of behaviors that they themselves or their partners can exhibit so that they can make good choices in time that will start creating a violence-free environment for their family.

Emergency Shelter

The emergency Shelter is available 24 hr a day 7 days a week. It is designated for victims in dangerous situations. It is a place where they are provided with free food, shelter and education about making the correct choices to start the path for a better future.

All our services are bilingual.

All our services are free with the exception of court mandated therapy.