When a family recycles to crisis, one on one counseling is provided in the Mi Casa office or in the resident's home on an as needed basis. Other non-residential services include transportation services, surplus furniture and clothing donations and personal advocacy as needed. Mi Casa also provides a 24 hour voice mail with Spanish as well as English capability and a 24 hour crisis pager that is always staffed by a qualified counselor of at least BSW level. Mi Casa currently services twenty to thirty families monthly in the non-residential program. Mi Casa stresses that there is never an excuse or use for abuse and the victim is never to blame.
Anger is an emotion and violence is the choice of the perpetrator.
Mi Casa's individualized treatment planning provides assistance, including outreach visits and surplus food delivery to all survivors of family violence, regardless of a decision to stay in the relationship with the perpetrator or a decision to leave. Mis Casa serves three to four times as many individuals in the non-residential program as those living in the safehouse. For the woman whose choice is to stay with the perpetrator, Mi Casa's non residential program provides an effective, supportive safety net. Mi Casa helps all survivors in all stages of readiness. CDVC Survivors' Committee, and with assistance from Connie Platt, a former CDVC employee, and so with consultation from William Miller original author of the Socvates.