Domestic Violence Programs

Through direct conversations, case reviews, and community engagement, the Dads’ Resource Center (DRC) identified a gap in Centre County services – single fathers who report being impacted by domestic or intimate partner violence struggle to access tailored support, guidance, and advocacy resources designed with their unique circumstances in mind. When this happens the children also can be denied these supports.

The DRC is filling this gap by initiating services for single fathers impacted by domestic violence in Centre County. By expanding these services to fathers, we are working to create a more balanced, comprehensive framework of care in Centre County that prioritizes child safety and equitable access to support resources. When both parents have access to support, children are better served.

Support Services

Provide fathers impacted by domestic violence with individualized support, advocacy, and assistance in finding and connecting with existing resources, including therapeutic and legal providers, as they work to establish safety and stability while maintaining their connection with their children.

Supervised Visit Monitoring

Provide timely, court-ordered, and purpose-driven monitoring of parent-child visits in contested custody matters, with a focus on child safety, clear observational goals, and objective reporting to support informed judicial decision-making.

Emergency Shelter Program

Provide short-term emergency shelter for fathers who have been displaced due to domestic or intimate partner violence, while working with them to secure safe and sustainable longer-term living arrangements.

30% of men in Pennsylvania report having experienced physical violence, sexual violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner within their lifetime.

—–Center for Rural Pennsylvania, 2024.