Greensburg —
Greensburg's New Directions Domestic Violence Resource Center began remodeling its offices last week.
Diane Moore, executive director of New Directions, called the project long overdue.
"This remodeling project will give us more office space," Moore said. "Our old floor design had office space for only one person. The new design makes room for three."
Moore emphasized, however, that the redesign's primary purpose is the construction of a new conference room.
"Our clients require a great deal of privacy," she explained, "and, with the old floor design, we simply didn't have a sufficiently private place to confer."
The new conference room is being partially created from one of the Center's three existing bedrooms.
"We're merging three bedrooms into two," Moore said. "We'll still have five adult beds and two cribs for our clients needing shelter, but now they'll be contained in two bedrooms."
Moore explained that the remodeling project is part of a larger effort to modify the Center's focus.
"We hope to transform New Directions into more of a resource Center for domestic-abuse survivors and less of an emergency shelter," she said. "Statistics show only one-to-two percent of women in physically-abusive relationships seek shelter."
Moore, in fact, characterized emergency shelter as a "last resort" for such women.
"Since I've been with New Directions," she said, "I've worked hard to focus on other ways to reach out to women in abusive relationships, and my efforts have begun paying off. We provide so many other services than just emergency shelter."
Moore explained that the majority of her job involves making referrals, offering legal assistance and help with employment and housing; she also assists clients with counseling and domestic violence education; she helps them file police reports and restraining orders and provides advocacy.
"We buy clothing, food, diapers and personal items, too," she said.
Moore stressed, too, that her clientele aren't exclusively female.
"In the last year, I've begun getting more calls from men," she said. "We want men in abusive relationships to know we're here for them too."
She thanked the Decatur County Community Foundation (DCCF) for providing $12,500 in grant money for the remodeling project and Greensburg's REMC Carpet for furnishing new carpet free of charge.
Moore also thanked an anonymous donor for providing $6,000 in funding.
"Between the $12,500 and $6,000 grants," she said, "Our remodel will be almost completely paid for. We might need to spend a few hundred dollars, but not much more."
For more information on the services and resources available through New Directions, call 662-8223 or visit them on the web at www.mynewdirections.org. Their 24-hour crisis hotline can be reached at 662-8822.
Contact: Robert Cox at 812-663-3111 x7011.
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Gary Koors of Gary Koors Construction hauls materials through the window of Greensburg's New Directions Domestic Violence Resource Center. Koors is the contractor for New Directions' current office remodel. New Directions executive director Diane Moore hopes the project will help shift the Center's focus from emergency shelter to providing a wide range of resources for domestic-abuse survivors.
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