Safety Is the First Step. Stability Makes It Last. Restoring Identity, Families & Communities.
So Far So Close helps survivors of domestic violence and justice-impacted women overcome the practical, emotional, and economic barriers that remain after leaving an unsafe environment. Through trauma-informed coaching, housing navigation, employment support, essential resources, and community partnerships, we help women and families move from immediate safety toward lasting stability.
May 2025 - June 2026 HEALING IN ACTION
Our results reflect direct services and resource connections provided to women, children, and families navigating domestic violence, trauma, housing instability, and incarceration. Through trauma-informed coaching, housing and employment support, advocacy, digital literacy training, and community partnerships, SFSC helps participants move from immediate crisis toward greater safety and stability.
371+
Trauma-Informed Coaching Sessions Provided
80+
Employment Opportunities & Workforce Support Connections Provided
68+
Women and Families Connected to Emergency Shelter or Immediate Safe-Housing Resources
27+
Families Supported Through Housing-Stability Services
(Please note: Families receiving housing-stability assistance did not necessarily enter through SFSC’s emergency shelter services.)
100+
Individuals Equipped Through Digital Literacy Training
WHY WE EXIST
Leaving an abusive environment is only the beginning of rebuilding. Even when emergency shelter is available, survivors may still face transportation barriers, loss of income, missing identification, housing denials, family separation, and months of uncertainty before securing permanent housing.
Founded through lived experience, So Far So Close fills the gap between immediate safety and long-term stability. We provide individualized, trauma-informed support that helps survivors and justice-impacted women remain safe, rebuild their lives, strengthen their families, and reduce the circumstances that can lead them back to unsafe or unstable environments.
OUR
MISSION
So Far So Close advances the safety and long-term stability of domestic violence survivors, justice-impacted women, and their families.
Through trauma-informed coaching, housing and resource navigation, employment support, restorative practices, advocacy, and individualized stabilization assistance, we help women overcome barriers to healing, independence, and family well-being.
Programs Designed for Healing, Growth & Restoration
So Far So Close provides trauma-informed programs for domestic violence survivors, justice-impacted women, children, and families navigating trauma, housing instability, incarceration, and family separation.
Our programs address both immediate needs and the longer transition toward stability. Through individualized coaching, housing and resource navigation, employment support, restorative practices, advocacy, and essential assistance, we help participants strengthen their safety, rebuild their lives, and create healthier futures for themselves and their families.
Rediscover YOU
HEALING, SAFETY, & STABILITY
Rediscover YOU is So Far So Close’s signature survivor stabilization and resilience program for women and children affected by domestic violence, homelessness, family separation, and other traumatic life experiences.
Support can begin during the critical first 72 hours after leaving an unsafe environment and continue throughout the transition toward stability. Based on each family’s needs and available resources, participants may receive trauma-informed coaching, housing and resource navigation, transportation support, employment connections, essential-needs assistance, and referrals to trusted community partners.
Rediscover YOU complements shelters and crisis-response organizations by addressing the practical, emotional, and economic barriers that can remain after immediate safety has been established.
Freedom NOW
ADVOCACY, SUPPORT & RESTORATION
Freedom NOW supports currently and formerly incarcerated women and their families as they navigate incarceration, family separation, reentry, and the barriers associated with rebuilding their lives.
Through trauma-informed coaching, restorative practices, educational resources, advocacy, family-centered support, and community connections, participants strengthen personal accountability, maintain meaningful family relationships, prepare for successful reentry, and build pathways toward long-term stability. Freedom NOW recognizes that incarceration affects entire families and provides support designed to promote healing, restoration, and successful community reintegration.
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has to go through to achieve that beauty.
-- Maya Angelou --
Join The Movement
Lasting safety requires more than a single referral. It requires coordinated support, practical resources, and a community committed to helping survivors and families remain stable.
Your partnership, sponsorship, volunteer service, or financial support helps SFSC provide trauma-informed coaching, housing navigation, transportation assistance, employment connections, essential resources, and continued support for women and families rebuilding their lives.
Together, we can help survivors move beyond immediate safety and build lasting stability.
