About:
The New Bridge Family Shelter opened in 1979 to provide emergeney shelter, services, and guidance to victims of domestic violence and their families. Our shelter focuses on improving the lives of victims of family violence no matter what their back ground or situation compromises. Here at New Bridge, we strive to give our clients the respect and services they deserve.

New BRIDGE Mission Statement:
New bridge family shelter is dedicated to reducing the cyee of domestic violence by providing a safe haven and educational services to victims.

Need Help?

Signs of Abusive Behavior:
Does your partner:

• act extremely jealous of others who pay attention to you, or use jealousy to justify his/her actions?
• control your finances, behavior and even whom you socialize with?
• make you afraid by using looks, actions, and gesture like smashing things, destroying your property or displaying weapons?
• threaten to kill you or commit suicide?
• make all the decisions?
• stop you from seeing or talking to friends, family or limits your outside involvement?
• act like the abuse is not a big deal, it's your fault or even deny doing it?
• threaten to kill your pets?
• put you down in front of others, humiliates you, plays mind games and make you feel as if you are crazy?
• prevent you from getting or keeping a job?
• take your money or does not let you know about or have access to the family income?
• threaten to take the children away?

Do you:

• Become quiet when he/she is around and feel afraid of making him/her angry?
• cancel plans at the last minute?
• stop seeing your friends and family member, becoming more and more isolated?
• Find yourself explaining bruises to family or friends?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be involved in a relationship that is physically, emotionally, or sexually abusive. Please contact us for help.

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Services:
We offer a multitude of different services to both our residence of the shelter as well as nonresident clients. Such services range from our emergency shelter to our educational outreach programs.

Emergency Shelter:
LifeBridge, the emergency shelter portion of NewBridge, is designed to assist victims in crisis and their family members. This facility provides safe haven for approximately 500 individuals annually by supplying a variety of services:

• 30 to 90 day emergency housing (private rooms) and food
• High security environment
• Emergency Transportation
• Classes for all residents in life skills, parenting, dynamics of family violence, and self-esteem
• Support Groups
• Children's Activity Center
• Laundry facilities

Non-Residential Services:
Additional services are available to domestic abuse victims who are not in need of assistance with housing for safety or financial reasons. This program serves approximately 250 individual victims annually and includes a variety of services:

• Case Advocates
• Licensed Professional Counseling
• Outreach Case Advocates for Concho Valley Region other than Tom Green County (By referral only from Reagan and McCulloch). The NewBridge Outreach Coordinator travels to each of 10 Concho Valley counties every week to provide services.
• Referrals and Advocacy

Outreach Services:
The NewBridge Outreach Coordinator travels to each of 10 Concho Valley counties every week to provide services such as:

• Immediate shelter for victims of domestic violence
• Confidential peer counseling
• Transportation to the New Bridge Family Shelter in San Angelo
• Community referrals for job training
• Housing
• Education
• Income assistance
• Medical care
• Volunteer interaction
• Services in Reagan and McCullough counties are by local referral only

Speaker's Bureau:
New Bridge staff members are available for speaking engagements with community and civic organizations and for public events.

Public Education and Training:
Periodically, New Bridge arranges for guests from outside the Concho Valley to speak to the issues surrounding domestic violence.

Contact:

Location:
The shelter has a confidential location in San Angelo, TX

Espanol:
El Nuevo Puente Refugio que Familiar abrio en 1979 en proporcionar emergencia refugio, los servicios, Y la guia a victimas de violencia domestica y sus familias. Nuestro refugio se centra en mejorar las vidas de victimas de violencia familiar no importa lo que su suelo o la situacion de atras ceda. Aqui en Nuevo Puente, nosotros nos esforzamos pOr dar nuestros clientes el respeto y atiende a merecen.

Si rs una victima de violencia familiar, por favor nos contacta en 1-800-749-8631 0 325-655-5774 tan le podemos ayudar. Estamos de aqui servirle.