Our Impact

Since 1996, Pearl Crisis Center has served about 400 people per year. This has always included men, women, and children. We help assist people in our community with safety planning, connecting with resources, protection orders, emergency funding, and more. We have also taken the time to build relationships with organizations within our community to make access to programming for the people we serve easier. On average 600 students complete the Safe Dates program every year. We offer this program in partnership with local middle and high schools. Pearl connects with about 120 students throughout the year with our TADA (Teen Against Dating Abuse) program. Pearl Crisis Center has played a major role in the creation of the domestic violence court in Mille Lacs County. This program has attempted to help 50 offenders per year with rehabilitation and education to prevent future domestic assaults from occurring.

Mission:

Vision:

Pearl Crisis Center will provide support to victims of domestic and sexual violence through direct services, prevention, and community awareness.

Pearl Crisis Center is known as a safe and affirming place for victims/survivors of violence so that they may heal and grow to the benefit of a peaceful community.

Values:

• We respect all people’s race, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and abilities.

• We recognize that violence is a behavior used to establish and maintain power and control over others.

• We believe all people deserve to live in a safe and violence free home and community.
• We support self-empowerment for all victims/survivors through the right of     self-determination and choice.
• We believe in maintaining a board of directors, staff, and volunteers that reflect the diversity of our organization’s constituencies and the broader community.
• We respect and will maintain the confidentiality of all those we serve.
• We will ensure that policies and procedures of human relations are legally grounded, of high quality, and respectful of the dignity of all people.
• We believe in the continual development of innovative solutions towards ending violence and building lasting peace.