Voices Against Violence

Voices Against Violence Voices Against Violence provides supportive services to survivors of violence (VAV). At that time we also officially became a nonprofit entity.

In January of 1982, a group of local service providers in our community began meeting with the purpose of starting a support program for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. The service providers had attended a National Organization for Women conference entitled “Battered Women” in June of 1981 and came back to our community with determination to help local victims. Some of the people

involved were: Rita Larom, CSI Center for New Directions; Judy Brooks, Health and Welfare; Sue Cummins, Twin Falls City Police Department; Betty Wright, MVRMC Emergency Room; Lura Morgan-Renk; and Nina Ferrant. This determined group of women met on a weekly basis until May of 1982, when the organization was incorporated as Volunteers Against Violence, Inc. In 1984, the Volunteers Against Violence started sheltering victims in various locations throughout Twin Falls. Individuals opened their homes to victims. While it was not always the safest shelter for victims, it was the only cost-effective way to handle the situation. Various shelter alternatives were tried during these years. In 1989, Cliff Smallwood donated the old “Bengoechea” (Basque) boarding house to Volunteers Against Violence to use as a shelter. The shelter has three floors that consist of nine bedrooms. The seven bedrooms on the second floor are used to shelter victims and their children. In those seven bedrooms there are 23 beds. The first floor has the living and dining room, kitchen, and three bedrooms that are used as offices and also as a sleeping area for our 24-hour staff. There are only two bathrooms at the shelter-one on the first floor and one on the second floor. The basement of the shelter has a play are for the children, and a laundry area with two sets of washers and dryers. The shelter also has a garage that is used for storage. Victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and their children sometimes come into the shelter with little more than the clothes on their backs. If they make the most of their stay here, they leave with not only the physical necessities, but with the vocational, educational, and emotional toolkits they can use to support and care for themselves and their children.

👠Supporting others involves "listening to understand," which acts as a bridge for deeper connection, emotional safety, a...
04/10/2026

👠Supporting others involves "listening to understand," which acts as a bridge for deeper connection, emotional safety, and healing.
💜 Thank you, Friends at Gem State ENT

👠"We rise by lifting others." — Robert Ingersoll💜 Thank you, Friends at Idaho Power!
04/09/2026

👠"We rise by lifting others." — Robert Ingersoll
💜 Thank you, Friends at Idaho Power!

👠"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it."-H.E. Luccock💜Thank you, Idaho Party DJ👠https://...
04/08/2026

👠"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it."-H.E. Luccock
💜Thank you, Idaho Party DJ
👠https://www.vavmv.org/events

👠"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success" Edward Everett Hale💜Thank y...
04/07/2026

👠"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success"
Edward Everett Hale
💜Thank you, Blue Cross of Idaho
👠https://www.vavmv.org/events

🌍Today is World Health Day!🤔Did you know:Victims often suffer from adverse mental health effects, including depression a...
04/07/2026

🌍Today is World Health Day!
🤔Did you know:
Victims often suffer from adverse mental health effects, including depression and PTSD, and face extreme disruption, often losing housing and financial stability simultaneously.
👠Get involved today and show survivors they are not alone!
👠https://www.vavmv.org/events

💜We cannot do this work alone!👠Thank you, Family Health Services for the support!
04/07/2026

💜We cannot do this work alone!
👠Thank you, Family Health Services for the support!

👠Thank you to all our sponsors!! 9 days away from the Twin Falls Walk a Mile in her Shoes!!👠We can't do this work alone,...
04/02/2026

👠Thank you to all our sponsors!! 9 days away from the Twin Falls Walk a Mile in her Shoes!!
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👠https://www.vavmv.org/events

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302 2nd Avenue South
Twin Falls, ID
83301

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+12087330100

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