*Goodwill VISTA* Turning Points Communications Specialist

Turning Points Network, www.turningpointsnetwork.org, is a private, non-profit agency dedicated to enhancing the safety and well-being of victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and stalking within Sullivan County, NH. We strive to create a community responsive to all victims and survivors through education, outreach, and accountability, empowering the community to establish a safer culture. For more than 40 years, TPN has served as the sole source of 24-hour crisis intervention and advocacy services to thousands of victim-survivors and their families in Sulilvan County regardless of location, time of day, or income level. TPN has the only emergency shelter within Sullivan County for survivors of domestic violence and routinely houses up to 16 individuals. The geographic area in New Hampshire that this program will cover is Sullivan County, in the Upper Valley western edge of the state. The communities comprising the service area for this project include Acworth, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Goshen, Grantham, Langdon, Lempster, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, Sunapee, Unity, and Washington.
In addition to direct service for survivors, TPN staff also deliver comprehensive prevention education in schools to ages Pre School through High School as well as to community organizations. TPN currently covers 75% of schools across Sullivan County and provides programming to more than 1,500 students annually.