Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-800-5556

Missing Children
1-800-831-8953 (State Police)

Child Support Bureau
1-800-840-8757

Family Help-Line
1-800-433-0746

State Information Center
1-800-457-8283

Family Support Services
1-800-622-4932

Holly's House™ is not a shelter.  It’s an alternative to the law enforcement agencies and Child Protection Services for victim interviews, not an alternative to Albion and the YWCA. Holly’s House™ does not want to duplicate any services that already exist in the community. We work with all these great organizations to better assist victims of intimate crimes.

By definition, an Advocate is one that . . . (1) argues for a cause, a supporter or defender; (2) one that pleads in another's behalf.

An Advocacy Center brings those divisions of government together that respond, investigate and prosecute cases of intimate violence. It will be a separate location from the police department which will promote a private and compassionate environment where a victim will feel safe and secure in answering questions.

Previously victims had to go to the police department to file a report. The waiting area, interview room and many offices they went to are the same as the general public uses for all types of police business. Victims felt “exposed” and vulnerable in this public environment. The Advocacy Center has separate sides for Adults and Children; and provides a private and safe setting for the interview process. Since all departments are under one roof - victims need only be interviewed once by the police, prosecutors and child protective services.

Holly’s House™ has two separate “wings,” one for Adult victims and one for Children. In the Adult side, domestic violence and sexual assault cases are handled with plans for an in-house advocate to counsel victims of both types of crime. In the Child side, sexual abuse, neglect and abuse are handled with a multi-disciplinary team approach where the Child Sex Crimes Prosecutor, Evansville Police Department and Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Detectives and Child Protective Services work together. It acts as a true Child & Adult Advocacy Center.