Polk County House of Hope HOTLINE NUMBER (417)-399-6744
Mission Statement
Polk County House of Hope provides immediate and long-term safety to victims of domestic and sexual violence and their children through a hotline, victims services, emergency shelter or placement in a safe facility, and connection to community resources. We work to prevent future violence through education, intervention, and advocacy at the individual, local, and state level.
WE BELIEVE YOU, YOU'RE NOT ALONE
BE AWARE OF THE WARNINGS
- Treating you exceptionally well at the beginning of the relationship
- Making you feel sorry for him or her
- Never being at fault
- Trying to control you through constant communication
- Separating you from you family and friends physically or emotionally or causing chaos before or during family events
- Being overly critical
- Searching your belongings for evidence of cheating
- Prying into private belongings to learn more of your inner most feelings or past
- Accessing you Email, Facebook, and Phone records
- Booking your calendar so it seems impossible to end the relationship
- Systematically removing you from your existing friends with probable excuses and keeping you too busy to maintain them