Bremer grant helps New Horizons provide services

New Horizons Crisis Center (NHCC) has received a $100,000 two-year general operations grant from the Otto Bremer Trust. These funds will be used to further the programs and mission of NHCC.

According to Carrie Buddy, NHCC Executive Director, NHCC provides:

1. sexual assault and general crime victim advocacy,

2. parenting time, and

3. prevention and professional education programming to people in Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, and Redwood Counties. “NHCC’s victim services program serves sexual assault and general crime victims. Our victim services advocacy staff is here to help victims through every stage of their victimization process,” said Buddy. “We pride ourselves in providing consistent and effective, victim-centered services, she said. NHCC’s Parenting Time (PT) Program serves children and their parents during difficult times of separation.

“Our PT Program provides a positive, safe, neutral, and interactive environment for children to spend time with their non-custodial parent(s),” she added. She also said, “Our PT Program services consist of supervised visits and safe exchanges.”

“The prevention and professional education programming is a priority for our organization.

'We believe that working with youth and our community members to prevent violence and promote healthy relationships and working with criminal justice and community partners to ensure that our communities consistently and effectively respond to crime are core components to ending violence,” said Buddy.

“Receiving these funds means that we have increased capacity to comprehensively advance our agency’s strategic planning goals and enhance our vital safety services for individuals and families within our community. We truly appreciate our strong, on-going partnership with the Otto Bremer Trust,” she concluded.