Services
ACT Emergency Shelter
The ACT Emergency Shelter offers a safe haven for victims of domestic violence and their children. Our Fort Myers shelter offers 69-beds and our Cape Coral shelter has 22-beds.
In our fiscal year 2009-2010, ACT provided shelter for 590 residential clients for a total of 20,356 nights of shelter, and provided 15,959 residential counseling hours.
Here is an overview of the services offered to clients and their children staying in our emergency shelters. Please visit our Residential Counseling Program Page for more detailed information on services provided to our residents.
- Safe emergency shelters
- Individual and Group Counseling
- Goal Setting
- Safety Planning
- Food
- Clothing
- Job Skills
- Personal Care Items
- Assistance with Resume’s
- Parenting Skills
- Specialized Children’s Program
- Child Assessments
- Tutoring for Children
This site is owned and maintained by Abuse Counseling and Treatment, Inc., a not-for-profit agency funded in part by United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties, Lee County, Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Florida Council Against Sexual Violence, City of Fort Myers, City of Cape Coral, Department of Children and Families,Office of the Attorney General and donations from the community.
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