Thanks to community support, the families we serve are ending the cycle of violence and building lives without abuse. Together we are working toward a future without domestic and sexual violence, and where oppression in any form is not tolerated.
Our Services Survivor Stories Support Our ProgramsRaphael House of Portland is dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence. We support survivors through emergency and ongoing services, while advancing systemic change through community-based education and collaborative advocacy. We are committed to building a future where survivors, their families, and our communities thrive.
Together, we envision a future where our community prioritizes safety and freedom from violence for every person.
Raphael House proudly serves anyone impacted by domestic violence regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, immigration status, primary language, or sexuality.
Multigenerational families with kids (and adults) of all ages are supported, and we welcome pets!
For over 45 years, Raphael House of Portland has helped survivors find safety, hope, and independence. Our programs continue to evolve to meet the changing needs of survivors and our community in creative and innovative ways.
We lift up the voices of all survivors, with special attention to the most marginalized among our community including youth, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC survivors. We respect individual agency, honoring the diversity of experiences that bring people to our doors, and create pathways for leadership. We prioritize safety in a way that balances individual autonomy with the need to maintain confidentiality.
We value each other, the intersectionality of identities, and the importance of building relationships. We listen to each other and our community about how we can improve our work and the ways we collaborate. We maintain confidentiality and practice trauma-informed care principles in order to help keep survivors, ourselves, and our community safe from future harm.
We cultivate collaboration across our organization, among survivors, with other systems that serve survivors, and throughout the community to co-create pathways for transformation. Our resilience is nurtured by our collective efforts to support each other, offer hope to survivors, and to serve our community.
To address the root causes of interpersonal violence and oppression, we coordinate our efforts with other organizations, while raising public awareness and building empathy. We are committed to using an equity lens to reinforce inclusive engagement and to center racial equity within our practices, policies, and decision-making. We know that systemic change cannot happen without a culture shift.
Education is our greatest asset in the prevention of interpersonal violence. Prevention infuses all of our work, particularly with youth, to interrupt cycles of violence and to create a culture in which equitable relationships are the norm. Our education efforts ultimately affect the well-being of our community as a whole. We know that a future without violence is possible, and we share that hope.
These values guide our decisions, the way we do our work, and the way we treat each other – especially when it’s hard – all in service to our mission and supporting survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
Our Impact
We do everything possible to help survivors transition from our shelter into safe housing. And then we are here for them throughout their journey, as families move forward and build lives without abuse. We’re giving survivors tools they need to shape their own futures and end the cycle of violence. Read more about the impact we have together!
93% of families
in our ongoing programs are safely and stably housed
community members and survivors of domestic violence we reach each year
“I see how domestic violence
has been part of my family’s history.”
Now we are learning the skills and life lessons that they will carry on to their children too. – Janay, past shelter resident
