About Us
Grace Haven Retreat, Inc. is a Georgia-based, non-profit, tax-exempt organization which has taken on the mission to make a positive difference in the lives of battered women and their families, primarily through transitional housing and life-assisting programs that will empower them to be self-sufficient individuals. Our goal is to educate, motivate, protect, train and coordinate services throughout the community for families in need. Through face to face interviews, observations, and surveys, Grace Haven Retreat, Inc. hereafter referred to as GHR, Inc., identified five specific areas of community needs:
Affordable Permanent Housing
Job Readiness Training
Life Skill Development
Educational Support
Womens Wellness
Oddly, many of the families of the aforementioned categories were headed by a person traumatized by domestic violence, yet, have a strong desire to become self-sufficient. Many of our families lacked applicable resources to access programs and services that would steer the family towards self-sufficiency and family independence.
In our desire to positively impact our community, we found that the cores of concerns were centered on the individual's ability to enhance her own environment. By helping young women and their children change their behavior patterns and choose independence, GHR, Inc. will attempt to increase survivors of domestic violence in the home as well as promote awareness of domestic violence to our community.