About
Meet the Team
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Kelly
Kelly, our Co-Director, has been at Safe Passage for 21 years, and her dedication and leadership have been vital to the heart of our mission. Kelly consistently shows deep empathy and compassion- both for survivors and staff. Outside of work, Kelly enjoys traveling, live jazz, playing the drums, spending time outdoors, and being with her friends and family.
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Amy
Amy, our Children’s Coordinator, is part of our team as a Weekend Advocate, providing support during critical times. Amy helps create a warm and welcoming space for those in need. In her free time, she enjoys pestering her adult kids, spending quality time with her wonderful hudband, and hangng out with her two beloved prison puppies.
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Aron
Also known as our night owl, Aron our Overnight Victim Advocate, brings joy to both survivors and staff. She's known for being hardworking, reliable, and kind, always making sure everyone stays safe overnight -no easy task, and one she handles with care and strength Outside of work, Aron loves all things dark, spooky, and goth. She's a talented baker, and not afraid to get her hands dirty - whether it's working on cars and trucks or whipping up something delicious.
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Aray
Aray brings smiles, personality, and a whole lot of fun to the office every day. Whether she's leading activities with children and survivors or lifting staff spirits with her humor, Aray has a gift for making even the toughest days a little brighter. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, spending time with family and friends, and spending time with her six beloved cats.
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Breanna
As our Legal Advocate, Breanna brings compassion and a little bit of sparkle to everything she does. Outside of work, she's all about joy and creativity. Breanna is a proud plant mom, fur mom to her kitten Winnie, and a firm believer that kindness — and maybe a little glitter - can change the world.
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Kennedy
As our newest team member and Sexual Assault Advocate, Kennedy, jumped in with confidence and compassion, offering trauma-informed support to survivors from day one. She's a natural advocate whose calm presence and readiness to help make her a valuable part of the Safe Passage team. Outside of work, Kennedy enjoys going on adventures with her dog Letti. She enjoys hiking, cooking, spending time with her boyfriend and friends, shopping, and watching the Cheifs.
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Margaret
Margaret is one of our trusted Overnight Advocates, always there when we need someone to step in. She's known for being incredibly dedicated, reliable, and ready to help whenever it's needed most. She handles the quiet, crucial hours with a steady presence. Outside of work, Margaret enjoys spending time with her grandkids, gardening, baking, photography, watching scary movies, and coloring art.
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Michelle
Michelle is a dedicated Case Manager who cares deeply about both survivors and her coworkers. She goes above and beyond, and we're grateful for the many success stories she's helped make possible. In her free time, Michelle loves spending time with her grandson and attending all of his events. She also enjoys crafting, creating with her Cricut, traveling, and spending time with her family.
Our Shelter
Unlike many shelters, we do not require individuals or families to share bedrooms with other residents. We have private rooms, including several large double rooms that can accommodate families with multiple children. This is a unique and important feature of our shelter. Our facility is also wheelchair accessible.
We are currently renovating our accessible bathroom, and that project should be completed within the next couple of months.
Another important distinction is that Safe Passage assists all victims of domestic and sexual violence, including individuals experiencing abuse by a family member, caregiver, or other household member. Many shelters limit eligibility to intimate-partner violence. Because our eligibility is broader, we receive many referrals from Boone County and other surrounding areas.
Our Programs
In Her Shoes®
In Her Shoes® is an interactive domestic violence awareness presentation that allows participants to experience the difficult decisions faced by someone living in an abusive relationship. Each participant assumes the identity of a fictional character whose story is based on the experiences of real survivors. As participants move through the activity, they make choices, visit different community resources, and discover how each decision affects their character’s safety, family, finances, housing, and future. The experience helps participants understand why leaving an abusive relationship is rarely simple. It also demonstrates the many emotional, financial, legal, and practical barriers survivors encounter when seeking safety. The activity concludes with a guided discussion that allows participants to reflect on their experience, ask questions, and learn how individuals and communities can respond more effectively to domestic violence. This presentation is appropriate for community groups, service organizations, healthcare professionals, law enforcement, educators, churches, college students, and others interested in better understanding domestic violence.
In Their Shoes®
In Their Shoes® is an interactive teen dating violence prevention program based on the same experiential format as In Her Shoes®, but it focuses on situations faced by teenagers. Participants assume the identity of a teen character and make decisions as that character’s relationship unfolds. The scenarios explore healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationship behaviors, along with the influence of friends, family, school, social pressures, technology, and other circumstances that can affect a young person’s choices. The activity helps teens recognize that abuse is not limited to physical violence. It may also include emotional abuse, threats, humiliation, isolation, sexual pressure, stalking, controlling behavior, or digital abuse. Following the activity, participants take part in a guided, age-appropriate discussion about warning signs, healthy relationships, consent, personal boundaries, helping a friend, and where to seek confidential support. The goal is to give young people the knowledge to recognize unhealthy behaviors, understand that abuse is never their fault, and know that help is available. Safe Passage can provide this program to schools, youth groups, community organizations, and other groups throughout our nine-county service area at no cost.