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Colorado DV Programs & Safe Shelters — County by County
By Attorney Charles E. Liken Jr., former Colorado Deputy District Attorney. 44 community domestic-violence programs serving Colorado, county by county — crisis lines, emergency shelter, advocates, and safety planning. Free, confidential, and here whenever you're ready.
Charles E. Liken Jr., Esq. — On the Legal Front Lines · Former Government Investigator, Denver Human Services · Licensed Colorado Attorney · 20+ Years in Private Practice · Former Colorado Deputy District Attorney · Colorado Court-Appointed Child and Family Investigator
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Fastest routes to help, 24/7: National Domestic Violence Hotline (800) 799-7233 (or text START to 88788) · Most of the programs below answer around the clock. If a local line doesn't pick up, the national hotline will route you. In immediate danger? 911.
Project Safeguard — Legal Advocacy
Denver metro
Serves: Denver · Adams · Arapahoe · Douglas · Broomfield
(303) 863-7233
Website ↗︎Three Birds Alliance (formerly Gateway Domestic Violence Services)
Aurora
Serves: Arapahoe · Aurora
(303) 343-1851
Website ↗︎Family Tree — Roots of Courage
Wheat Ridge
Serves: Jefferson · Denver metro
(303) 420-6752
Website ↗︎Ember Center (formerly The Crisis Center)
Castle Rock
Serves: Douglas · Elbert · south metro
(303) 688-8484
Website ↗︎Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN)
Boulder
Serves: Boulder · Broomfield
(303) 444-2424
Website ↗︎Safe Shelter of St. Vrain Valley
Longmont
Serves: St. Vrain Valley · Boulder County
(303) 772-4422
Website ↗︎Clear Creek County Advocates
Georgetown
Serves: Clear Creek · Gilpin (mountain corridor)
(303) 679-2426
Mountain Peace Shelter (PeaceWorks, Inc.)
Bailey
Serves: Park · mountain communities
(303) 838-8181
Website ↗︎Alternatives to Violence
Loveland
Serves: Larimer — Loveland & south county
(970) 669-5150
Website ↗︎Estes Valley Crisis Advocates
Estes Park
Serves: Estes Valley · Larimer mountains
(970) 577-9781
Website ↗︎Help for Abused Partners
Sterling
Serves: Logan · Sedgwick · Phillips (northeast plains)
(970) 522-2307
Website ↗︎Arkansas Valley Resource Center (AVRC)
La Junta
Serves: Otero · Bent · Crowley · lower Arkansas Valley
(719) 384-7764
Website ↗︎The Alliance Against Domestic Abuse
Salida
Serves: Chaffee · upper Arkansas Valley
(719) 539-7347
Website ↗︎Grand County Advocates
Hot Sulphur Springs
Serves: Grand · Jackson (Middle Park & North Park)
(970) 725-3412
Website ↗︎Tu Casa, Inc.
Alamosa
Serves: Alamosa · Conejos · Costilla · Mineral · Rio Grande · Saguache
(719) 589-2465
Website ↗︎Advocate Safehouse Project
Glenwood Springs
Serves: Garfield · Rifle to Parachute
(970) 945-4439
Website ↗︎Hilltop's Latimer House
Grand Junction & Montrose
Serves: Mesa · Montrose · Delta · Ouray
(877) 543-9520
Website ↗︎Volunteers of America — Southwest Safehouse
Durango
Serves: La Plata · San Juan · Four Corners
(970) 259-5443
Website ↗︎DOVE — Deaf Overcoming Violence through Empowerment
Statewide
Serves: Deaf · DeafBlind · Hard of Hearing (all counties)
(303) 831-7874
Website ↗︎The Initiative
Statewide
Serves: Survivors with disabilities (all counties)
(303) 839-5510
Website ↗︎Servicios de la Raza — VISTAS
Statewide
Serves: Spanish-language victim services (all counties)
(303) 953-5930
Website ↗︎Asian Pacific Development Center (APDC)
Statewide
Serves: AAPI communities · interpretation (all counties)
(720) 394-7909StrongHearts Native Helpline
National — 24/7
Serves: Native American & Alaska Native survivors
(844) 762-8483
Website ↗︎
Pet-Friendly Shelters — never leave a pet behind to leave safely
Keep Your Address Confidential — the state program, start to finish
Break a Lease Safely — DV survivors can end a lease early by law
File a Protection Order — the steps and official forms, free
Find Your Victim Advocate — all 23 Colorado districts
Help Near You — shelters & advocates on a live map
About this directory. Compiled from Violence Free Colorado's statewide network, DomesticShelters.org, WomensLaw.org, the CDPS victim-resource list, and each program's own site — cross-checked July 2026. Programs occasionally change numbers or names; if a line fails, the National Hotline above will route you. Corrections welcome: charles@longmont.law.
The legal side, handled. Protection orders, divorce or custody tangled up with abuse, breaking a lease safely, criminal charges — a no-charge 20-minute call with Attorney Liken is a confidential place to sort out your options. The firm also handles criminal defense matters.
Charles E. Liken Jr., Esq.
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