Relief After Violent Encounter-Ionia/Montcalm, Inc.

11/07/2025

✨PENNY WAR✨

The annual penny war of The Montcalm Area Career Center - The MACC kicks off next week and goes from 11/10-11/14. Each year, organizations are nominated and voted on by students, This year, the students chose RAVE to be the recipient! We are so grateful to the students who nominated and voted for us.

Now, they need your help! Every year, the Public Safety class allows RAVE to come in and present to the students about our organization for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. So, we are seeing if anyone in the community would love to help out their class win the penny war. Proceeds go towards supporting survivors, and the winning class gets a pizza party🍕

Pennies/coins and checks are accepted! If you have any questions or are interested in contributing towards the penny war, please reach out to our Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator, Alexis (alexist@raveim.org), for more information.

Good luck to all of the classes this year!

11/06/2025

November is National Homelessness Awareness Month❤🏠

Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness for women and children in the United States.

For more information on homelessness, please visit these links provided:
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/domestic_violence/Initiatives/five-for-five/five-facts-homelessness/
https://nationalhomeless.org/domestic-violence/

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is always available.
☎️1-800-720-7233

11/03/2025

As October comes to a close, RAVE I/M will never stop believing and supporting survivors of domestic violence. We believe everyone has a right to a life free from abuse and violence. 💜

Thank you for joining us for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is always available.

☎️1-800-720-7233

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween! We hope everyone has a safe and spooky time. 👻🎃

A gentle reminder that a person’s costume does not equal their consent.

10/30/2025

RAVE is wishing everyone a safe and happy Halloween!

A huge thank you to Pierson Orchard for their kind pumpkin donation. We were able to recreate a pumpkin patch at our emergency safehouse for our residential children 🎃

Another huge thank to B.C. Pizza in Lowell for donating pizzas for our party!

Thank you to our donors and staff to help make our residential Halloween party a success!

10/28/2025

Make sure to take care of yourself💜

10/23/2025

Why didn't they leave?

This question is asked often without knowing the reasons of why someone may not report their abuse.

☎️ If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available. Feel free to call our 24/7 crisis line for assistance.

(Statistics are from: The Bureau of Justice Statistics)

10/20/2025

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. To raise awareness about domestic violence, RAVE I/M advocates participate in an annual photo shoot with facts and statistics about DV.

These are some of the faces of RAVE I/M that work tirelessly to provide support services to our community, including but not limited to: domestic violence counseling, sexual assault therapy, children’s counseling, safety planning, legal advocacy, emergency response team, resources and referrals, and a 24/7 shelter and crisis line.

☎️ CRISIS LINE: 1-800-720-7233

We believe everyone deserves to be safe and live a life free from abuse. We stand in solidarity with survivors of domestic violence.

10/19/2025

Thank you so much to the Ionia Community Library for their Domestic Violence Awareness Month display!

Thank you for your support for survivors of domestic violence💜

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Did you know girls and young women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner violence? If you or someone you know needs help, please call the RAVE crisis line at 1-800-720-7233 (SAFE). All services are free and confidential.

10/17/2025

Did you know...?

10/15/2025

The Power and Control wheel is an important resource for survivors to identify their experiences with domestic violence and bring to light tactics their perpetrators use in order to gain power and control over them.

Check out the Power and Control Wheel for examples of common tactics used in order to gain or maintain power & control.

☎️ CRISIS LINE: 1-800-720-7233

10/14/2025

Halloween is approaching, and some of our kids in shelter are in need of costumes for this year🎃

These are a few ideas of costumes that the kids are wanting to be this year. We ask that the costumes be new or very gently used.

If you are interested in donating any costumes, please feel free to reach out to our crisis line for more information.

☎️ 1-800-720-7233