Safety • Shelter • Support
Domestic Violence Services in Buncombe County, NCIs your partner violent, threatening, critical or controlling? Helpmate provides free emergency shelter, counseling, and support for you and your children. We will help you explore your options.
Our Service Locations
Helpmate Hotline
(828) 254-0516
24-Hour Service
Family Justice Center
Helpmate is a proud onsite partner at the Buncombe County Family Justice Center (FJC), located at 35 Woodfin St in Asheville.
Court Advocacy
Helpmate’s trained Court Advocates and volunteers assist victims in both civil and criminal court systems and have an office located on the second floor of the courthouse.
Emergency Shelter
Helpmate offers a crisis shelter for survivors who are actively fleeing intimate partner violence relationships.
Helpmate services lead to action and increased safety
Survivors served, including 1,318 children
Crisis calls responded to on 24hr hotline
Total sheltered (adult and children survivors)
%
Households housed/rental assistance (71 survivors)
Statistics from 2023
Creating a World that is Free of Violence
We believe that to serve our clients, we must model a violence-free community that is founded in respect and equality. By providing safety, shelter, counseling, and advocacy, we empower each client to create a life that is free of violence; by providing education, we empower our community to create a world that is free of violence.
Thank you to our Lifesaving Business Partners
Thank you to our Premier Business Partners
Thank You to our Leadership Business Partners
Thank You to our State and Local Grantors
The Beattie Foundation
Biltmore Lake Charitable Fund
Ramble Charitable Fund
Lutheran Church of the Nativity
Regal Cinemas Foundation
Emergency Food and Shelter Program
Community Development Block Grant