STEPS To End Family Violence is dedicated to empowering families and communities through innovative strength-based programs that promote healing and social change. We are a progressive community organization that values justice and diversity.

STEPS To End Family Violence was founded in 1986 by Sr. Mary Nerney who saw a great need, through her work in New York's jails and prisons, for services aimed at helping incarcerated women with histories of violence and abuse. Begun with a staff of two as a court advocacy project for battered women defendants, the program has since grown exponentially and now reaches over 4,000 New Yorkers each year.

Today STEPS provides an array of services targeted to meet the needs of victims of gender-based violence: counseling, crisis intervention, advocacy, and legal services for adults, teens, and children; group counseling services in both English and Spanish; creative arts and movement groups and multiple family groups; community outreach and training to both service providers and community members; and alternatives to incarceration and batterers intervention programming. In addition, we are able to reach thousands of teens from all over the city through our programs in nine NYC high schools and middle schools. Our staff reflects the linguistic and cultural diversity of our clientele, and we are able to construct culturally sensitive remedies with our clients rather than imposing a one-size-fits-all approach.

Over the past 26 years, STEPS to End Family Violence has developed an array of training curricula for professionals and community members. Our staff are available to provide training and consultation on the following topics:

 Domestic Violence 101
 Domestic Violence and Children
 Teen Dating Violence
 Safety Planning
 Working with Battered Women Defendants
 Providing Jail-based Group Services
 Vicarious Trauma/ Compassion Fatigue

Please contact us for more details and to design a training program specific to your needs.