Safety Alert!
Computer, telephone, tablet, and internet usage can be monitored by abusers — remotely and without a user’s knowledge — and device history can be impossible to clear completely. If you think your internet and/or device usage may be tracked, use a safe friend’s cell phone or computer. Most public libraries have computers and internet for public use.
Get Involved
Volunteer Opportunities
- Development of public awareness campaigns.
- Organization and participation in community outreach events.
- Social media management.
- Coordination of community awareness and education initiatives, including those specific to Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Fort Lewis College.
- Staffing the 24/7 Support Line.
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Your support empowers us to deliver vital legal, counseling, educational, and advocacy services to survivors of domestic violence and intimate partner abuse, fostering their safety and well-being.
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Because no one deserves to be abused
Providing support and alternatives to survivors of domestic violence and their families while striving to strengthen our community through education and prevention outreach.
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How We Can Help You
We strive to be open, inclusive, and helpful toward survivors from all walks of life.
24/7 Hotline & Advocacy Services
This service provides immediate and ongoing counseling, advocacy, information and referrals to survivors of domestic violence.
Criminal Court Services
This service provides advocacy, court accompaniment, information and referrals to survivors of domestic violence .
Domestic Violence Advocacy-Based Counseling Services
This service provides trauma-informed individual and group counseling for adult survivors of domestic violence.
Bridges of Hope Legal Project
This service provides civil legal assistance to survivors of domestic violence in La Plata and San Juan Counties of Colorado.
In Loving Memory
Carol Carpenter Simmons
For more than 25 years, Carol Simmons was an impassioned advocate for survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence in the 6th Judicial District of Colorado and statewide. Sorrowfully, Carol passed away on February 20, 2024, after battling ovarian cancer for five years.
Carol dedicated most of her adult life to advocating for the needs and rights of survivors, both professionally and personally. She was a passionate, eloquent, and sometimes, fierce voice willing to take on any established system or structure which did not prioritize the needs of those victimized by intimate partner or sexual violence. Carol embodied empowerment, trauma-informed care and inclusion before those ideals became the professional model for best practice services.
Carol was the Executive Director of Alternative Horizons for 20 years. She was a founding member of the Violence Prevention Coalition, the first domestic violence and sexual assault Coordinated Community Response Team in the 6th Judicial District. She served on the 6th Judicial Victim Compensation Board and was an active and long-time board member of the Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Carol’s compassion and relentless commitment to justice changed the lives of survivors. She was a powerful role model to many advocates. Alternative Horizons is the agency it is today, in large part, due to Carol’s vision in the early days of the domestic violence awareness movement.
Most importantly, Carol was a devoted wife, partner, and best friend to Bob for 62 years. The high-school sweethearts spent a lifetime in love, sharing companionship, parenthood, travel, friends, and memories. Carol and Bob were affectionately referred to as the “fun hippie couple”. Carol was the proud mother of Paulette and loved her beyond words. As the couple raised Paulette, Carol’s life centered around her daughter’s happiness. Carol joyfully embraced Paulette’s husband, Patrick, as part of their family. Carol was a loyal and trusted friend to many people during her lifetime. Her friends cherished the time spent with her. She will be profoundly missed.
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Check out Alternative Horizon’s up-to-date domestic violence resources.
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Upcoming Events
Keep up with what’s happening at Alternative Horizons with our events calendar! We are are always adding new events to please check back regularly.