Last quarter service trends: Safe bed nights rise, therapy needs being met

What we call “safe bed nights” – the number of safe nights Haven provides to survivors and their children – were up 40 percent last quarter from the quarter prior, our internal service numbers show.

Source: Haven internal service numbers.

This increase is a function of not only Haven’s increased capacity to shelter survivors at The Barnard Center, but also of Bozeman’s recent population growth and related housing crisis. (Read more in this blog post and in this op-ed with local partners.) 

Also up last quarter was the number of people accessing the one-on-one counseling Haven offers – 18 percent up from the previous quarter, and up 11 percent from the same quarter a year ago.

Though there’s a big demand for counseling in Gallatin Valley, and local therapists have long waiting lists, Haven has no waiting lists as of this writing.

“We work with survivors to make sure that they can access individual counseling and support groups whenever they feel ready to do so. And right now, thanks to your support, we are meeting 100 percent of the need for that program,” said Haven Executive Director Erica Aytes Coyle. 

Many thanks to this community for standing with survivors and for making our work possible.