We help individuals impacted by sexual violence, intimate partner violence, trauma, and mental health challenges move from crisis toward healing through advocacy, therapy, peer support, wellness programming, and community connection.
Serving Philadelphia and surrounding communities.
Our Mission
Project S.A.V.E's mission is to provide people recovering from trauma support as well as an open space to heal. We educate and advocate, working to combat sexual and intimate partner violence wherever it lies. Because everyone is unique, we believe in treatments tailored to individuals’ needs.
Project S.A.V.E was founded in 2016 as a community-focused organization dedicated to providing accessible support in the areas of sexual and intimate partner violence and mental health.
We are committed to making support accessible to the community. Many services are available free of charge to eligible participants, with sliding-scale options for individuals who are low-income, uninsured, or underinsured. When someone needs support outside our scope or insurance-based therapy, we connect them with trusted, trauma-informed providers and community partners to help ensure continued care and support.
Building awareness, understanding, and skills through workshops, resources, and community education.
Helping individuals identify their needs, navigate systems, and connect with appropriate support.
Creating opportunities for connection, wellness, learning, and collective support.
Each year, Project S.A.V.E provides direct support to individuals through our programs and services while reaching 100+ community members through educational events, workshops, and community engagement.
Our Offerings
Project S.A.V.E uses a person-centered, choice-based approach that honors the unique identities, experiences, and needs of each individual. We believe healing is not one-size-fits-all, and participants are encouraged to engage in the programs, services, and supports that best fit their goals and journey.
Each service incorporates each of our organization's core values.
Core Value: Education & Community
Young Yogis is a version of our Yoga program for school-aged kids. Yoga is known to improve physical and mental health in school-age children (ages 6 to 12). It is also known to improve balance, strength, endurance, and aerobic capacity in children. Yoga and mindfulness offer psychological benefits for children as well.
Core Value: Community & Advocacy
Certified Peer Specialists (CPS) are individuals with lived experience who use their personal recovery journey to support others facing similar challenges. Through shared understanding, empathy, respect, and mutual empowerment, CPS staff help individuals build hope, develop coping skills, stay engaged in services and supports, and work toward their personal wellness and recovery goals.
Core Value: Education, Advocacy, & Community
Trauma-informed yoga is based on a particular understanding of trauma, one that can emphasize its impact on the entire mind-body system, as opposed to particular mental states which can be viewed in isolation from the physical body.
Core Value: Education, Advocacy & Community
Safe Haven is Project S.A.V.E’s intimate partner violence (IPV) support program focused on providing trauma-informed advocacy, emotional support, resource connection, and wellness navigation for individuals impacted by relationship violence and trauma. Through a person-centered approach, participants are connected to supportive services, community resources, and healing-centered support designed to promote safety, empowerment, and long-term wellness.
Philadelphia is the fifth-largest city in the United States. Being one of the larger cities the need for resources exceeds the available resources. Project S.A.V.E stands to be an organization that can serve multiple clients with different requests and approaches to treatment. Project S.A.V.E currently acts as an accessible service providing service with input and choice from the member. Ensuring our members are first, we encourage them to make choices that will support them with their journey.
Our programs and services are designed to incorporate our three (3) core values: education. advocacy. community. Members who stay through the course of the programs and services report an increase in daily living activities, mood improvement, and reaching their own personal goals.
Project S.A.V.E welcomes volunteers from all specialty backgrounds. If you believe in empowering members and supporting them along their journey we have something for you.
*Please note these volunteer opportunities may require a minimum of 10-15 hours a week (higher during events/fundraisers)
Donations are vital to Project S.A.V.E’s growth and sustainability. All donations are 100% tax-deductible.
