Family Safety

Keeping families safe is a primary objective of Triangle Family Services.  Family violence is often a hidden problem that contributes to more visible issues such as financial instability, homelessness, juvenile delinquency, and mental illness. Family violence is a major social, legal, and health problem in our community.  Family violence is the leading cause of injury to women - more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes - combined.

The impact on children is especially devastating.  Research has shown that child exposure to violence contributes to life-long physical, emotional, social, and mental health problems.  In fact, child exposure to violence is the greatest predictor of future violent behavior - or victimization - in adulthood. Triangle Family Services is responding to the issue of family violence through the DOSE Program, one of the largest abuser treatment programs in North Carolina; and through Time Together Visitation Center, Wake County's first supervised visitation and exchange program.