Community Beyond Violence Updates County Supervisors
Community Beyond Violence Updates County Supervisors
Community Beyond Violence reflects on a year of record support for survivors as it celebrates the acquisition of a new, permanent emergency shelter to provide long-term stability in Nevada County.
As part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, an update on the issue was provided to Nevada County Supervisors at Tuesday’s meeting. The Executive Director of Community Beyond Violence, Allison Bischofberger, noted that it’s not just a private family issue…
Community Beyond Violence was established nearly 50 years ago, in 1978, as the county’s designated agency and rape crisis center. They’ve provided a comprehensive continuum of services. That includes 24/7 crisis response, emergency shelter, counseling, legal advocacy, forensic accompaniment, and housing navigation. Bischofberger said in 2025 alone they served 773 survivors, answered 11-hundred-49 crisis line calls, provided 34-hundred-16 nights of emergency shelter, delivered 45-hundred-85 counseling sessions, and provided more than a-thousand direct services. Supervisor Hardy Bullock also praised the organizations cost-effectiveness…
And for the first time, Community Beyond Violence now owns its own permanent emergency shelter. It will provide long-term stability for both the organization and the survivors they serve.
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