Someplace Safe director to retire
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WARREN
Patricia Porter, longtime executive director of Someplace Safe, is retiring this summer.
Porter joined the Someplace Safe staff in 1998 and oversaw growth in the advancement of victims’ rights through a legal-advocacy program.
This growth included successful collaborations through the Trumbull County Domestic Violence Task Force and prevention programming regarding dangerous versus healthy relationships in Trumbull County schools, agency officials said.
Under Porter’s direction, Someplace Safe, based in Warren, was instrumental in establishing the second Special Docket Domestic Violence Court in Ohio, and she was elected to the Ohio Domestic Violence Network board of directors.
Looking back on her career with Someplace Safe, Porter said: “It has been an honor to have worked toward the end of domestic violence, an extremely important and personal cause affecting many of Trumbull County’s residents. While I look forward to my own retirement this summer, I know the tireless work of Someplace Safe will continue, strengthening our community.”
Someplace Safe, Trumbull County’s domestic-violence agency, seeks to reduce and prevent domestic violence as well as improve the quality of life for victims of domestic violence. The agency provides advocacy, education, supportive services, emergency 24-hour crisis intervention and shelter to aid families. Additionally, Someplace Safe seeks to achieve public awareness and a unified community response to the issue of domestic violence.
Someplace Safe board of directors member John Martin is overseeing the search committee for a replacement for Porter. For information on Porter’s position, see the full job posting at www.someplacesafe.org.
“The board is grateful for her years of dedicated service,” board President Carol Caronite said of Porter.