THE RETREAT LAUNCHES GROUNDBREAKING ABUSE IN LATER LIFE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY
FEBRUARY IS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH (TDVAM)
The Retreat Works to Support and Empower Teens
Freeze on federal money for LI nonprofits: Chaos reigns over Trump order
By Nicholas Spangler, Newsday.com January 30, 2025 Long Island’s not-for-profit leaders — operators of food pantries and domestic violence shelters, providers of services to veterans, seniors and people with substance use disorders — were whipsawed Wednesday as the White House budget office rescinded a memo freezing some federal grants, a major source of operating funds for […]
Prospect of Funding Freeze Panicked Many
By Christopher Gangemi, East Hampton Star January 30, 2025 The Federal Office of Management and Budget’s temporary pause Tuesday on grants, loans, and federal financial assistance programs that are targeted by President Trump’s executive orders was rescinded only 24 hours later, but not before sending local organizations into a panic. “Any program not implicated by the President’s […]
A ‘Tremendously Impactful’ Law for Protection Against Domestic Violence, The Retreat Says
Christopher Walsh on Dec 3, 2024, 27East.com State legislation expanding protections in domestic violence cases in criminal and family court to include all family and household members was commended by officials at The Retreat, which provides safety, shelter and support for victims of domestic abuse on the South Fork. Governor Kathy Hochul on November 25 […]
Wonder Women: with help from within, The Retreat welcomes its new executive director
By Emily Toy on November 13, 2024, Southforker.com Everybody likes a smooth transition. At The Retreat, a nonprofit organization that assists victims of domestic violence across Suffolk County, that sentiment reigns especially true. At the end of next month Loretta Davis will step down as executive director at the East Hampton-based organization, ending her decade-long term in […]
A Roundtable Conversation With the Leaders of Some of the Region’s Nonprofit Organizations
Joseph P. Shaw on Nov 7, 2024 | 27East.com First, tell me a bit about yourself and your charity — your title, how long you’ve been in the position. LORETTA DAVIS: I have worked for The Retreat for 10 years — how did time pass so quickly! — as the executive director and have loved […]
Governor Announces $575,000 for The Retreat
By Christopher Walsh, 27East.com During her whirlwind visit to East Hampton Town on Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul visited The Retreat’s Stephanie House Shelter to announce that the state will allocate $575,000 to the nonprofit, which provides safety, shelter and support for victims of domestic abuse. The money will be used for building improvements and technological […]
Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence
East Hampton’s The Retreat works on prevention from the ground up. By Jenna Lebovits, The Purist In the ’80s on the East End, talk of domestic violence was hush-hush. Pastors, therapists and school employees offered quiet, underground support. Resources in the region were scarce, yet vital, for abuse survivors, so a grassroots movement began: In […]
My Experience as a Social Worker
By Sarah Samson, , MPH, CHESProject Coordinator of Long Island Safer Bars My experience as a social worker in domestic violence began while working with families who were formerly unhoused. Most of my clients had experienced some form of domestic or sexual violence leading up to becoming unhoused. When the opportunity to work in preventing […]
