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on grants, loans, and federal financial assistance programs that are targeted by President Trump’s executive orders was rescinded only 24 hours later, but not before sending local organizations into a panic.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 […]

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 […]

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TRANSITION AT THE RETREAT

LORETTA DAVIS TO STEP DOWN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CATE CARBONARO TO BECOME NEW LEAD EAST HAMPTON, NY (OCTOBER 7, 2024)  After ten years leading The Retreat through dramatic growth and assisting thousands of victims of domestic violence across Suffolk County, Loretta Davis has made the decision to step down as Executive Director at the end […]

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 […]

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