EnCourage Advocacy Center

EnCourage Advocacy Center Working towards a community without violence. We may have helped you. Consider becoming a partner to enCourage Advocacy Center.

enCourage Advocacy Center works proactively to address root causes of abuse and violence in Adams, Nuckolls, Clay and Webster counties and promote safe, nonviolent communities. enCourage endeavors to model effective relationships and combat human trafficking while empowering survivors of abuse and sexual assault enCourage serves people of all ages, genders and walks of life. Core Services
-24-hour

crisis line
-Safety planning
-Emergency shelter
-Legal and medical advocacy
-Assistance with protection and harassment orders
-Assistance in accessing other community services, including financial support, transitional housing, mental health services, and substance abuse services.
-Education and support groups and classes

Intimate partner violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sexual trafficking cut across demographic lines—it can happen to anyone. Serving 700 people a year in our four-county area, enCourage Advocacy Center may have helped a sister, mother, daughter, friend, neighbor, or other loved one. Your investment ensures that we can continue to meet the needs of survivors of violence in our area as well as provide resources and prevention programs to our community.

05/20/2026

BREAKING NEWS! The TAKE IT DOWN ACT is now in effect. That means platforms such as websites and apps have 48 hours to remove intimate images shared without your consent after you report them, and they’re required to continually remove duplicates by federal law. The law applies to images and videos, real and fake, including AI-generated or “deepfake” content.

If a platform does not follow the law, you have the right to report them to the FTC, the government agency responsible for enforcing this law, at TAKEITDOWN.ftc.gov.

This is a major win for survivors and one step forward in combatting image-based sexual abuse. If you have struggled in the wake of this abuse, know that you are not alone and you deserve an expedient response when you report harm.

Platforms must do more to not only respond to this abuse, but to prevent these images from being created and spreading, shifting the onus of responsibility from survivors to perpetrators and the tech companies that facilitate this abuse.

Wednesday, May 20th Heather from the Nebraska AIDS Project - Kearney will be at enCourage offering FREE and CONFIDENTIAL...
05/15/2026

Wednesday, May 20th Heather from the Nebraska AIDS Project - Kearney will be at enCourage offering FREE and CONFIDENTIAL HIV/STI Testing. No appointment required but if you would like to let Heather know you will be stopping by please scan the QR code or email her at [email protected].

Thank you to everyone who has donated to the enCourage Advocacy Center's No One Heals Alone Fund through Give Hastings D...
05/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who has donated to the enCourage Advocacy Center's No One Heals Alone Fund through Give Hastings Day. Your support for local survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking is greatly appreciated!
If you have not had time to donate yet today, now is your chance to support local survivors!
https://www.givehastings.org/organization/enCourage-givehastings

Help us finish filling our heart this Give Hastings Day. We are so close to being halfway there. Every dollar of support...
05/07/2026

Help us finish filling our heart this Give Hastings Day. We are so close to being halfway there. Every dollar of support goes to assist local survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault with their general everyday needs to help them along their healing journey.

Survivors are some of the most resilient people in the world. But resilience alone cannot pay rent, feed children, or si...
05/07/2026

Survivors are some of the most resilient people in the world. But resilience alone cannot pay rent, feed children, or silence the aftermath of trauma. The barriers survivors face after escaping violence are vast and complex — and when unmet, they become reasons survivors return to dangerous situations, fall through the cracks of traditional systems, or give up on a future they deserve.
Help us reach our goal of $12,000 to support local survivors of violence this Give Hastings Day!
https://www.givehastings.org/organization/enCourage-givehastings

Stand with local survivors of violence by contributing to the enCourage Advocacy Center's Give Hastings Day page. All fu...
05/06/2026

Stand with local survivors of violence by contributing to the enCourage Advocacy Center's Give Hastings Day page. All funds donated during Give Hastings Day will be placed in the No One Heals Alone Fund to support the general needs of local survivors.

https://www.givehastings.org/organization/enCourage-givehastings

Address

220 S Burlington, #4
Hastings, NE
68901

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 1pm

Telephone

+14024635810

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