Henderson House Services

Crisis line  •  Shelter  •  Crisis intervention  •  Children's services
Support groups  •  Outreach  •  Community  •  Education

Henderson House is open from 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at our First and Ford facility in McMinnville.  If you need help outside our normal work hours, please call our crisis line.  An advocate will answer the phone 24 hours a day.

Crisis Line: Henderson House provides round-the-clock advocacy 365 days a year, information and referrals to more than 1,000 callers annually.  Call 24 hours a day: (503) 472-1503 or (877) 227-5946.


Shelter: Henderson House Provides life-saving services to more than 100 women and children each year who receive food, clothing, transportation, support groups and individual counseling. Advocates can accompany survivors to a medical facility. Henderson House provides a safe environment for women and children to stabilize from their initial crisis situation. Victims work with an advocate to develop a plan for them to move forward from victim to survivor. We empower clients by providing information about their abuse, provide them with the information necessary for them to make informed choices and then support them in their decision-making processes, even if their decision is to return to their abuser.


Crisis Intervention and Support: Advocates help families to help themselves through comprehensive planning and access to services, such as drug and alcohol assessment and treatment, employment searches, housing and legal assistance, and ongoing emotional support. We assist victims with completing restraining orders. We accompany clients to court and provide information that will help them understand the court processes and procedures. We provide a voice for victims when they are unable to find their own. We regularly conduct safety planning, abuse continuum evaluations and lethality assessments with our clients. We contract to provide individual counseling for adult clients. We make ourselves available to victims and accompany them to the emergency room or doctor.


Children's Services: By providing group and individualized structured activities, developmentally appropriate play activities, and assisting parents to re-bond with their children, Henderson House helps break the cycle of violence with children who have experienced and witnessed abuse.


Support Groups: Trained facilitators and volunteers offer weekly support groups for both adults and their children. Spanish speaking groups are also available.  Additionally we work to promote change in the societal conditions that allow oppression and all forms of violence against vulnerable populations to exist, by providing direct services, outreach, and education. For more about support groups, click here.


Outreach: We regularly conduct outreach through public service announcements on the local radio station, the use of public able access, and having local newspapers run articles related to our services. We also publish a newsletter three times a year with a circulation of over 1,500 individuals and businesses through Yamhill County. We use our newsletter to inform people of our services and to educate on specific topics related to domestic and sexual violence.


Community Connections: We work cooperatively and closely with a network of service providers, law enforcement, and court and corrections personnel on a countywide domestic violence task force, working toward a coordinated community response. We work with state agencies to develop coordinated case plans with mutual clients.


Education: Henderson House enlists the community in preventing domestic and sexual violence through a speaker's bureau, public information, and community-wide awareness activities. Community Education is provided to schools, businesses, service clubs, civic groups, and social service organizations. We provide community education to schools, businesses, and organizations. We have curriculums for elementary, high school, and college students. We individualize our presentations to businesses and organizations to meet their needs.  For more about our educational programs, click here.