Who We Are
Since 1980, Embrace, formerly the TimeOut Shelter, has been providing free and confidential supportive services and safe housing to survivors of gender-based violence in the four county service area of Rusk, Washburn, Barron, and Price Counties. For over 45 years, Embrace has worked to go beyond providing safe shelter to our communities to instead addressing violence at its roots and preventing survivors from needing to flee to emergency shelter in the first place. We provide outreach and community awareness efforts, preventative education, safe housing and emergency shelter, 24/7 accompaniment support, and a variety of comprehensive services to help survivors navigate the systems. Ultimately, Embrace’s goal is to inspire social change and eradicate violence.
Embrace is the only provider of advocacy services to domestic and sexual violence survivors in the rural and low-income service area. To best reach out and serve survivors in our communities, we have four offices with locally-based staff. There’s an office in Spooner, Rice Lake, Ladysmith, and Phillips with the safe shelter located in Ladysmith.
As a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status, we deeply value the trust that has been placed in us. Both the staff and the organization’s Board of Directors are committed to the best practices in governance, accountability and transparency. Embrace is governed by a 17 member Board who bring expertise and knowledge from a variety of sectors in order to uphold the organization’s mission.
Embrace Land Acknowledgment
We acknowledge the Embrace offices are on the land the Anishinaabe People on whose ancestral lands we are grateful to work and live as guests. Embrace honors Indigenous people as ancestral keepers of this land, and we acknowledge the genocide, displacement, ethnic cleansing, and forced removal of Indigenous people across the seven continents.
