Grace Crockett became an overcomer after experiencing violence in her life through several marriages. Once she was fed up, she stood up, and begin to face it head on.
Crockett subsequently founded Agnes’ Centers for Domestic Solutions in Tempe, providing counseling, mentoring, lifeskills training and coaching to victims and abusers to help them overcome.
Agnes Centers is in the process of opening its first residential facility in the city of Maricopa, which will house five individuals who have been identified with a behavioral health diagnosis. It will also provide individual and group counseling to area residents.
“Basically, when I went through domestic violence there was limited resources and services in the community,” Crockett said. “I started Agnes Centers to end the domestic violence cycle by providing services to both the victim and perpetrator.”
Agnes’ Centers’ programs and services focus on empowering victims and educating perpetrators who are ready to end the cycle of abuse in their lives by addressing their childhood adversities with trauma-informed care. Since its inception in 2012, the 501(c)3 non-profit organization has helped over 300 people overcome some form of abuse.
Crockett describes herself as renowned author, mother, grandmother, public speaker and advocate against domestic violence. In her book, “Overcomer: How I Survived Domestic Violence,” Crockett tells her story of being a repeat victim and shares insight to her healing. Crockett has appeared on radio and television bringing awareness to intimate partner violence and the negative affects it has on families and the community. She also travels the country speaking at conventions, schools, churches and expos.
Education is key and Crockett instructs her clients and outside professionals on how to recognize a victim, how to respond to them and how to properly refer them for help. Her professional training program, F.A.C.E. I.T. (Family Awareness Crisis Education Intervention and Training), focuses on families being made aware of the signs of domestic violence.
Crockett is a member and secretary of Zonta Club of Maricopa, member of Sista’s with Style Empowerment and member of #BossMom.
AgnesCenters.com
AgnesCenter.org
480-664-6554
455 S. 48th Street, Suite 106
Tempe AZ 85281
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