Angels of Love

A 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing services to abused women and children.

Angels of Love is a non-profit organization founded with the purpose of developing a full array of services for children and families who are victims of abuse. It is our intention to fill the service gaps left by underfunded and understaffed governmental services to children and their families. Our mission is “To provide abused and neglected women and children of the Rio Grande Valley, and their families with individualized services in a safe and loving environment in order to provide them with the tools necessary to restore each woman and child to a healthy self-worth and healthy family setting”.

Angels of Love was founded with the purpose of developing a full array of services for children and families who are victims of abuse. It is our intention to fill the service gaps left by underfunded and understaffed governmental services to children and their families. Our mission is “To provide abused and neglected women and children of the Rio Grande Valley, and their families with individualized services in a safe and loving environment in order to provide them with the tools necessary to restore each woman and child to a healthy self-worth and healthy family setting”. We attempt to accomplish this through the following: ADVOCACY- Advocacy is speaking on behalf of others to get something done. Angels of Love serves as a catalyst for advocating for women and children victims of abuse in the Rio Grande Valley. We do this by speaking on behalf of women and children and families to local officials, state-level officials, and federal policy-makers. We work with fellow advocates and partner with other organizations that share common goals in order to increase our overall power and influence. Angels of Love provides community-based prevention activities, public awareness, and educational programs and initiatives. In 2018, Angels of Love applied for a grant to be able to offer legal advocacy services and protective order clinics to victims of domestic abuse. If approved, the program will commence in October 2018. VICTIM & FAMILY SUPPORT- Family support services are community-based services that assist and support parents in their role as caregivers. Such services can take many different forms depending on the strengths and needs of the family. In 2012, Angels of Love began offering the “Empowerment for Victims and Families” a domestic violence for Victims course. In 2015, Angels of Love began offering “Expect Respect” a teen dating violence prevention course to local school districts, juvenile offenders, and the community. In 2017 we began offering the Kind Girls and Girl Power programs for young girls. EMERGENCY SHELTER- It is the intent of Angels of Love to open a shelter for women and children who are victims of violence and abuse. We are currently working to raise awareness about the issue, and seeking resources to make this shelter a reality. Women and children who have experienced abuse deserve to feel safe, and protected. The shelter will provide professionals trained in trauma-informed care, to ensure a consistent and supportive approach to victims in crisis situations. While in the shelter they will receive basic needs such as food and clean clothes, as well as Individual and group therapy, and Medical care. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY- For the past 7 years, Angels of Love has organized a Toy Drive and Christmas party for the children under the care of the Family Based Services Division of CPS. We work with CPS and other community partners to organize the party, provide, entertainment and food for the children. These are the children that are placed with relatives or family friends while their parents undergo treatment or receive services. These family members do not receive a check to help care for these children and thus they are in most need of help during the holidays.