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Emergency Shelter & Care for Men & Kids

Goal$500,000 USD
Raised$0 USD

Fundraiser created byJoshua Duran

Emergency Shelter & Care for Men & Kids

​About Our Mission


​Every day, men and fathers face severe, life-threatening domestic crisis situations, often forced to flee abusive home environments with their children. Yet, across the nation, emergency shelters and dedicated legal or psychological resources specifically for male victims and their dependents are virtually non-existent.


​We are constantly reminded of how volatile family dynamics can become. The national conversation around cases like Lindsay Clancy and the shocking, vocal online subcultures that mobilize to justify or defend someone who took the lives of three innocent children—highlights a dangerous cultural blind spot. Furthermore, male victims face immense stigma when coming forward. Men are often expected to endure abuse in silence, and when they do seek help, they face the immediate risk of false accusations, losing access to their children, or severe legal manipulation.


​A Personal Reality


​This issue isn't theoretical to me, this one; it's personal. After surviving a life-threatening assault where my son's mother attempted to run me over while intoxicated, I was the one who ended up facing false domestic violence accusations and the threat of major prison time. That experience exposed the terrifying reality men face when trying to protect themselves and their children. No father should have to choose between enduring abuse or facing total legal ruin just to keep his children safe.


​Our Two-Phase Plan for Lasting Change


​We are building a self-sustaining non-profit model that directly addresses emergency needs today while funding long-term solutions for tomorrow. We aren't looking to run endless donation drives; we are building infrastructure that supports itself.


​Phase 1: Establishing Emergency Support for Men & Children


​Funding legal filing fees to formalize our non-profit status.

​Establishing an emergency defense and relocation fund for fathers and children fleeing abusive situations.


​Providing immediate access to vetted family advocacy, legal counsel, and temporary safe housing.


​Phase 2: Building Modern Mental Health & Institutional Facilities


​Designing and opening secure mental health care facilities (asylums) for individuals who pose a severe danger to themselves or society and cannot safely exist in open community spaces.


​Addressing the massive gap left by closed state facilities, which currently causes non-violent individuals experiencing extreme mental health crises to be improperly housed in maximum-security prisons.


​Harnessing state, federal, and medical insurance funding streams to make these facilities self-sustaining, ensuring they can continuously fund our male domestic violence shelters and programs for decades to come.


​If we can help even one father bring his children to safety, that is one more family preserved to build a better tomorrow. Your support directly funds the groundwork for this dual-mission initiative. Thank you for standing with us. I found a way out of that cycle and into the most wonderful marriage, to the most amazing woman who backs me up in all I do and we work to be the partners the other deserves. Other's deserve that too! Help us and help others!


Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.


Galatians 6:9





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