About Us

We envision a community where safety and well-being are achieved by empowering people to find a path toward healthy, thriving relationships.

Journey Center for Safety and Healing is Cuyahoga County’s most comprehensive domestic violence agency. Formerly known as Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center, Journey Center carries on the same mission, vision, and values. With nearly 45 years of leadership, our innovative approach addressing domestic violence and child abuse serves both children and adults to help break the cycle of violence.

Journey Center for Safety and Healing provides services that foster safety and healing for those affected by child abuse and domestic violence; and prevents abuse through education, advocacy, and systemic change. Journey Center values Empowerment, Resiliency, Safety, Inclusion, Integrity, and Connectedness. We envision a community where safety and well-being are achieved by empowering people to find a path toward healthy, thriving relationships. 

Journey Center’s model is grounded in self-determination and operates from a strengths-based philosophy while incorporating best practices and evidence-based strategies. Services are delivered through a trauma-informed lens with an emphasis on individual empowerment as persons navigate their own journey.

Our new name reflects that we are there to walk alongside those impacted by domestic violence and child abuse every step of the way. Every person’s journey is unique as they find a path toward healthy, thriving relationships.

Learn more about our 24-Hour Helpline by watching this video and our programs and services by watching our Lunch & Learn Series on YouTube.
Click here to download our Programs and Services Handout.

Journey Center Core Values

Empowerment
To partner with people as they foster their strength and confidence, and express their worth

Resiliency
To promote an environment where we recognize and affirm the ability to overcome traumatic situations with persistence and determination

Safety
To experience the world without fear and to enjoy relationships based on respect and trust

Inclusion
To seek, value, and learn from the unique perspectives of diverse individuals and to advocate for equal access to opportunities and resources

Integrity
To be honest in our relationships, true to our mission in words and actions, and accountable for saying what we will do and doing what we say

Connectedness
To collaborate at the individual, community, and systemic levels to cultivate respectful, meaningful, and supportive relationships that foster growth and well-being

JOURNEY CENTER commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Journey Center for Safety and Healing is committed to modeling our work through a lens of anti-racism and equity. We know that, moving forward, we must remain grounded in the experiences of those most vulnerable in our communities, particularly survivors of color. Without their voices, we cannot begin to accomplish our work of serving all survivors. We are committed to an intentional examination of how our own internal structure and our community partners may be unknowingly reinforcing these systems of oppression that we wholeheartedly oppose. But most importantly, Journey Center for Safety and Healing is committed to action.

History of Journey Center

• Narrative History of Journey Center

• Journey Center Timeline

Board of Directors

Leadership

Anne Face
Chief Executive Officer
aface@journeyneo.org

Carol Carbary, ACFRE
Chief Development & Marketing Officer
ccarbary@journeyneo.org 

Shelly Dudas
Chief Advocacy Officer
sdudas@journeyneo.org

Robin D. Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
rjohnson@journeyneo.org

Tameka Huey-Barkley, PCC-S, LMT
Clinical Director Prevention & Trauma Services
thuey-barkley@journeyneo.org

Samantha Justham
Director of Shelter Services and Crisis Housing
sjustham@journeyneo.org

Sara Otts
Director of Development
sotts@journeyneo.org

Jenna Capan (Mohan), RAAS
Housing First Manager
jcapan@journeyneo.org

Deb Carey
Controller
dcarey@journeyneo.org 

Rena Darling
Supervised Visitation Center Manager
rdarling@journeyneo.org

Megan Gergen, MPA
Manager of Public Affairs and Communications
mgergen@journeyneo.org

Victoria Grant, RASS
Justice System Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Manager
vgrant@journeyneo.org

Carrie Joseph
Prevention & Community Education Manager
cjoseph@journeyneo.org

Molly Kaplan, MPH
Homicide Prevention Manager
mkaplan@journeyneo.org

Kristen Lundeen
Accounting Manager
klundeen@journeyneo.org

Jennifer Mancino, MSW, LISW
Trauma Services Manager
jmancino@journeyneo.org

Language Access

Journey Center provides services for all individuals, regardless of language. Journey will provide translation and interpreter services for all services.