Episode 08 - Jessica Cisneros (Safe Embrace)

In this episode, we got to have a conversation with Jessica Cisneros, the Executive Director of Safe Embrace.  Jessica initially started working with survivors and their children in the child welfare system in Clark County in 2006. She started as a case manager for a non-profit and eventually was promoted to supervisor and then to a program director. After moving back to Reno, she worked for NCJFC as a Site Manager working with courts across the nation on best practices and the intersection between child welfare and domestic violence.  She joined the Safe Embrace team in December 2017 as the Program Director and was promoted to Executive Director in June 2019.   Safe Embrace is a non-profit committed to ending the cycle of domestic and sexual violence in our community. We offer a wide variety of prevention and intervention services that are survivor centered and trauma informed. Some of the largest successes include expansion of our co-ed safe house to 32 beds, incorporating a housing first and rule reduction model in all residential programs and expanding our outreach and prevention education programming. Information regarding our programs and volunteer opportunities can be found on our website at www.safeembrace.org or you can call our 24 hour hotline at 775-322-3466.