Progress Continues on SVA's NEW Shakopee Site

… Choosing Shakopee as SVA’s new home was based on several factors, according to Larson. The primary decider was finding a central location that would best serve the most people.

“The highest number of clients that we’re serving are coming from Shakopee, Prior Lake and Chaska,” she said. “So being close to one of those communities was a priority for us.”

The Shakopee site’s proximity to the Scott County Government Center for legal and court advocacy work as well as proximity to other partnering nonprofits and organizations also makes it a much better fit for the nonprofit.

“Being able to quickly refer clients to additional services and partner agencies is really going to be beneficial when we’re right there in the community,” Larson said. “One thing we anticipate is we’re going to be doing a lot more resource referrals because not everybody that walks into our building is going to have domestic violence as their primary concern. So having those tight partnerships with the other agencies for cross referrals is going to be really important.” …

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