About Us

WHO WE ARE

Our Vision

We are the hands that compassionately empowers and affectionately guides hurting individuals, and encourage them to live enriched, purposeful lives in safety and security, serenity, expectancy, and experience restoration and wholeness within their spirit, soul, and body.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to end domestic violence and sexual assault in Ellis County and surrounding areas.

Our Mission

Our mission is to eradicate domestic violence and sexual assault by providing emergency housing, crisis intervention, and prevention education throughout the community.

Our Focus

HHC assists with restoring survivors to become spiritually liberated, emotionally whole, and financially self-sufficient through providing safe housing, empowering survivors, and equipping them with the resources that will positively impact them and their families.  The survivors begin to embrace a new life in a trusting, and stable environment. Inevitably they will become more stable financially, socially, and negative emotions will diminish such as fear, guilt, embarrassment, and other negative emotions related to the assault.  The women and children will become more confident and secure; therefore, they will be able to accomplish individual goals.

Need Hope? We got you.

Our purpose is to end domestic violence and sexual assault in Ellis County and surrounding areas.

OUR FOUNDER

Alecia Peters

Alecia Peters is the Founder and Executive Director of Healing Hearts Center, a position she’s held since the organization began in 2010. She is a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault and has advocated on behalf of abused women and children for over 22 years. Since 2001 Ms. Peters has devoted her life to ending violence against women and children. During her undergraduate studies, Ms. Peters began working with survivors of abuse. Once she received her graduate degree, Ms. Peters became a Mental Health Professional with Mental Health Management. She counseled individuals, conducted support groups, and trained staff on the dynamics of mental illness.

In 2006, Ms. Peters relocated to Dallas, Texas. She has worked or volunteered social services with various settings assisted living center, in a correctional facility, homeless shelter, hospice, psychiatric hospital, and substance abuse facility. However her passion is working with domestic violence and sexual assault survivors and helping women and children annulate the cycle of abuse. 
 
Ms. Peters is believer that with God all things are possible.  Ms. Peters’s life is a testament of God’s grace,  love,  and restoration. 
Ms. Peters is most grateful for her God’s transformative love that took an abused, fragile, and fearful girl and turned her into a fervent advocate.