Contact Us
Find contact information for AVDA’s three offices.
AVDA (Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse)
Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday
Legal aid assistance by appointment
BIPP 8:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Sunday
Closed
Special Hours
AVDA observes the following holidays and all offices are closed on:
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Jan. 20, 2025
- Good Friday: April 18, 2025
- Memorial Day: May 26, 2025
- Independence Day:
July 3, 2025: early closure at 3:00 PM
July 4, 2025: all day - Labor Day: Sept. 1, 2025
- Thanksgiving: Nov. 27-28, 2025
- Christmas: Dec. 25-26, 2025
- New Year’s Eve: Dec. 31, 2025
- New Year’s Day: Jan. 1, 2026
Austin, Grimes, Waller & Washington Counties Offices
- Focusing Families 910 Ninth St. Hempstead, TX 77445
- United Way of Greater Houston – Waller County Center 531 Farm-to-Market 359 Road South Brookshire, TX 77423
Fort Bend County
- The United Way of Greater Houston– Fort Bend County Center 12300 Parc Crest Drive, Suite 140 Stafford, TX 77477
Intake and client advocates:
Attorneys and paralegals:
BIPP staff:
Austin, Grimes, Waller and Washington Counties Offices
Focusing Families
910 Ninth St.
Hempstead, TX 77445
Austin, Grimes, Waller and Washington Counties Offices
United Way of Greater Houston – Waller County Center
531 Farm-to-Market 359 Road South
Brookshire, TX 77423
Fort Bend County
The United Way of Greater Houston – Fort Bend County Center
12300 Parc Crest Drive, Suite 140
Stafford, TX 77477
Harris County/AVDA’s Main Office
1001 Texas Ave., Suite 600
Houston, TX 77002
Contact Us
Staff Contacts
Maisha Colter
Chief Executive Officer
MaishaC@avda-tx.org
Treasea Trevino
Managing Attorney for Harris County
TreaseaT@avda-tx.org
LeJoi Toliver
Managing Attorney for Fort Bend County
LejoiT@avda-tx.org
Deborah Llanas
Director of Advocacy Services
DeborahL@avda-tx.org
Allison Guerra
Director of Battering Intervention and Prevention (BIPP)
AllisonG@avda-tx.org
Carolyn Burks
BIPP Operations Manager
CarolynB@avda-tx.org
Haley Anderson
Lead Trauma Counselor
HaleyA@avda-tx.org
Nicole Franklin Jones
Director of Outreach
NicoleF@avda-tx.org
John Reyes
Prevention & Education Manager
JohnR@avda-tx.org
Karen McWhorter
Director of Development
KarenM@avda-tx.org
Elizabeth Galante
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
ElizabethG@avda-tx.org
Reese Johnson
Volunteer Program
ReeseJ@avda-tx.org
