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 – 11 a.m.
Sunday
Closed
Our Holidays
AVDA observes the following holidays and all of its offices are closed on these days.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Jan. 15, 2024
- Good Friday: March 29, 2024
- Memorial Day: May 27, 2024
- Independence Day: July 4, 2024
- Labor Day: Sept. 2, 2024
- Thanksgiving: Nov. 28-29, 2024
- Christmas: Dec. 25-26, 2024
- New Year’s: Dec. 31, 2024 and Jan. 1, 2025
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
Maisha Colter, Chief Executive Officer
MaishaC@avda-tx.org
Barbara Stalder
Managing Attorney for Harris County
BarbaraS@avda-tx.org
LeJoi Toliver
Managing Attorney for Fort Bend County
LejoiT@avda-tx.org
Interim Director of Battering Intervention and Prevention (BIPP)
AllisonG@avda-tx.org
Carolyn Burks
BIPP Operations Manager
CarolynB@avda-tx.org
Karen McWhorter
Director of Development
KarenM@avda-tx.org
Nicole Franklin Jones
Director of Outreach
NicoleF@avda-tx.org
John Reyes
Prevention & Education Manager
JohnR@avda-tx.org
Elizabeth Galante
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
ElizabethG@avda-tx.org
