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Find contact information for AVDA’s three offices.

AVDA (Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse)

Business Hours

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

Harris County/AVDA’s Main Office

  • 1001 Texas Ave., Suite 600 Houston, TX 77002
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Intake and client advocates:

(713) 715-6935
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Attorneys and paralegals:

(713) 429-4363
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BIPP staff:

(713) 715-6945

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

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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

Allison Guerra
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