A new campus near Meadows Mall opened its doors on Thursday, Oct. 15, bringing together more than 20 community organizations under one roof to serve survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking in Las Vegas. Called One Safe Place, the $20 million facility at 3820 Meadows Lane is Nevada's first affiliated Family Justice Center, designed so survivors no longer have to shuttle between separate offices across the city to find help.
The project was funded through a mix of public and private money, according to the Las Vegas Sun. Nevada's Interim Finance Committee approved $9 million in American Rescue Plan Act pandemic relief funds for the project, the facility received a $5 million loan from the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank, and the rest came from private donors raised by SafeNest, according to the Nevada Globe. The infrastructure bank loan was approved in mid-2024 to help finalize financing for the campus.
SafeNest, the nonprofit operating the new campus, is Nevada's largest domestic and sexual violence organization and has run 24/7 crisis response, emergency housing and legal advocacy across Clark County for nearly 50 years. The group's work dates back to its founding in 1977, and it remains Southern Nevada's primary domestic violence shelter provider. One Safe Place is now formally affiliated with Alliance for HOPE International, whose network includes more than 200 similar centers across the United States. The Family Justice Center model brings coordinated, wraparound services together under one roof.
21 Agencies, One Building
Inside the multi-building campus near the Meadows Mall, visitors can find 21 onsite community partner organizations, including behavioral health clinics, child advocacy specialists, housing managers and legal advocates. The co-location model is meant to spare survivors the burden of traveling between separate municipal and nonprofit agencies just to piece together the help they need, from a protective order to a place to sleep that night.
The center also incorporates what organizers describe as a dual-approach care model, offering resources for survivors while simultaneously running intervention and accountability programs for people who have caused harm. This approach pairs survivor support with accountability efforts.
A Crisis Driving the Need
The timing reflects a grim local reality. Domestic violence was identified as the leading cause of homicide across Clark County in 2025, according to public statements from SafeNest leadership. Those statements track with statewide figures: Nevada recorded 45 domestic violence-related homicide fatalities across 32 incidents in 2025, with 40 of those deaths occurring in Clark County, according to the Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, as reported by KTVN.
The 2025 figures underscore the need for services for survivors. A News 3 video described Nevada as ranking second nationally for domestic violence, a different measure from rates of women killed by male intimate partners.
What Comes Next
With One Safe Place now open, the question facing Las Vegas is whether consolidating services under one roof can actually move the needle on those fatality numbers in the years ahead. The campus represents Nevada's entry into a national model that advocates say reduces fragmentation, but its real test will be how effectively the 21 partner agencies coordinate in practice and whether state funding for victim services can be sustained once federal pandemic-era relief dollars are gone.
