Women911.com

ARE YOU IN DANGER NOW? IF YOU NEED HELP RIGHT NOW, CALL “911.”

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Are You in Danger Now? If you need help right now, call “911.”
You can also call The National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 TDD: 1-800-787-3224

California Domestic Violence Shelters

YOU'RE NOT ALONE

The First Step Is The Most Difficult​

 

Domestic violence can happen to anyone. It can feel isolating, like no one understands what you are going through, or why it may be hard to end the relationship. There are challenges and risks to leaving. More resources are available now than ever before to help. You don’t have to go through this alone.

1736 Family Crisis Center

Website

Multilingual Services in:
  • English
  • Spanish
Services Provided:
  • Domestic Violence Shelter
  • Emergency Youth Shelter
  • Hotlines
  • Community Service Centers
  • Intake/Individualized Service Plan
  • Case Management
  • Individual and Family Counseling
  • Group Counseling
  • Job Development/Placement
  • Legal Services
  • Life Skills Training
  • Financial Literacy Training
  • Parenting Education
  • Children’s Programming
  • Transitional Age Youth Services
  • CalWORKs, GROW and General Relief Services
  • Transportation
  • Family Reunification (Runaway/Homeless Youth)
  • FamilySource Center
  • LIHEAP (Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program)
  • Aftercare
  • Holiday Store
  • Emergency Room Response
  • Educational Prevention Outreach
  • Veterans’ Services

A Community for Peace

Website

Services Provided:
  • Counseling Services
  • Emergency Shelter
  • Legal Services
  • Education & Training Program
  • Tapestry Services: A Program Supporting LGBTQ+ Community

Citrus Heights, CA 95616
24 Hour Crisis Line: (916) 728-7210
LGBTQ+ Services: (916) 736-2443
Main Office: (916) 728-7210
Fulton Area: (916)-728-5613
Oak Park Area: (916) 917-5450

A Safe Place

Website

Services Provided:

  • 24 hour Crisis Shelter
  • Advocacy
  • Teen Violence Prevention
  • Community Education and Outreach
  • Community Mental Health Services

Oakland, CA 94623-0006
Crisis: (510) 536-7233
Office: (510) 986-8600

A Window Between Worlds

Website

Program:

A Window Between Worlds is NOT art therapy and our trainings are NOT art therapy or creative arts therapies trainings. Art therapy is conducted by a credentialed therapist who has been trained extensively in psychology and the arts. As art therapy is often not accessible or affordable in many places, AWBW is a resource for human service providers to provide art as a healing tool in a safe, productive, meaningful and effective way.

A Window Between Worlds follows a trauma-informed approach, acknowledging that trauma is prevalent and the impacts are far reaching. Trauma experiences, trauma responses and healing do not occur in isolation but in the context of the person, family and community. Our goal is to provide a resource — the opportunity to create art in a safe environment — that can empower individuals and communities throughout the healing process.

AWBW has a curriculum of over 500 workshops tailored to address the unique needs of adult and children participants.

Venice CA, 90291-3090
Office: (310) 396-0317

ADZ Law, LLP

Website

Practice Areas:
  • Family Law
  • Mediation
  • Domestic Violence
  • Minor’s Counsel
  • Victims of Crimes

San Mateo, CA 94403
Office: (650) 458-2300

Afghan Coalition

Website

Multilingual Services in:

  • English
  • Farsi/ Dari
Services Provided
  • Domestic Violence Support
  • Afghan Wellness Project, offers Preventive Counseling Services
  • Youth Program
  • Immigration Lawyer
  • For full list and detailed information on services, click here

Fremont, CA, 94538
Office: (510)-745-1680

Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault

Website

Multilingual Services in:

  • English
  • Spanish
Services Provided:
  • 24-Hour Crisis Hotline
  • Emergency Shelter, Food (Up to 60 days.)
  • 24-Hour Hospital Accompaniment
  • Transitional Housing (Up to 24 months.)
  • Licensed Childcare (Ages 0-5 years)
  • Individual and Group Counseling (Adults and Children)
  • Child Abuse Treatment (CHAT) Program
  • Human Trafficking Victim Advocacy
  • Domestic Violence Awareness Groups
  • Teen Domestic Violence Awareness Group
  • Child Sexual Assault Awareness Group (Ages 3 – 12)
  • Children Affected by Domestic Violence Groups (Ages 3 – 12)
  • Court Accompaniment and Legal Advocacy
  • Assistance with Temporary Restraining Orders
  • Employment and Housing Search and Placement
  • Community Outreach
  • Education and Job Skills Training
  • Case Management
  • Prevention & Education Workshops for Businesses and Schools
  • CSUB Campus Sexual Assault Advocacy
  • Self-Defense Classes
  • Certified Domestic Violence Volunteer Training
  • Certified Sexual Assault Volunteer Training
  • Sexual Assault Response Team (S.A.R.T.)

Bakersfield, Ca 93301

Toll Free: (800) 273-7713
LGBTQ Hotline: (661) 322-2869
24-Hour Crisis Hotline: (661) 327-1091

Alliance for Community Transformations

Website

Programs:

  • Mountain Crisis Services (Mariposa, CA)
  • Valley Crisis Center (Merced, CA)
  • Ethos Youth Center (Mariposa, CA)
  • Mariposa Heritage House (Mariposa, CA)
  • CASA (Mariposa, CA)

Mariposa CA, 95338
Office: (209) 742-6456

Alpha House

Website

Our Faith

Alpha House believes in the ministries of compassion and love because of the example Christ set before men and women in the Scriptures. We believe that since Jesus said to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matt. 19:19), that we are to show our love to our co-inhabitants of this earth in every way possible.

Services Provided

  • 24-Hour Crisis Help Line
  • Case management and mentoring programs which equip women to build stable and independent lives
  • A safe haven with 24 hour admissions for women and their dependent children suffering the effects of domestic violence
  • A place where women can remove themselves and their children from destructive, unsafe environments and break the cycle of domestic violence for the next generation
  • Domestic violence and sexual assault prevention education for community groups, schools, churches, and businesses, preventing future abuse cases

Taft, CA 93268
Crisis: (661) 763-HELP (4357)
Office: (661) 763-4357

Alternatives to Domestic Violence

Website

Programs and Service Provided:
  • Crisis Line
  • Outreach
  • Court Advocacy Services
  • Children’s Programs
  • Teen Violence Prevention Program
  • Violence Prevention Project
  • Community / Youth Education
  • Anger Management
  • Family Justice Centers
  • Counseling Services
  • REST Crisis Team
  • Domestic Abuse Intervention for CalWORKs Clients
  • Community Education
  • Violence in the Workplace

Riverside, CA 92502
Crisis Line: (951) 683-0829
Main Office: (951) 320-1370

Asian Americans for Community Involvement

Website 
Services in multiple languages and dialects.
Programs and Services:

  • Asian Women’s Home
    • A 24-hour crisis hotline and information hotline.  (408) 975-2739
    • A 24-hour emergency shelter.
    • Peer counseling; individual and group.
    • Help with restraining orders, family law, and immigration issues.
    • Domestic violence education and training for professionals and community groups.
    • Employment, housing, and social service advocacy.
    • Information and referrals.
    • San Jose Family Justice Center (FJC) – Open Thursdays from 9-5
    • Safe Chat – Safe Chat Silicon Valley
  • Health Center
  • Behavioral Health Services
  • Counseling Services
  • Wellness Services

San Jose, CA 95128-2680
Main Office: (408) 975-2730

Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence

Website

About the Institute

The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence is a national resource center on domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, and other forms of gender-based violence in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. It analyzes critical issues affecting Asian and Pacific Islander survivors; provides training, technical assistance, and policy analysis; and maintains a clearinghouse of information on gender violence, current research, and culturally-specific models of intervention and community engagement. The Institute serves a national network of advocates, community-based service programs, federal agencies, national and state organizations, legal, health, and mental health professionals, researchers, policy advocates, and activists from social justice organizations working to eliminate gender-based violence.

Its vision of gender democracy drives its goals to strengthen culturally-relevant advocacy, promote prevention and community engagement, and influence public policy and systems change.

To that end it’s training, technical assistance, and materials:

  • increase awareness about the extent and depth of various forms of gender-based violence
  • make culturally-and linguistically-specific issues visible;
  • strengthen models of prevention and intervention;
  • identify and expand resources;
  • inform and promote research and policy; and
  • deepen understanding and analyses of the issues surrounding violence against women.

San Francisco, CA 94108-4206
Office: (415) 568-3315

Asian Women’s Shelter

Website
Direct Services
  • Shelter Program
  • Language Access
  • Crisis Line
  • Case Management
  • Queer Asian Women + Transgender Support
  • Anti-Trafficking Program
  • Ngoc Thi Pham Fund
Community Building
  • Public Awareness
  • Grassroots Mobilization
  • Systems Advocacy + Change
  • Capacity Building

San Francisco, CA 94110
Crisis: 1-877-751-0880
Office: (415) 751-7110

ASPCA

Website

About
Helping vulnerable animals and keeping pets in safe and loving homes requires a commitment from all of us—advocates, pet owners, shelters, leaders, and entire communities. When we work together under a common cause, we’re both saving lives and elevating our society and its laws to ensure cruelty victims and other at-risk animals receive the protection and care they deserve.

Programs

  • Animal Rescue
  • Animal Placement
  • Animal Protection

Sacramento, CA 95811
Office: (916) 584-1816

Association of Batterers Intervention Program

Website

Mission
ABIP is committed to ending the interpersonal cruelty of domestic violence, increasing the safety of domestic violence victims and their children, reducing batterer behavior and thinking, making safe communities rather than victims of violent crimes.

La Puente, CA 91744
Office: (626) 316-4100

AV Saving Grace

Website

Mission
AV Saving Grace is a community, faith-based organization whose purpose is to serve women and children who are at risk, and seeking safety from domestic violence and/or homelessness. Our goal is to assist women to become independent and have successful, productive lives through education, supportive services, prevention and intervention.

Lancaster CA, 93539-9173
Office: (661) 200-4362

Bakersfield American Indian Health Project

Website

Services
  • Case Management
  • Medical – Vision – Dental – Pharmacy
  • Diabetes
  • Nutrition Class – Excercise Class
  • Behavioral Health & Substance Abuse
  • Transportation

Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661) 327-4030

Bay Area Legal Aid

Website

Bay Area Legal Aid provides low-income clients with free civil legal assistance, including legal advice and counsel, effective referrals, and legal representation. They are the largest civil legal aid provider serving seven Bay Area counties:

Practice Areas and Special Projects:
  • Consumer Protection
  • Health Care Access
  • Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention
  • Immigration
  • Economic Justice
  • Housing Preservation and Homelessness Prevention
  • Medical-Legal Partnership
  • Re-Entry Project
  • Veterans Project
  • Youth Justice Project

Oakland CA, 94612
Alameda County Office: (510) 250-5270
Contra Costa County West Office: (510) 250-5270
Contra Costa County East Office: (925) 219-3325
Marin County Office: (415) 354-6360
Napa County Office: (707) 320-6348
San Francisco County Office: (415) 354-6360
San Mateo County Office: (650) 472-2666
Santa Clara County Office: (408) 850-7066
Toll-Free Office: (800) 551-5554
California Relay Service: Dial 711 or from TTY dial

Blue Shield of California Foundation

Website

Program Overview

California is a diverse state. 40 million people live here. Over 220 languages are spoken by those who call it home. The needs of these people are just as diverse as they are and this means that a one-size fits all approach will not work. Across the state, far too many of our most vulnerable neighbors are being left behind. At Blue Shield of California Foundation, we’re working with communities, from Modoc County to Fresno, on three breakthrough initiatives to support the needs of all Californians.

  • Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence
  • Collaborating for Healthy Communities
  • Designing the Future of Health

San Francisco, CA 94105
Office: (415) 229-5114

Building Futures with Women & Children

Website

Programs:
  • Homeless Services
    • San Leandro
    • Alameda
  • Domestic Violence
  • Housing Services

San Leandro, CA 94577-5103
Crisis: 1-866-A-WAY-OUT
Office: (510) 357-0205

California Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Website

CALCASA is the only professional organization dedicated to advocating on behalf of and supporting the work of rape crisis centers, which operate independently throughout California. CALCASA is committed to ending sexual violence through a multifaceted approach of prevention, intervention, education, research, advocacy and public policy.

Program
  • Prevention
  • Advocacy
  • Public Policy

Sacramento, CA 95814
Office: (877) 322-5227

California Coalition for Women Prisoners

Website

CCWP is a grassroots social justice organization, with members inside and outside prison, that challenges the institutional violence imposed on women, transgender people, and communities of color by the prison industrial complex (PIC). We see the struggle for racial and gender justice as central to dismantling the PIC and we prioritize the leadership of the people, families, and communities most impacted in building this movement.

Programs
  • Across the Walls – Visiting Program
  • Crossfire Correspondence
  • DROP LWOP
  • FireStorm – International Solidarity
  • #MeToo Behind Bars – lawsuit and grassroots campaign
  • Spitfire Speakers’ Bureau
  • Survived and Punished – CCWP is a core member of this national coalition

San Francisco, CA 94102
Office: (415) 255-7036 x 314

California Consortium for Urban Indian Health

Website

CCUIH’s mission is to facilitate shared development resources for our members and to raise public awareness in order to support a health and wellness network that meets the needs of American Indians living in urban communities.

Programs
  • Red Women Rising
  • GRASP-HCV
  • Opioid Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program
  • Traditions of Health

San Francisco, CA 94129
Office: (415) 345-1205

California for Safety & Justices

Website

Californians for Safety and Justice (CSJ), a project of the Tides Center, is a nonprofit working with Californians from all walks of life to replace prison and justice system waste with common sense solutions that create safe neighborhoods and save public dollars. Through policy advocacy, public education, partnerships and support for local best practices, we promote effective criminal justice strategies to stop the cycle of crime and build healthy communities.

Initiatives

  • Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice
  • #TimeDone/ Second Chances
  • Shared Safety
  • Prop 47 Record Change Resources

San Francisco, CA 94612
Office: (510) 600-5542

California NOW

Website

California NOW is a membership organization committed to institutionalizing intersectional gender equity. Our goals are simple, the path to get there is not.

  • Empower all women and girls by ensuring they are fully and equally valued at home, at school, at work, in government.
  • Eliminate racialized heteropatriarchal gender roles and norms through implementation of mindfulness training as well as gender norms and roles training
  • Transform our own movement so no oppression exists internally across any status box society historically used to oppress a class of people.

Sacramento, CA 95833
Office: (916) 968-0395

California Rural Indian Health Board

Website

The California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB) was formed to provide a central focal point in the Indian health field in California for planning, advocacy, funding, training, technical assistance, coordination, fund raising, education, development and for the purpose of promoting unity and formulating common policy on Indian health care issues.

Programs
  • Prevention and Education
  • Children and Youth
  • Clinic Operations
  • Data & Research

San Francisco, CA 94129
Office: (916) 929-9761

California Secretary of State – Safe at Home Program

Website

The Safe at Home program provides victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault and human trafficking (effective January 1, 2018), as well as reproductive health care workers a way to thwart abusers from finding them at home, at work and at school. Safe at Home participants are assigned a substitute mailing address. This address is accepted by California state, county and city government agencies in lieu of a residential or other mailing address where the victim can be personally tracked down, keeping the residence address confidential and out of the hands of their abusers.

Sacramento, CA 95812
Office: (877) 322-5227

Casa de Esperanza

Website

Our primary concern at Casa de Esperanza, Inc. is the personal safety of women and children in our community, and in a larger sense the world.

Services Provided
  • Safe shelter for women, and children ranging from infancy through the age of 17
  • Assistance with transportation to Casa
  • 1:1 counseling for adults, 1:1 counseling for children who are verbal
  • Advocacy with other agencies on the phone or in person response to any agency that calls for an advocate to come and talk to a person they believe to be a victim.
  • Assistance in filing for a Domestic Violence Restraining Order (DVO).

Yuba City, CA 95992-0056
Crisis: (530) 674-2040
Office: (530) 674-5400

Catalyst Domestic Violence Services

Website

Programs and Services
  • 24 Hour Hotline: (800) 895- 8476
  • Safe Housing
  • Drop-In Centers
  • Counseling
  • LGBTQ+ Services
  • Education and Outreach
  • Volunteer Program

Chico, CA 95928
Crisis: (800) 895-8476
Office: (530) 343-7711

Center for a Non Violent Community

Website

Multilingual Services in 

  • English
  • Spanish

Services Provided

  • Emergency Shelter
  • Domestic Violence Service
    • Safety Planning
      • CNVC Emergency Shelter
      • Temporary Restraining Order
      • Safe Browsing
    • LGBTQ Partner Violence
  • Sexual Assault Services
  • Teen & Youth Resources
  • Legal Assistance
  • Bullying Prevention & Resources
  • Professional Counseling

Sonora, CA 95370-7542
Crisis: (209) 533-3401
Office: (209) 588-9305

Center for Community Solutions

Website

Domestic Violence Services
  • Hotline: 1-888-385-4657
  • Legal Services
  • Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy
  • Counseling Services
  • Emergency and Long-Term Shelter
Sexual Assault Services
  • Hotline
  • Legal Services
  • Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy
  • Counseling Services
Prevention and Education
  • Education and Outreach
Non-Discrimination Service Policy

All CCS services strive to honor the dignity and equal worth of all human beings. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, class, or age.

San Diego, CA 92109-4919
Crisis: 1-888-385-4657

Center for Community Solutions-East County Office

Website

Domestic Violence Services
  • Hotline: 1-888-385-4657
  • Legal Services
  • Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy
  • Counseling Services
  • Emergency and Long-Term Shelter
Sexual Assault Services
  • Hotline
  • Legal Services
  • Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy
  • Counseling Services
Prevention and Education
  • Education and Outreach

El Cajon, CA 92020
Crisis: 1-888-385-4657
Office: (619) 697-7477

Center for Community Solutions-Family Justice Center Location

Website

Domestic Violence Services
  • Hotline: 1-888-385-4657
  • Legal Services
  • Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy
  • Counseling Services
  • Emergency and Long-Term Shelter
Sexual Assault Services
  • Hotline
  • Legal Services
  • Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy
  • Counseling Services
Prevention and Education
  • Education and Outreach
Non-Discrimination Service Policy

All CCS services strive to honor the dignity and equal worth of all human beings. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, class, or age.

San Diego, CA 92101
(866) 933-4673

Center for Community Solutions-North County Office

Website

Domestic Violence Services
  • Hotline: 1-888-385-4657
  • Legal Services
  • Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy
  • Counseling Services
  • Emergency and Long-Term Shelter
Sexual Assault Services
  • Hotline
  • Legal Services
  • Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy
  • Counseling Services
Prevention and Education
  • Education and Outreach
Non-Discrimination Service Policy

All CCS services strive to honor the dignity and equal worth of all human beings. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, class, or age.

Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 747-6282

Center for Community Solutions-Pacific Beach Office

Website

Domestic Violence Services
  • Hotline: 1-888-385-4657
  • Legal Services
  • Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy
  • Counseling Services
  • Emergency and Long-Term Shelter
Sexual Assault Services
  • Hotline
  • Legal Services
  • Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy
  • Counseling Services
Prevention and Education
  • Education and Outreach
Non-Discrimination Service Policy

All CCS services strive to honor the dignity and equal worth of all human beings. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, class, or age.

San Diego, CA 92109
(858) 272-5777

Center for Domestic Peace

Website

Multilingual Services Provided in:
  • English
  • Qualified interpreter services, including sign language, are available at no cost.
Services Provided
  • English Hotline: 415-924-6616
  • Linea de apoyo en español: 415-924-3456
  • Emergency Shelter
  • Transitional Housing
  • Classes for Stopping Violent Behavior
  • Support Groups
  • Legal Systems Advocacy
  • Counseling Services

San Rafael CA, 94901-3923
(415) 924-6616

Center for the Pacific Asian Family

Website

Services Provided
  • 24-Hour Multilingual Helpline 1-800-339-3940
  • Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
    • Our multi-lingual advocate will accompany the survivor to the hospital or a rape crisis center to provide emotional support, referrals, and information to help the survivor.
  • Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing
  • Counseling & Case Management
  • Community Healing Groups

Los Angeles CA, 90036-1715
24-Hour Hotline: (800) 339-3940

Center for Violence Free Relationships

Placerville CA, 95667-3971
Crisis Line: (503) 626-1131
Office: (503) 626-1450

Website

Multilingual Services in
  • English
  • Spanish
Services Provided:
  • 24-Hour Support and Information Line
  • Confidential Safe House program
  • Individual Peer Counseling & Case Management Services
  • Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Support Groups
  • Sexual Assault Response Team
  • Legal Services
  • Latina Outreach Advocate
  • Underserved Populations
  • Friends and Family Services
  • Prevention and Education

Central California Family Crisis Center

Website

Services Provided:
  • Confidential Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing
  • Emergency Food and Transportation Assistance
  • Legal Advocacy and Court Accompaniment
  • Intervention services
  • Support Groups and Life Skills Training
  • Counseling Services and Case Management
  • Children’s Services

Porterville CA, 93258-2033
(559) 784-0192

Chest of Hope

Website

Services Provided
  • Intervention
    • Domestic Violence Crisis Hotline: (209)-259-5552
    • Referrals to food, clothing, legal, medical and other resources as requested
    • Access to Shelters or other Housing Providers
    • Court accompaniment
    • Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
    • Reporting crimes anonymously
    • Restraining Orders
  • Support
    • Case Management
    • Individual and Group Counseling
    • Human Trafficking Victims shelter for ages 18-27 years
    • Transitional Individual Housing
    • Transitional Family Housing
  • Education
    • Annual Salad Luncheon
    • Leave Out Violence Everyday
    • Annual L.O.V.E Walk in October
    • Interactions with Community and Religious Groups, Individuals, Human Service Providers and Public Safety Officials
    • Teen Dating Violence Youth Program
    • Financial Literacy and Job Readiness
    • Parenting Classes

Tracy, CA 95376
Crisis Line: (209)-259-5552
Main Office: (209)-831-7889

Coalition for Family Harmony

Website

Services Provided:
  • Domestic Violence Emergency Safe House
  • Rape Crisis Center
  • Legal Services
  • LGBTQ+ Counseling Program
  • Batter’s Intervention Program
  • Juvenile Probation Program
  • Counseling and Support Groups
  • Teen Dating Violence
  • Family Harmony
  • MFT Trainings and Internships
  • Education and Outreach

Oxnard CA, 93030-3855
(805) 983-6240

Community Action Partnership of Madera County

Website

Services Provided:
  • 24-Hour Crisis Hotline 1 (800) 355-8989
  • Domestic Violence Services
    • Plan a safe exit from your relationship
    • Apply for a restraining order
    • Transport you to court
    • Supply you with resources
    • Assist you with court support
    • Refer you and your children for counseling
    • Provide safe housing
  • Martha Diaz Battered Women’s Shelter
  • Victim and Witness Services
  • Rape and Sexual Assault Services

Madera CA, 93637-5234
(800) 355-8989

Community Beyond Violence

Website

Services Provided
  • Crisis Counseling
  • Shelter and Safehousing
  • Food, Clothing and Transportation
  • Support Groups
  • Individual Counseling
  • Accompaniment and Advocacy
  • Legal Services
  • Children’s Services
  • Referrals and Other Services

Grass Valley CA, 95949
24 Hour Crisis Line: (530) 272-3467
Office Phone: (530) 272-2046

Community Resource Center

Website

Multilingual Services in
  • English
  • Spanish
Services Provided:
  • Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing
  • Housing First
  • Therapeutic Children’s Center
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Case Management
  • Education and Prevention

Encinitas CA, 92024-3560
(877) 633-1112

Community Solutions

Website

Services Provided:
  • Creating a safety plan (whether you choose to stay with your partner or leave)
  • Emergency safe house/temporary shelter
  • Temporary restraining orders and legal advocacy
  • Counseling

Gilroy CA, 95020
Sexual Assault & DV Crisis Line: 1 (877) 363-7238
Youth & Family Crisis Line: (408) 683-4118
Office: 1 (408) 842-7138

Community United Against Violence

Website

Programs
  • Support Groups
    • LGBTQ people dealing with violence or abuse can build their skills to heal from trauma and create healthy relationships.
  • Advocacy-Based Peer Counseling
    •  LGBTQ people dealing with violence or abuse can access short-term counseling to receive emotional support, safety planning, referrals, and limited case follow-up

If you are an LGBTQ person dealing with violence or abuse, leave a message for CUAV at (415) 333-HELP (4357). Services require the completion of an intake to assess if we are the best fit for support.

San Francisco, CA 94103-3629
(415) 333-4357

Contra Costa Alliance to End Abuse

Website

Domestic Violence Projects
  • Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Initiative & Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP)
  • Leveraging Collaboration to End Domestic Violence (Blue Shield Foundation Grant)
  • Domestic Violence Multidisciplinary Case Review Team (MDT)
  • Domestic Violence Court
  • Domestic Violence Death Review Team

Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 313-1788

Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic

Website

The Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic (CROC) is a collaborative city-wide project which helps domestic violence survivors in San Francisco get restraining orders against their abusers. The services are free and confidential. It is the main way in which women in San Francisco obtain restraining orders.

At CROC, clients meet one-on-one with an interviewer who then prepares the paperwork necessary to file for a restraining order. Interpreters are available at the clinics for clients who do not speak English or Spanish. Child care is also available. Clinic appointments are scheduled on Saturdays or on Thursday evenings.

San Francisco CA, 94110-1684
(415) 864-1790

CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse

Website

Services Provided
  • Intimate Partner Abuse Awareness
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Family Support
  • Legal Services
  • Outreach

San Mateo CA, 94403
24-Hour Hotline – (800) 300-1080

Corona-Norco & Eastvale United Way / Family Support Services

Website

Multilingual Services In
  • English
  • Spanish
Family Support Services Program
  • Parenting classes.
  • Support groups.
  • Connect you to local shelters and legal advocates.
  • Child Abuse Treatment Program
  • Domestic Violence Counseling

Corona, California 92882
Family Support Service Appointment: 866-742-4608
Office: 951-736-0620
Office: 650-652-0800

DeafSafe/NorCal Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Website

Our Vision

It is a basic human right to have access and opportunities for service, education and employment. Therefore, it is our vision that Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals have access and opportunities to services, education and employment to those who can hear.

Services
  • Listen, support you, give you tools for safety and self sufficiency.
  • Help you with restraining orders, police reports, and communication access.
  • Go with you to court and medical appointments.

North Highlands, CA 95660
Office: (916) 349-7500

Desert Sanctuary, Inc./Haley House

Website

Services Provided:
  • Domestic Violence Victim Support Group for Women
  • Shelter Program
  • Counseling, including parenting, and legal assistance
  • Sexual assault counseling

Barstow, California 92311
(800) 982-2221

Domestic Violence Program of the Child & Family Center

Website

Services Provided:
  • Support groups
  • Individual therapy
  • Peer Counseling
  • Court Advocacy
  • Case Management
  • 30-Day Emergency Shelter
  • 24-hour Hotline
  • 16-week court approved education course

Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Emergency Hotline: (661) 259-HELP (4357)
Non-Emergency Support Line: (661) 259-8175
Office: (661) 259-9439

Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County

Website

Services Provided:
  • Emergency Shelter Services
  • Transitional Housing Services
  • 24-hour Crisis and Information Hotlines
  • Domestic Violence Emergency Response Team

Santa Barbara CA, 93102
Crisis Hotline, Santa Barbara: (805) 964-5245
Crisis Hotline, Lompoc: (805) 736-0965
Crisis Hotline, Santa Maria: (805) 925-2160
Crisis Hotline, Santa Ynez Valley: (805) 686-4390

DOVES of Big Bear Valley

Website 

Services
  • 17 Bed Shelter “Lorrie’s House” for battered women and their children
  • Programs and services for male victims
  • Children’s Counseling
  • Individual Counseling
  • Support Groups
  • Parenting Classes
  • Legal Advocacy
  • Restraining Order Assistance
  • Court Accompaniment
  • Social Service Advocacy
  • Hospital Emergency Room Visits
  • Educational Information
  • Emergency Food and Clothing for Victims of Domestic Violence
  • Supervised visitation for non-custodial parents

Big Bear Lake CA, 92315-3646
(800) 851-7601

East LA Women’s Center
Website

Programs and Services:
  • Domestic Violence
  • Individual and group therapy
  • Case management services
  • Crisis intervention
  • Safety planning
  • Advocacy
  • Healing groups
  • Community awareness
  • Housing Services
  • Hope & Heart Project – Hospital-based Emergency Services
  • Housing Assistance Program for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence
  • Health Innovations
  • HIV/AIDS Intervention and Prevention Services
  • Wellness Center @ LAC+USC
  • Substance Abuse Recovery Services
  • Male Engagement
  • Men’s Circle- A Restorative Justice Approach
  • Men’s Healing Circle
  • Men’s Fatherhood Program

1431 S. Atlantic Blvd.Los Angeles CA, 90022-5011

 

(323) 526-5819

Empower Tehama

Website
Services Provided
  • 24-hour Crisis Hotline
  • Crisis Counseling
  • Legal Advocacy & Assistance
  • Support Groups
  • Emergency Shelter
  • On-site Transitional Housing
  • Rental Assistance Program

Red Bluff, CA 96080
Crisis: (530) 528-0226
Crisis – Toll Free: (800) 324-6473

Empower Yolo

Website 

Services Provided
  • Walk-in Crisis Support
  • Concerned Advocates Responding to Emergencies (CARE) Team
  • Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT)
  • Homeless Prevention & Re-Housing
  • Transitional Housing

Woodland CA, 95695
(530) 662-1133

End Abuse Long Beach

Long Beach, CA 90803
Office: (760) 955-8010

Website

Creating, training, and leading a violence-free community to nurture personal and professional growth.

Committed to providing programming to educate and strengthen our community so that we may better prevent and combat abuse.

Family Assistance Program

Victorville CA, 92395
(760) 949-4357
Website

Services Provided

  • Hope House
  • Restraining Order Clinic
  • Support Groups/Bilingual Groups
  • Healthy Relationship Classes

Victorville CA, 92395
(760) 949-4357

Family Services of Tulare County

Website

Services Provided:

  • Mental health services for victims of domestic violence
  • Mental health services for children who have witnessed violence in the home
  • Domestic violence survivor support groups
  • Case management
  • Financial empowerment training
  • Legal services
  • Supportive Housing

Visalia CA, 93291
(559) 732-5941

Family Violence Appellate Project

Website

Programs
  • Appellate Courts

Our main program ensures California domestic violence laws keep survivors and children safe, by: representing survivors in appeals for free; filing amicus (friend-of- the-court) briefs in cases of statewide importance; and requesting publication of unpublished cases to create binding legal precedent that benefits survivors statewide.

  • Legal Support

We provide free training, legal support and technical assistance to shelters, DV advocates, and attorneys representing survivors in trial court

  • Housing & Employment

We provide free on-call legal assistance and trainings to domestic violence advocates and attorneys representing survivors with employment and housing issues.
449 15th St #104, Oakland, CA 94612-2413
(510) 858-7358

Family Violence Law Center

Website

Programs
  • Crisis Intervention and Support
  • Crisis intervention
  • Safety planning
  • Meaningful referrals to counseling and other supportive services.
  • FVLC’s Mobile Response Team provides on-site response at medical sites and police scenes and emergency relocation assistance for survivors in immediate danger.
  • Legal Services
  • Domestic Violence Prevention Act Restraining Orders (DVROs)
  • Child custody and visitation filings (as attached to a DVRO)
  • Child and spousal support requests (as attached to a DVRO)
  • Civil Harassment Restraining Orders (CHOs) for survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and/or stalking
  • Title IX administrative proceedings at UC Berkeley
  • Addressing housing legal needs connected to their abuse situation
  • Youth Programs
  • Relationship Abuse Prevention (RAP) Program educates, engages, and empowers teens to build healthy relationships.
  • Therapy for Children Ages 5 and Under

Oakland CA, 94612
Office: (510) 208-0220

FreeFrom

Website

Programs
  • Capacity Building
  • Train the Trainer Program
  • Financial Freedom Study
  • Survivor Wealth Summit
  • Innovation
  • Self-Help Compensation Tool
  • Peer to Peer Financial Coaching
  • Social Enterprise Models
  • Systems Change
  • Policy Advocacy
  • Best Practices for Banks, Credit Card Companies, and Credit Reporting Agencies
  • National Awareness Building

Venice, CA 90291

Futures Without Violence

Website

Our Mission

For more than 30 years, FUTURES has been providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world.

Providing leadership from offices in San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Boston, we’ve established a state-of-the-art Center for Leadership and Action in the Presidio of San Francisco to foster ongoing dialogue about gender-based violence and child abuse.

Striving to reach new audiences and transform social norms, we train professionals such as doctors, nurses, judges, and athletic coaches on improving responses to violence and abuse. We also work with advocates, policymakers, and others to build sustainable community leadership and educate people everywhere about the importance of respect and healthy relationships.
San Francisco, CA 94129
Office: (415) 678-5500

Haven Hills

Website

Programs
  • 24/7 Crisis Line 818.887.6589
  • 45-day Crisis Shelter
  • Counseling, support and advocacy
  • Legal and medical referrals
  • Development of a safety plan
  • Access to community resources
  • Children’s program and On-Site Shelter School
  • Haven II 18-Month Transitional Housing Shelter
  • Job counseling, training, and referrals
  • Access to local education programs and workshops to build skills
  • Support groups such as developing parenting skills, building self-esteem, and understanding the dynamics of domestic violence
  • Family counseling
  • Children’s programs
  • Outreach Services

Canoga Park California 91305
Crisis: (818) 887-6589
Office: (818) 887-7481

Haven Women’s Center of Stanislaus

Website

Services Provided:
  • Crisis intervention
  • Safety Planning
  • Peer Counseling
  • Restraining Order Assistance
  • Court Accompaniment
  • Youth Services
  • Emergency Shelter
  • Support Groups
  • Emergency Response

Modesto CA, 95354
Main Office: (209) 524-4331
Turlock Office: (209) 664-9131
Crisis: (209) 577-5980

Healthy Relationships California

Website

Healthy Relationships California is a non-profit organization that provides skills-based Relationship Education programs; conducts Relationship Education facilitator trainings; and creates innovative public awareness campaigns and marketing materials to increase the general public’s consciousness about Relationship Education.

Encinitas, CA 92024-2215

House of Ruth, Inc.

Website
Services Provided:
• Emergency Shelter
• Transitional Living Program
• Children′s Programs
• Child Abuse Treatment Program
• Community Services
◦ 24-Hour Emergency Hotline with a 24-Hour Spanish Pager Response Team
◦ Housing assistance
◦ Career counseling
◦ Classes in Resume Writing, Parenting, Domestic Violence 101, Computer Skills and others.
◦ CalWORKS (welfare) case management
◦ Legal advocacy and temporary restraining order assistance
◦ Community education
◦ On-site child care
◦ Volunteer programs
• Prevention Education
• Domestic Violence Counseling

Claremont CA, 91711-0459
Pomona Outreach Office: 1 (909) 623-4364
Crisis: (877) 988-5559

Human Options, Inc

Website
Services Provided
• 24 Hour Hotline
• Emergency Shelter
• Transitional Housing
• Counseling and Supportive Services
• Safe Options for Seniors
• Services for Military Families
• Prevention & Education
• Legal Advocacy Services

Irvine CA, 92620
– Office: (949) 737-5242
– Crisis (bilingual): (877) 854-3594

Human Response Network

Website

Services Provided:

  • Safety Planning
  • 24 hour crisis hotline staffed by trained volunteers – 530-623-HELP (collect ok)
  • Women’s Support Group meets weekly
  • Trained advocates to help domestic violence victims through the legal, medical or social services systems
  • Accompaniment to court hearings and appointments related to the domestic violence incident
  • Emergency shelter for women & their children in immediate danger
  • Help with provisions for new living arrangements
  • Emergency transportation for victims who need shelter
  • Peer Counseling
  • Legal Assistance
    • Protective Orders
    • Dissolution (divorce)
    • Legal Separation
    • Child Custody
    • Accompaniment to court hearings
    • Education about the criminal justice system
    • Education about the civil law system as it applies to victims of domestic violence

Weaverville CA, 96093-2370

Office: (530) 623-2024

Crisis: (530) 623-HELP

 

Humboldt County DHHS Public Health Family Violence Prevention

Website

The Family Violence Prevention Program (FVPP) is a primary prevention program of the Healthy Communities Division. FVPP uses many strategies for the prevention of violence in Humboldt County, including:

  • Artistic Solutions – Workshops for participants of county programs using art as a tool for preventing family violence.
  • Workforce Development – Free workshops that give service providers tools for working with families experiencing intimate partner violence. See links below for the manual that is often included in these trainings.
  • Community Education – Participation in community events such as health fairs and conferences; classroom and workplace presentations. Inter-departmental training- Offers trainings within the Department of Health & Human Services to equip employees with tools to address family violence.
  • Resources and Referrals – Provides information on local resources such as victim services or batterer intervention programs. Also provides information on local workshops related to family violence issues.
  • Community Collaboration – Works with organizations such as the Humboldt County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council to coordinate campaigns such as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Humboldt County Silent Witness Project.

Eureka, CA 95501
Office: (707) 268-2132

Humboldt Domestic Violence Services

Website

Services Provided:

  • 24-hour Support Line
  • Community Resources
  • Court Accompaniment
  • Emergency Shelter
  • Healing Support Groups
  • Restraining Order Assistance

 Eureka CA, 95502-0969
Office: (707) 444-9255
Crisis: (707) 443-6042 or Toll-Free: (866) 668-654

 

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