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OUR PROGRAMSLegal ServicesFVLC provides family law attorney service in English and Spanish for domestic violence victims in Alameda County and can provide legal referrals for other areas of the country. Services are available in any language through our confidential interpreter program. Please contact us if you need assistance with or information about any of the following:
Legal Assistance for Victims (L.A.V.) ProgramThe L.A.V. Program provides legal services to victims of family violence at places where victims get emergency services. This includes local hospitals, community health clinics and battered women’s shelters. In this program, we work together with the following agencies:
Criminal Justice ProgramFVLC works with both the Berkeley and Oakland police departments to help support victims and survivors of domestic violence. The services are available free of charge to any survivor of domestic violence in these cities. FVLC advocates who work within the police departments provide:
Medical Sites ProgramWe provide easy and immediate access to FVLC services for victims of domestic violence who visit local medical facilities. In addition to working directly with domestic violence victims at hospital facilities, FVLC provides training to hospital staff. By educating doctors, nurses and social workers about family violence, medical staff can better assist victims. Participating hospitals include:
Overnight Emergency Response Team (ONERT)The ONERT program provides overnight and weekend support to domestic violence victims in Alameda County. Working with Tri-Valley Haven for Women, A Safe Place , Building Futures with Women and Children and S.A.V.E. (Shelter Against Violent Environments), ONERT provides emergency assistance and advocacy to women and children in immediate danger of violence. The services available in this program include:
Oakland Relationship Abuse Prevention (R.A.P.) ProjectThe R.A.P. project is a violence prevention program that works with middle and high school youth to help them recognize, avoid and deal with dating violence. For more detailed information see FVLC's R.A.P. Website > Domestic Violence Peer Support GroupsFVLC offers weekly peer support groups in English and Spanish for domestic violence survivors. Each group covers the following topics, and also gives women the opportunities to share their stories.
Women in Prison Outreach ProgramAbout 40 percent of female inmates in the federal prison system were victims of physical and/or sexual abuse before arriving at prison, according to 1999 statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice. FVLC offers domestic violence support groups for women in prison at the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, California. Our goal is to help these women use their time away from their abuser to understand the violence they have experienced, and to help them improve their self-esteem so that they will be able to create healthy relationships when they are released. Safe at Home Confidential Address ProgramFVLC is a participating agency in the Safe at Home program. Safe at Home is a project of the California State Government. It was created to protect women by providing a private address in the form of a P.O. Box. This will help prevent abusers from finding the victim’s location. FVLC has staff that are trained and certified to sign up victims of domestic violence for this protection free of charge. Community OutreachStaff at FVLC are available to do presentations in the community for any size group. Topics of discussion may include:
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