DV RESOURCES
Assistance in other areas please contact the National
Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-723
SHELTERS
General Support &
Shelter Referral Services
Eden Information and Referral
Daily updates of East Bay shelter availability, plus links to a variety
of comprehensive services.
website: www.edenir.org
phone: 510-537-2552, 510-537-2710 (Spanish)
W.O.M.A.N., Inc.
A multi-service agency, serving battered women in San Francisco and
the larger Bay Area through a 24-hour crisis line, support and legal
services, plus special support programs for lesbian, Latina-bicultural,
and teen clients.
website: www.womaninc.org
phone: 415-864-4722
24-hour crisis line: 877-384-3578
National DV Hotline
A toll-free, 24-hour crisis line offering counseling and information
on more than 4,000 shelters and service providers throughout the United
States. Bilingual staff and a language line are available for every
non-English speaking caller.
website: www.ndvh.org
phone: 800-799-SAFE (7233), 800-787-3224 (TTY)
AASRA
This 24-hour hotline provides victims with immediate support, confidential
information, and shelter and service referrals in several Asian Indian
languages.
website: www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/aasra.html
phone: 800-313-ASRA (2772)
Native American Domestic Violence Hotline
Offers support, advice, and referrals for the unique issues facing Native
American communities, with a focus on domestic violence.
website: www.letswrap.com
phone: 888-387-7411
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Alameda County Shelters
A Safe Place
Offers a comprehensive program that provides both shelter and professional
support services for battered women and their children, including individual
and peer group counseling. They also have a 24-hour crisis and shelter
referral and information line.
website: www.asafeplacedvs.org
phone: 510-536-SAFE (7233)
Building Futures with Women and Children
Provides a full continuum of emergency and support services to battered
women in Alameda County, including those suffering from homelessness,
substance abuse, and/or mental illness. In addition to shelters, BFWC
offers support groups and advocacy.
website: www.bfwc.org
phone: 866-A-WAY-OUT (292-9688)
Emergency Shelter Program
Provides shelter for women and children. Services include: food, a 24-hour
crisis line, information and referrals, housing, counseling, job search
and employment assistance, and child and infant care.
phone: 510-786-1246
toll free: 888-339-SAFE (7233)
Shelter Against Violent Environments (S.A.V.E.)
Serves Mid- and Southern Alameda County, as well as Silicon Valley.
In addition to shelter and transitional housing, S.A.V.E. offers legal
assistance and support groups.
website: www.save-dv.org
phone: 510-794-6055
Tri-Valley Haven for Women
Provides shelter and counseling for battered women and their children,
a 24-hour crisis line, and operates the only rape crisis center in the
Tri-Valley area. Services include a food pantry, life skills education
classes for homeless families, and community education and violence
prevention programs.
website: www.trivalleyhaven.org
phone: 925-449-5842
toll free: 800-884-8119
counseling services: 925-449-5845
Women’s Refuge
Provides shelter for homeless women without children in the East Bay.
Services include case management, advocacy, and support groups.
phone: 510-547-4663
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Contra Costa County Shelters
STAND! Against Domestic Violence
Offers a variety of services, including: a 24-hour crisis line for victims
and batterers, drop-in counseling, life skills training, emergency shelter,
transitional housing and employment programs, parenting classes, support
groups, advocacy, and legal services.
website: www.standagainstdv.org
victims' phone: 888-215-5555
batterers' phone: 925-676-2968
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Marin County Shelters
Marin Abused Women’s Services
Services include 24-hour emergency hotlines, housing facilities, support
groups, and a men's program to teach men to stop their violence and
abuse.
website: www.maws.org
women's phone: 415-924-6616
men's phone: 415-924-1070
spanish phone: 415-924-3456
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Sacramento County Shelters
Women Escaping a Violent Environment (W.E.A.V.E.)
W.E.A.V.E. provides services to survivors of domestic violence and their
families, as well as survivors of sexual assault in Sacramento County.
W.E.A.V.E. offers a vast array of crisis intervention, advocacy and
counseling programs.
website: www.weaveinc.org
phone: 916-920-2952
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San Francisco County Shelters
Asian Women’s Shelter
AWS is a comprehensive shelter program in San Francisco that provides
safety, food, shelter, advocacy, and other resources to assist women.
They have an on-call pool of multilingual advocates to respond to the
wide range of Asian languages spoken in the Bay Area.
website: www.sfaws.org
phone: 877-751-0880
La Casa de Las Madres
Offers emergency residential shelter to battered women and their children
while providing counseling, and family-based services and referrals.
All services are offered free-of-charge in English and Spanish.
website: www.lacasa.org
24-hour hotline: 877-503-1850, 415-503-1850
Counseling and support services: 415-503-0500
teen crisis line: 877-923-0700, 415-503-0501
Rosalie House
Provides emergency shelter, and safe and confidential services for abused
women and their children.
website: www.rileycenter.org
phone: 415-255-0165
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San Mateo County Shelters
Center for DV Prevention
CDVP is the only agency in San Mateo County with a shelter program that
offers in-house counseling and support services to residents. They serve
adults and teens, and provide services in Spanish, English and Tagalog.
website: www.cdvp.org
phone: 650-312-8515
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Santa Clara County Shelters
Asian Women’s Home
Emergency shelter for battered women and children in the county and
greater Bay Area. Services include a 24-hour crisis line, individual
and peer group counseling, support groups, and legal advocacy.
website: www.aaci.org
phone: 408-975-2739
Next Door
This organization offers services including counseling and emergency
shelter to individuals and their children in abusive relationships.
website: www.nextdoor.org
phone: 408-279-2962
La Isla Pacifica
La Isla is a battered women's shelter that is part of the comprehensive
services provided by Community Solutions to Violence. Other services
include a 24-hour rape crisis line, legal advocacy, support groups,
batterer's intervention program, and supervised visitation.
website: www.communitysolutions.org
phone: 408-683-4118, 831-637-SAFE (7233)
Support Network for Battered Women
Provides a multitude of comprehensive services, including: a bilingual
(English/Spanish) 24-hour crisis line, shelter, counseling, child therapy,
legal assistance and advocacy.
website: www.snbw.org
phone: 800-572-2782
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RESOURCES FOR YOUTH
Youth Crisis Lines
Teen Crisis Line
Covenant House is the largest privately-funded childcare agency in the
United States providing shelter and service to homeless and runaway
youth. In addition to food, shelter, clothing and crisis care, Covenant
House provides a variety of services to homeless youth including health
care, education, vocational preparation, drug abuse treatment and prevention
programs, legal services, recreation, mother/child programs, transitional
living programs, street outreach and aftercare. Their crisis line offers
referrals for a variety of situations.
website: www.covenanthouse.org
phone: 800-999-9999
YouthLine
Telephone hotline and online databases provide information about youth
programs and services in the Bay Area. Their service covers San Francisco,
Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
website: www.youthline.org
phone: 888-977-3399 (4-10pm)
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Youth Counseling
La Clínica de la Raza
Offers support groups for girls and boys, free individual counseling
for teens, medical advice, OB/GYN services for girls under 21 years,
and HIV testing. All services are confidential.
website: www.laclinica.org
phone: 510-535-4000 or 510-535-4230
Pediatric Care
Individual counseling for teens – fee is on a sliding scale. Services
available for children and families dealing with life-threatening illness
and loss.
website: www.ebac.org
phone: 510-531-7551
Scotlan Center
Girl Power support group where teen girls talk about everything. Family
case management services also available.
phone: 510-832-4544
Sexual Minority Alliance of Alameda County (SMAAC) Youth Center
Support groups for queer youth (male, female, and transgender), HIV
testing, poetry workshops, dance classes, social movie nights.
phone: 510-834-9578
Alameda County Child and Family Services
Report Child Abuse: 510-259-1800 or 800-843-5200
website: www.co.alameda.ca.us/assistance/children
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LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Alameda County Legal Assistance
Alameda County Bar Association
Offers a lawyer referral service, in addition to their Volunteer Legal
Services Corporation (VLSC). VLSC provides free legal assistance to
low-income residents in Alameda County in the areas of family law, immigration
and debt collection. Spanish-speaking intakes are available every Wednesday
from 1-3.
website: www.acbanet.org
phone: 510-893-7160
Alameda County Superior Court
Their website offers several family law forms online, including: divorce,
separation, child custody, child support, spousal support, visitation
and paternity.
website: www.co.alameda.ca.us/courts/index.shtml
Family Court Facilitator: 510-208-4969
Family Court Clerks: 510-208-4935
Family Court Services: 510-272-6030
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
Provides free and sliding-scale legal services to the Asian American
and Pacific Islander communities in more than a dozen languages and
dialects including Cantonese, Chiu-Chow, Hindi, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean,
Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Urdu, and Vietnamese. Their practice
is currently focused in the areas of family law/domestic violence, immigration
and immigrant rights, senior law/elder abuse, trafficking, and civil
rights.
website: www.apilegaloutreach.org
phone: 510-251-2846, 415-567-6255
Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal)
The largest provider of free civil legal services in the Bay Area, BayLegal
has seven regional offices that work together to provide high quality
legal assistance to low-income people regardless of their location,
language, or disability. Staff attorneys speak Mandarin, Spanish, Cantonese
and Vietnamese. BayLegal is uniquely positioned to help people across
county lines. They assist people in the areas of housing, public benefits,
health access, and domestic violence.
website: www.baylegal.org
phone: 510-663-4744
Catholic Charities
Provides a variety of services including housing, counseling, refugee
resettlement, detention ministry, and special programs for youth, seniors,
and Asian communities. Legal services are available regarding immigration.
website: www.cceb.org
phone: 510-168-3100
counseling center: 888-970-2232
International Institute of the East Bay
Through its legal and social services, the Institute helps newcomers
with immigration, English language acquisition, and employment needs,
and meets a critical need for information on their rights and opportunities
as newcomers to the United States. Programs include immigration legal
services, ESL and child care classes, community education, and resources
for battered immigrant women.
website: www.iieb.org
phone: 510-451-2846
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