Local Support Services
IF A SITUATION APPEARS TO BE LIFE THREATENING OR A CRIME IS IN PROCESS, CALL 9-1-1 OR YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
*For Sexual Assault, it is important the you DO NOT wash, shower, douche, change clothes or brush your teeth.
*Domestic Violence is a crime and law enforcement may make an arrest of your abuser even without your cooperation pursuant to California Penal Code Section 13701(b).
*Human Trafficking is a crime. If you are a victim, please reach out for assistance by calling 9-1-1 or (866) 933-4673
Your Safe Place- City of San Diego
San Diego Housing Commission Building
1122 Broadway, 2nd Floor
San Diego, CA 92101
Toll free: 866-933-HOPE (4673)
Local: 619-533-6000
San Diego Domestic Violence Hotline
888-DV-LINKS (888-385-4657)
https://www.sandiego.gov/yoursafeplace
Hours of Operation
Monday-Friday
8:00am-3:30pm
Your Safe Place provides free services to adults, seniors, children, and teens who have or are experiencing domestic violence, family violence, elder abuse, sexual assault, or sex trafficking regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, income, zip code, and immigration status. A Family Justice Center providing confidential, comprehensive services to anyone who has experienced domestic violence, family violence, elder abuse, sexual assault, or sex trafficking. At Your Safe Place they provide supportive services in a judgement-free manner that empowers clients to successfully become survivors and move forward with their lives. Recognizing the extreme risk posed by abusers with guns, Your Safe Place also protects clients by obtaining Domestic Violence and Gun Violence Restraining Orders to remove firearms from dangerous situations before a tragedy occurs.
If you would like more information about the San Diego Family Justice Center, call the Center's toll-free Information Line at 1-866-933-HOPE (4673). The Center's trained staff and volunteers can offer help, answer questions, or give you information about the resources available to you. Come to the San Diego Family Justice Center and find safety and support!
San Diego Housing Commission Building
1122 Broadway, 2nd Floor
San Diego, CA 92101
Toll free: 866-933-HOPE (4673)
Local: 619-533-6000
San Diego Domestic Violence Hotline
888-DV-LINKS (888-385-4657)
https://www.sandiego.gov/yoursafeplace
Hours of Operation
Monday-Friday
8:00am-3:30pm
Your Safe Place provides free services to adults, seniors, children, and teens who have or are experiencing domestic violence, family violence, elder abuse, sexual assault, or sex trafficking regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, income, zip code, and immigration status. A Family Justice Center providing confidential, comprehensive services to anyone who has experienced domestic violence, family violence, elder abuse, sexual assault, or sex trafficking. At Your Safe Place they provide supportive services in a judgement-free manner that empowers clients to successfully become survivors and move forward with their lives. Recognizing the extreme risk posed by abusers with guns, Your Safe Place also protects clients by obtaining Domestic Violence and Gun Violence Restraining Orders to remove firearms from dangerous situations before a tragedy occurs.
If you would like more information about the San Diego Family Justice Center, call the Center's toll-free Information Line at 1-866-933-HOPE (4673). The Center's trained staff and volunteers can offer help, answer questions, or give you information about the resources available to you. Come to the San Diego Family Justice Center and find safety and support!
Center for Community Solutions - East County
460 North Magnolia
El Cajon, CA 92020
858-272-5777
http://www.ccssd.org/
460 North Magnolia
El Cajon, CA 92020
858-272-5777
http://www.ccssd.org/
It is the mission of the Center for Community Solutions to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. Center for Community Solutions (CCS) helps more than 10,000 adults and children each year to heal and prevent relationship and sexual violence. CCS operates the only rape crisis center in the city of San Diego along with a countywide 24-hour bilingual crisis helpline. The nonprofit agency also provides emergency domestic violence shelters, hospital and court accompaniment, as well as legal and counseling services for those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. CCS also works with local community groups and schools to provide innovative prevention programs to promote healthy relationships and peaceful communities.
If you need help now, call 1-888-385-4657
CCS operates the only 24-hour toll free County-wide crisis line for crisis intervention and information referrals related to domestic violence and sexual assault in San Diego. Our hotline provides person-to-person crisis counseling by trained staff and volunteers. All hotline services are free and confidential, in both English and Spanish.
We specialize in psychotherapy to address the emotional aspects of:
• Sexual Assault and Sexual Abuse
• Domestic and Relationship Violence
DVS Legal Services Include:
• No-cost 30-day emergency shelter program for domestic violence (female and male) victims and their children
• Safety planning including all members of the family
• Provides Food & Clothing
• Linkage to CCS legal services
• Referral information to community support services
• On-site support groups for adults
• Children’s services include counseling, recreational activities, parent education, enrollment in school, and advocacy related to child safety
• Assistance with obtaining long-term safe housing, including transitional housing
Transitional Housing: Next Step
• Transitional housing units available for up to 12 months, for victims of domestic violence and their children
• Ongoing professional advocacy and support services
• Linkages to all of CCS core programs
• Information and referrals to community and government services
• Reduced rent based on income
If you need help now, call 1-888-385-4657
CCS operates the only 24-hour toll free County-wide crisis line for crisis intervention and information referrals related to domestic violence and sexual assault in San Diego. Our hotline provides person-to-person crisis counseling by trained staff and volunteers. All hotline services are free and confidential, in both English and Spanish.
We specialize in psychotherapy to address the emotional aspects of:
• Sexual Assault and Sexual Abuse
• Domestic and Relationship Violence
DVS Legal Services Include:
- Walk-In Domestic Violence Restraining Order (DVRO) Clinic at El Cajon Courthouse
- DVRO preparation with a California-licensed attorney by appointment
- Consultations regarding domestic violence-related family law – including divorce, custody, and family law processes
- Preparation for restraining order and family court hearings – including mediation preparation and review
- Safe at Home confidential address program enrollment
• No-cost 30-day emergency shelter program for domestic violence (female and male) victims and their children
• Safety planning including all members of the family
• Provides Food & Clothing
• Linkage to CCS legal services
• Referral information to community support services
• On-site support groups for adults
• Children’s services include counseling, recreational activities, parent education, enrollment in school, and advocacy related to child safety
• Assistance with obtaining long-term safe housing, including transitional housing
Transitional Housing: Next Step
• Transitional housing units available for up to 12 months, for victims of domestic violence and their children
• Ongoing professional advocacy and support services
• Linkages to all of CCS core programs
• Information and referrals to community and government services
• Reduced rent based on income
Crisis House San Diego
9550 Cuyamaca St Suite 101, Santee, CA 92071
(619) 444-1422
www.crisishouse.org
Program Hours/Days
Monday - Friday
8:30 am- 5:00 pm
Closed for lunch 12 - 1 pm
New Journey Program
This long term transitional housing program serves women and their children who are fleeing domestic violence. We provide safe housing in apartments that are fully furnished in confidential locations throughout San Diego County. We have a long term partnership with Soroptomist International of Poway and Ranch Bernardo. The organization subsidizes and fully furnishes several units provided by Community Housing Works. Soroptomists also mentor the women during and after they leave the program. We support families recovering from their trauma by providing individual and group counseling, case management, health care, food, and other critical support services. They learn how to identify red flags in toxic relationships, provide emotional support to each other, rebuild self-esteem, and set healthy boundaries leading to creating a non-violent family unit. Women are empowered to make positive lifestyle changes to transition to a self-sufficient healthy, independent life which includes increasing income and moving to permanent housing when they leave the program.
9550 Cuyamaca St Suite 101, Santee, CA 92071
(619) 444-1422
www.crisishouse.org
Program Hours/Days
Monday - Friday
8:30 am- 5:00 pm
Closed for lunch 12 - 1 pm
New Journey Program
This long term transitional housing program serves women and their children who are fleeing domestic violence. We provide safe housing in apartments that are fully furnished in confidential locations throughout San Diego County. We have a long term partnership with Soroptomist International of Poway and Ranch Bernardo. The organization subsidizes and fully furnishes several units provided by Community Housing Works. Soroptomists also mentor the women during and after they leave the program. We support families recovering from their trauma by providing individual and group counseling, case management, health care, food, and other critical support services. They learn how to identify red flags in toxic relationships, provide emotional support to each other, rebuild self-esteem, and set healthy boundaries leading to creating a non-violent family unit. Women are empowered to make positive lifestyle changes to transition to a self-sufficient healthy, independent life which includes increasing income and moving to permanent housing when they leave the program.
Home Start, Inc.-- El Cajon
Little House
131 Avocado Ave., El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 430-0032 or email [email protected]
www.home-start.org
This program serves women and children who are experiencing domestic violence. Services include emergency housing and/or motel vouchers, rapid re-housing, case management, and support services. Women must be over the age of 18. Families and individuals will find care coordination, service navigation, job preparation, and more to assist them in stability and self-sufficiency.
Little House
131 Avocado Ave., El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 430-0032 or email [email protected]
www.home-start.org
This program serves women and children who are experiencing domestic violence. Services include emergency housing and/or motel vouchers, rapid re-housing, case management, and support services. Women must be over the age of 18. Families and individuals will find care coordination, service navigation, job preparation, and more to assist them in stability and self-sufficiency.
License to Freedom
Little House
131 Avocado Ave.,
El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 401-2800
Arabic and Kurdish Language Help-Line: (619) 813-7415
www.licensetofreedom.org
Little House
131 Avocado Ave.,
El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 401-2800
Arabic and Kurdish Language Help-Line: (619) 813-7415
www.licensetofreedom.org
Advocacy for Middle Eastern battered immigrant and refugee women. Programs include domestic violence advocacy, counseling, and housing assistance. License to Freedom (L2F) offers counseling services to individuals, couples, families and groups. We offer a unique approach to therapy that is based on client's strengths and pays close attention to the effects of culture. We look at problems in their contexts rather than locating problems within the individual. We are interested in the political, gendered, linguistic, social and economic climates that produce problems and cultivate resiliencies. License to Freedom (L2F) exists primarily to address the needs of domestic violence victims among San Diego County’s large refugee and immigrant community. L2F is the only program offering culturally and linguistically appropriate services in this context to populations in the San Diego area, including Iraqi, Iranian, Burmese, Afghani, Kurdish, Turkish, and African populations. In recent years, L2F has greatly increased its value both to these populations and the broader community by developing a palette of mental health and supportive services provided with sensitivity to the histories, experiences, and challenges of these populations. These services include individual and family therapy, domestic violence group treatment, expressive art therapy and music therapy. Many of those served have experienced tremendous trauma prior to arriving here, including life in war zones, loss of family and friends, and/or torture. L2F provides services that address these realities, including home therapy visits if appropriate.
