HDVS Services

We offer, at no cost to our clients, the following services:

• 24 Hour Crisis/Support Line
• Shelter services
• Advocacy
• Emergency Transportation
• Emergency Food and Clothing
• Support Groups
• Peer Counseling
• Information and Referrals
• Alcohol and Other Drug Program

  24 Hour Crisis/Support Line

• Staffed by Trained Domestic Violence Crisis Workers
• Non-Judgemental Peer Counseling and Support

Shelter Services

• Emergency Shelter
• Up to 30 days
• Support & Advocacy
• Services and assistance in planning the next step and in making long term plans

Advocacy

• Help with getting information about & services from other agencies.
• Accompaniment to Court, Law Enforcement, Hospital, Social Services, etc.
• Assistance with Social Service and legal paperwork (including restraining orders.

Emergency Transportation

• Help with local transportation for adults & children in Shelter
• May provide transportation out of area to a safe place

Emergency Food and Clothing

• food for adults & children in shelter
• donated clothes provided
• personal supplies (shampoo, soap, toothpaste, etc.)

  Support Groups

• 1st time visitors to our support groups, please call our crisis/support line for confidential location 707-443-6042
• Ongoing, drop-in groups for battered and formerly battered adults.
• Safe, non-judgemental place to share.
• Limited free childcare provided by reservations only, cut off time is 2 hours before groups.

Peer counseling

• Short-term individual peer counseling for battered and formerly battered adults
• referrals to individual and family counseling services
INFORMATION AND REFERRALS *referrals to HDVS programs, local agencies and other shelters *information about domestic violence *community education and outreach ALCOHOL and OTHER DRUG SERVICES PROGRAM
• Drop-in group for adults with dual issues of domestic violence and substance abuse.
• Information on links between domestic violence and substance abuse.