HDVS Services
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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.