The Julia de Burgos Safe House serves women survivors of domestic violence and their children. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, shelter, children’s programs, rapid re-housing, legal guidance and counseling, psychological services, group therapy, references, and more. The maximum shelter stay is three months but could be extended depending on the case. All services are free of charge.
Local Programs
Shelters and local programs that provide support, counseling, safety planning, and other services to victims of abuse. (Have a suggestion or correction? Contact us!)
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Aibonito
Central House of Thought for Women
The House of Thought provides services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and date rape. They offer legal services in the Aibonito and Guayama judicial regions, such as representation and advocacy. Other services include counseling, emotional support, psychological services, education, and prevention.
Arecibo
CAPROMUNI
CAPROMUNI offers shelter and guidance to victims of gender violence and their children. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, shelter for up to 90 days, crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, mental health services, psychological services, legal advocacy and advice, and more. CAPROMUNI is a program of IPVIPR.
Creating Bonds between Men and Women who are Victims of Domestic Violence
This program was designed to help adolescents, women, and men who are victims of domestic violence. Services include: guidance and counseling, crisis intervention, psychological services, group and individual therapy, and educational presentations.
Luisa Capetillo Safe House
Provides shelter services, counseling, outpatient services, court accompaniment, legal advocacy and referrals for women and men who are victims of domestic violence as well as their children and teens.
Office of Promotion and Human Development, Inc. (OPDH in Spanish)
OPDH is a non-profit organization that offers support services to the community. Services include: individual counseling, support groups for women over age 18 who are victims/survivors of domestic violence, educational workshops for crime victims over age 18, community development, and more.
Barranquitas
Center for Women and New Families
Individual support: guidance and help (advocacy) about civil and legal rights, personalized counseling, processes of accompaniment without conditions for integral development, legal advocacy and multi-sector support coordination.
Group support: Support and Self-help Groups (The Ci-marronas). Leadership and Feminine Healing Development Program - Group Dynamics. LandArtHealth Project - Workshops (art, handicrafts, land cultivation and body movement) that promote creative activity as a healing tool.
Bayamón
Institute of the Celia and Harris Bunker Home, Inc.
Advocacy and legal representation.
Social Action Eternal Refuge Foundation
Domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, child abuse, guidance, support group, psychological help.
Caguas
Family Counseling and Therapy Institute
El Instituto tiene como misión fortalecer la unidad y sana convivencia familiar a través de servicios psicosociales, educativos y preventivos que fomentan el bienestar integral. A través de terapia grupal apoyan a sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica.
Matria Project
Matria Project serves survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, as well as LGBT persons and heads of household who live below poverty level. Through the helpline, they help establish safety and escape plans, offer counseling, and coordinate services. The transitional housing program is up to two years and serves women and the LGB community who are homeless due to an active situation of domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, or human trafficking.
Piety Home (FUNDESCO)
Piety Home provides services to women victims of domestic violence and violent crime, and to their children. Services include: social work, medical clinic, psychological services, case management, food and referrals.
Carolina
Referrals and Help for Abused Women
Services for survivors/victims in a current domestic violence situation. Among the services offered are: advocacy, case management, psychology, legal consultations, support groups, safety planning with preventative rounds by the municipal police, referrals, and more.
Traveler’s Aid Office
Help for victims of domestic violence in cases of crisis to leave the country.
Cayey
Saint Mary of Mercy New Woman Home
Offers services to victims/survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and date rape. Service include: a 24-hour helpline, shelter, crisis intervention, legal advocacy, social work services, psychological services, transitional housing, rapid re-housing, business and financial training, and more. In addition, they have special projects providing services to underserved populations such as children, youth, seniors, and the LGBTIQA+.
Comerío
Juana Colón House
Juana Colón House is a community organization that provides care to women, especially survivors of gender violence, sexual violence, and stalking, of limited economic resources. Services include: free legal support, accompaniment the Comerío court, individual and group support, case management, art therapy workshops, coordination of health services for Comerío residents, and more.
Guayacama
Central House of Thought for Women
The House of Thought provides services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and date rape. They offer legal services in the Aibonito and Guayama judicial regions, such as representation and advocacy. Other services include counseling, emotional support, psychological services, education, and prevention.
Gurabo
ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
Hormigueros
Clara Lair Home
Shelter for women and their children. Social work services, legal advocacy, psychology, housekeeping and volunteer staff.
Humacao
House of Kindness
Counseling in the shelter and transitional housing, employment coordinator, counseling, psychology, information and resources, transitional housing, 24-month housing, legal consultations for female survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Juncos
Everybody's House
Provides services for emancipated women 17 years and older as well as children placed by the Department of Families. Offers social work services, a transitional housing program, psychologist and psychiatrist, individual therapy, recreation and tutors for children in the shelter.
Mayaguez
ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
Matria Project
Transitional housing, economic self-sufficiency and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Ponce
Julia de Burgos Safe House
Shelters for victims of domestic violence aged 18 and older and their minor children. Social work and psychology services as well as referrals.
Río Piedras
Women's Steps
Project to help survivors of domestic violence focusing on women’s health. Provides specialized services of medical-forensic evaluation on an outpatient basis (more than 7 days after the event), evaluation of health and psychosocial needs, follow-up emergency evaluations, consultations, case discussions, trainings, support groups and more.
San Germán
ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
Luisa Capetillo Project, Escape, Inc.
Counseling for victims/survivors of domestic violence, men and women and their children to strengthen families. Offers prevention chats for the community, free of charge.
San Juan
Domestic Violence Program - University of Carlos Albizu
Non-residential evaluation, psychotherapy and counseling services for female victims of domestic violence and their children.
Dominican Women's Center
Domestic violence and sexual assault prevention and education. Legal representation for immigrant women who are victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Performs an evaluation of the needs of Dominican women in Puerto Rico.
ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center
ESCAPE is a private non-profit institution that works for the intervention, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and family violence. Services include: crisis intervention, counseling, telephone counseling, healthy parenting courses, and more.
Julia de Burgos Safe House
Shelters for victims of domestic violence aged 18 and older and their minor children. Social work and psychology services as well as referrals.
Path of the Cross Counseling Center
Counseling and psychological services with a Christian focus for victims of domestic violence.
Raising for Peace Project
Help for women in situations of domestic violence or child abuse, group counseling with a psycho-educational focus. For women and their children, individual interventions in specific cases.
Support Program for Victims of Sexual Abuse and their Families (PAF in Spanish)
Individual therapy, psychological treatment, crisis intervention, psychoeducational intervention with non-offending parents, psychological, psychometric and psycho-educational evaluations.
Toa Baja
Office of Women’s Affairs, Toa Baja Municipality
The Office of Women’s Affairs offers services to victims of domestic violence. Services include: crisis intervention, therapy, counseling, psychological services for children and teens, transportation, accompaniment in the judicial process, and more. They serve residents of Toa Baja.
Utuado
Ruth's Home, Inc
Shelter for female victims of domestic violence 16 years and older. Provides non-residential services, counseling, legal consultations, legal advocacy, transitional housing, social worker, psychologists and nursing care.
Wings for Women Foundation, Inc.
Advocacy services.
Vega Alta
Matria Project
Transitional housing, economic self-sufficiency and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Ruth's Home, Inc
Shelter for female victims of domestic violence 16 years and older. Provides non-residential services, counseling, legal consultations, legal advocacy, transitional housing, social worker, psychologists and nursing care.