Local Programs

Chicanos Por La Causa’s (CPLC) De Colores program provides shelter and community-based services to survivors of sexual and domestic violence. The program is fully bilingual and bicultural, providing tailored services to Spanish-speaking and immigrant populations. CPLC De Colores services include: a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, case management, safety planning, support groups, sexual assault services, youth programs, and assistance with housing and employment. Legal services are available to assist with protection orders, immigration and visa paperwork, and court accompaniment.

Eve’s Place Community Service supports victims of domestic, sexual, and teen dating abuse by increasing access to services through its Mobile Advocacy Program. This program brings services to victims in their own communities. Eve’s Place partners with community resources to provide local locations convenient and safe for the client to meet. Services include: safety planning, support groups, resources and referrals, transportation, relocation assistance, childcare upon availability during Eve’s Place services, legal advocacy, and more. Their headquarters office in Peoria serves Maricopa County. The Quartzsite office serves southern La Paz County and surrounding areas, and provides access to services within the community as well as outside the area when needed. The Kayenta office serves many areas of the Navajo Nation, and provides access to services within the Navajo Nation as well as outside of the reservation when needed.

My Sister’s Place is a confidential shelter in the East Valley serving victims of domestic violence. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, safety planning, case management, life skills education, employment assistance, and referrals to transitional programs and affordable housing. In addition, they have a dedicated childhood caseworker and provide therapeutic children’s programming such as art and pet therapy. My Sister’s Place can also help find a temporary home for pets. The Pathways program offers support and transition services for victims who not require immediate shelter. Pathways services include: safety planning, court accompaniment, life skills education, support groups in English and Spanish, counseling, and more.

Sunshine Healing Services of the New Life Center offers outreach services for victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Services include: advocacy/case management, resources and referrals, court and medical accompaniment, law enforcement reporting coordination, trauma treatment, groups and holistic healing, and transportation to SANE exams and to other sexual violence treatment/support services.

The Scottsdale Family Advocacy Center (FAC) brings together multiple agencies to reduce stress and trauma to victims during Crimes Against Persons investigations. The Crimes Against Persons Section provides police investigative services in matters such as domestic violence, sex crimes, internet crimes against children, and other crimes. Police crisis intervention specialists provide critical support such as victim advocacy, transportation, resources, and referrals. Department of Child Safety staff at the center help to evaluate cases involving the abuse of children, and can work with the courts and issue temporary custody orders. FAC serves Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek, Carefree, Tempe, and county jurisdictions in the northeast Valley.

Sojourner Center provides multicultural services to individuals and families impacted by domestic violence and human trafficking in Arizona. The center has a 124-bed emergency shelter and 32 transitional housing apartments in Maricopa County, providing up to 120 days of emergency shelter and up to two years in transitional apartments. Additional services include: a 24-hour hotline, housing support, job readiness, safety planning, protection order assistance, court accompaniment, counseling, case management, parenting classes, a child development center, childcare services, and more. The center offers pet companion services, which include daily care, medical services, trauma healing, animal daycare, cat room, dog yard, and more. Case managers also provide mobile advocacy and can meet individuals at a safe place in the community.

Responds to domestic violence, teen dating violence, stalking, sexual abuse. Offers referrals to shelters off the reservation and to resources through the Hopi Healthcare Center or Behavioral Health, which offer counseling and a child sexual abuse program.

The Children’s Advocacy Center of Southern Arizona provides support to child victims of abuse and their non-offending family members in English and Spanish. The center is a child-sensitive environment where advocates provide customized support during the investigation process and the transition into additional support services. Services include: crisis counseling, pediatric medical evaluations, recorded forensic interviews, and more. They have on-site case coordination with medical professionals, law enforcement, the Department of Child Safety, victim advocates, and other professionals to make decisions together about how to best help the child.

The SAAF Anti-Violence Project, formerly Wingspan, works to prevent, respond to, and end violence against and within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning communities of southern Arizona. They advocate for survivors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, dating violence, hate violence, and stalking. Their support line offers help in English and Spanish. Other services include: crisis intervention, safety planning, basic needs, assistance with orders of protection, support for court proceedings, emergency shelter for LGBTQ survivors who become homeless fleeing violence, and more.