The Victim Services Center provides compassionate and comprehensive services to victims of crime, sexual assault/rape, and domestic violence. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, 30-day shelter for victims and their children, rape and sexual assault services, safety planning, assistance filing restraining orders, court support, children’s advocacy center, counseling referrals, help with CalVCP claims, and more.
Local Programs
This page has contact information for programs that offer help/referrals to victims of abuse throughout the state. If you plan to contact a program via email, please review our Safety when using email page first.
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Madera
The Victim Services Center at Community Action Partnership of Madera County (CAPMC)
Marin
Center for Domestic Peace
The Center for Domestic Peace, formerly the Marin Abused Women’s Services, provides services to victims of domestic violence and sex trafficking in Marin County. Services include: a 24-hour bilingual English/Spanish hotline, emergency shelter, long-term transitional housing, safety planning, counseling, support groups, advocacy, and classes for stopping violence behavior. Free legal services include: court accompaniment, restraining orders, and guidance with immigration relief (U Visa, VAWA, and asylum). Interpreter services, including sign language, are available at no cost. Services are provided to all survivors, regardless of their immigration status.
Community Violence Solutions - San Rafael Office
Community Violence Solutions provides support services to child and adult victims of sexual assault and their families. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, rape crisis center, sexual assault response team, accompaniment to hospitals and legal proceedings, specialized services for child victims of sexual abuse and their families, and prevention services.
Mariposa
Mountain Crisis Services
Provides services to those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault in Mariposa County. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, safety planning, shelter, help with legal paperwork, counseling, and assistance accessing resources. Their shelter is pet-friendly and their pet advocate assists victims with pet care and any other needs.
Victim/Witness Assistance Program of the Mariposa County District Attorney's Office
The Victim/Witness Assistance Program provides services to crime victims throughout the county. Services include: crisis intervention, assistance filing protective orders, court accompaniment, help filing victims of crime compensation claim, and emergency food and clothing.
Mendocino
Project Sanctuary - Coast Area
Project Sanctuary provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Mendocino County. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, transitional housing, support groups, counseling, help with restraining orders, hospital accompaniment for sexual assault victims, and prevention education. The Coastal program serves the entire coastal region of Mendocino County, from Rockport south to Gualala.
Project Sanctuary - Inland Area
Project Sanctuary provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Mendocino County. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, transitional housing, support groups, counseling, help with restraining orders, hospital accompaniment for sexual assault victims, and prevention education. The Inland program serves the entire interior region of Mendocino County, east of Boonville.
Victims/Witness Program of the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office
Provides assistance to crime victims and witnesses involved in the criminal justice system. Services include: crisis intervention, emergency assistance, resource/referral, court escort, and case status information.
Merced
Valley Crisis Center
The Valley Crisis Center provides services to survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, peer counseling, support groups in English and Spanish, forensic exam accompaniment, and support with filing restraining orders. Valley Crisis Center operates two confidential shelters. The shelter for survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault allows pets; the shelter for human trafficking survivors does not accept pets.
Online chat is available weekdays.
Victim/Witness Assistance Program of the Merced County District Attorney's Office
The Program is available for victims and witnesses of violence crimes. Services include: crisis intervention, counseling, emergency food/clothing/lodging, referrals to community resources, court accompaniment, help with victim impact statement, information about case status, assistance with application for victim compensation, orientation to the criminal justice system, and more.
Modoc
Modoc County Victim Service Department
The Victim Service Department helps all crime victims through the criminal proceedings. Services include: orientation to the criminal justice system, court accompaniment, assistance with restitution, assistance with restraining orders and civil harassment orders, and more.
T.E.A.C.H./Modoc Crisis Center
Modoc Crisis Center assists victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, shelter, transitional housing, safety planning, counseling, emergency response, court/medical accompaniment, assistance filing for restraining orders, child forensic interviews, transportation assistance, and referrals.
Mono
Wild Iris - Mammoth Lake Office
Wild Iris offers free and confidential support for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse and their families. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, safety planning, referrals to community resources, medical and court accompaniment, emergency food and clothing, therapy services, prevention programs, and more. All services are free of charge and completely confidential. The service area of Wild Iris is all of Inyo and Mono counties, including Death Valley and Tecopa regions and Coleville/ Walker, north to the Nevada State line.
Monterey
Community Homeless Solutions
Community Homeless Solutions is one of Monterey County’s largest providers of homeless transitional housing and emergency shelter beds, including shelter for adults and children fleeing domestic violence. They have two emergency shelters for domestic violence victims at confidential locations in Marina and Salinas with bilingual staff, and stays at the shelters range from 30 to 90 days. Additional services include: a 24-hour hotline, safety planning, legal advocacy, counseling for adults and children, case management, employment assistance, life skills development, clothing, food, art therapy, interpreter services, and more. Community Homeless Solutions also operates housing programs for people experiencing homelessness and a youth housing program.
Monterey County Rape Crisis Center - Monterey Office
The Center serves victims and survivors of sexual assault, human trafficking, and child abuse. Services include: a 24-hour hotline; counseling; child abuse treatment program; accompaniment to forensic medical exams, law enforcement interviews, and court hearings; and therapy for friends and family of survivors. Services are available in English and Spanish. The Center serves people of all gender identities, documented and undocumented immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, people with disabilities, individuals experiencing homelessness, and people experiencing incarceration.
Monterey Rape Crisis Center - Salinas Office
The Center serves victims and survivors of sexual assault, human trafficking, and child abuse. Services include: a 24-hour hotline; counseling; child abuse treatment program; accompaniment to forensic medical exams, law enforcement interviews, and court hearings; and therapy for friends and family of survivors. Servies available in English and Spanish. The Center serves people of all gender identities, documented and undocumented immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, people with disabilities, individuals experiencing homelessness, and people experiencing incarceration.
Victim Assistance Program of the Monterey County District Attorney's Office - King City Office
Victim Assistance Program services are provided free of charge and there is no legal citizenship requirement to receive assistance. Service include: crisis intervention, court accompaniment, counseling, orientation to the criminal justice process, restraining orders, transportation assistance for court, and more.
Victim Assistance Program of the Monterey County District Attorney's Office - Salinas Office
Victim Assistance Program services are provided free of charge and there is no legal citizenship requirement to receive assistance. Service include: crisis intervention, court accompaniment, counseling, orientation to the criminal justice process, restraining orders, transportation assistance for court, and more.
YWCA of Monterey County
The YWCA provides services for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, safety planning, confidentially located shelters, mental health services, case management, housing referrals, educational/job placement, emergency fund assistance, addiction treatment/services, immigration petition program, and more. Every program of YWCA Monterey County has bilingual English/Spanish services.