Social work, employment, 90 day shelter, accepts minors with children, counseling, nursing, psychology, psychiatry. Serves female survivors of domestic violence, minors, women with HIV/AIDS, female survivors of sexual assault aged 16 and older, and children of all ages.
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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CAPROMUNI
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.
Clara Lair Home
Shelter for women and their children. Social work services, legal advocacy, psychology, housekeeping and volunteer staff.
Creating Bonds between Men and Women who are Victims of Domestic Violence
Social and psychological intervention for male and female survivors of domestic violence aged 21 and over.
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
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
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.
Guidance and Family Therapy Institute
Non-residential services for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
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.
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.
Institute of the Celia and Harris Bunker Home, Inc.
Advocacy and legal representation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Matria Project
Transitional housing, economic self-sufficiency and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Matria Project
Transitional housing, economic self-sufficiency and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Matria Project
Transitional housing, economic self-sufficiency and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Office of Promotion and Human Development, INC. (OPDH in Spanish)
Domestic violence support group, community development, self-esteem workshop, psychological services and parenting workshop.
Path of the Cross Counseling Center
Counseling and psychological services with a Christian focus for victims of domestic violence.
Piety Home (FUNDESCO)
Provides social work, legal advocacy, nursing, psychology, case management and facilitators for women of all ages and their minor children.
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.
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, and more.
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.
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.
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.
Saint Mary of Mercy New Woman Home
Shelter for women of all ages and their minor children. Provides community education, support groups, business training centers, social work, psychologists, legal advocates.
Shelter
Crisis intervention, follow-up, therapy, group therapy, information and referrals (in person), help with compensation claims, information and referrals (by phone).
Social Action Eternal Refuge Foundation
Domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, child abuse, guidance, support group, psychological help.
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.
Traveler’s Aid Office
Help for victims of domestic violence in cases of crisis to leave the country.
Wings for Women Foundation, Inc.
Advocacy services.
Woman of the City, House of Thought
Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking education and prevention. Legal representation and consultation, and counseling support.
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.