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Local Programs
Updated:
June 15, 2015Shelters 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
P.O. Box 1800
Arecibo, PR
Phone:
787-880-2272
Fax:
787-879-3834
Center for Women and New Families
Barranquitas, PR 00749
Phone:
787-857-4685
Fax:
787-857-4685
Email:
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
Aptdo. 1653
Hormigueros, PR
Hotline:
787-218-1063
Phone:
787-218-1063
Email:
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
Arecibo, PR 00613
Phone:
787-878-6776
Social and psychological intervention for male and female survivors of domestic violence aged 21 and over.
Domestic Violence Program - University of Carlos Albizu
Calle Tanca, Esquina San Francisco
Al lado del Burger King en el Viejo San Juan
San Juan, PR 00902
Phone:
787-725-6500 Ext. 1007, 1117
Non-residential evaluation, psychotherapy and counseling services for female victims of domestic violence and their children.
Dominican Women's Center
P.O. Box 20068
San Juan, PR 00928
Phone:
787-772-9251
Fax:
787-281-6479
Email:
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
Gurabo, PR
Phone:
787-737-1111
Phone 2:
787-787-5918
Fax:
787-737-5919
Email:
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center
Mayaguez, PR
Phone:
787-834-0952
Fax:
787-834-0954
Email:
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center
Guaynabo, PR
Phone:
787-287-6161
Fax:
787-287-6110
Email:
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
ESCAPE, Family Strengthening Center
San Germán, PR
Phone:
787-264-6161
Phone 2:
787-264-6163
Fax:
787-264-6162
Email:
Intervention, treatment and prevention of child abuse and family violence.
Everybody's House
HC- 23 P.O. Box 6128
Juncos, PR 00777
Phone:
787-734-3132
Phone 2:
787-734-5511
Fax:
787-734-4565
Email:
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
PR
Phone:
787-746-5756
Non-residential services for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
House of Kindness
Fajardo, PR
Phone:
787-548-0008
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
P.O. Box 8999
Humacao, PR 00792
Phone:
787-852-2087
Phone 2:
787-852-7265
Fax:
787-852-2087
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.
Centro Judicial de Bayamón
Bayamón, PR
Phone:
787-765-7895
Phone 2:
787-765-7899
Advocacy and legal representation.
Julia de Burgos Safe House
Ponce, PR
Phone:
787-284-4303
Fax:
787-725-8580
Email:
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
P.O. Box 362433
San Juan, PR 00936-2433
Phone:
787-723-3500
Phone 2:
787-723-3520
Fax:
787-725-8580
Email:
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.
San Germán, PR
Phone:
787-264-6161
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
Arecibo, PR 00612
Phone:
787-880-6944
Phone 2:
787-878-1935
Fax:
787-880-7861
Email:
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
31 Calle Jiménez Sicardó, Piso 1
Caguas, PR 00725
Phone:
787-704-2222
Phone 2:
787-703-0148
Fax:
787-747-1381
Email:
Transitional housing, economic self-sufficiency and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Matria Project
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayaguez
Casita 5A / Casita de las Mujeres, Calle Post
Mayaguez, PR 00680
Phone:
787-832-4040 Ext. 6204
Email:
Transitional housing, economic self-sufficiency and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Matria Project
Edificio de Cirujía Ambulatoria Caribe Medical Plaza
Urb. Santa Rita 1 Calle Marginal Ste. 201
Vega Alta, PR 00692
Phone:
787-270-1330 Ext. 26
Email:
Transitional housing, economic self-sufficiency and legal advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Office of Promotion and Human Development, INC. (OPDH in Spanish)
Arecibo, PR
Phone:
787-817-6951 / 787-817-6955
Phone 2:
787-817-6954
Fax:
787-817-7597
Domestic violence support group, community development, self-esteem workshop, psychological services and parenting workshop.
Path of the Cross Counseling Center
Calle Alhambra #63 Urb. Floral Park
San Juan, PR 00936
Phone:
787-764-4666
Counseling and psychological services with a Christian focus for victims of domestic violence.
Piety Home (FUNDESCO)
Aptdo. 6300
Caguas, PR 00726-6300
Phone:
787-743-7658
Phone 2:
787-258-5162
Fax:
787-746-0001
Provides social work, legal advocacy, nursing, psychology, case management and facilitators for women of all ages and their minor children.
Raising for Peace Project
163 Calle Los Mirtos
Urb. Hyde Park
San Juan, PR 00927-4234
Phone:
787-753-3987
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
Aptdo. 8
Carolina, PR 00936-0008
Phone:
787-701-2395
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
Arecibo, PR
Hotline:
787-548-6904
Phone:
787-548-6903
Email:
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
Utuado, PR
Hotline:
787-548-6903
Phone:
787-548-6904
Email:
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
P.O. Box 538
Vega Alta, PR 00692
Phone:
787-883-1805
Phone 2:
787-883-1884
Fax:
787-883-1805
Email:
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
P.O. Box 927
Cayey, PR 00937
Phone:
787-263-6473
Phone 2:
787-263-8980
Fax:
787-263-9305
Email:
Shelter for women of all ages and their minor children. Provides community education, support groups, business training centers, social work, psychologists, legal advocates.
Shelter
PR
Hotline:
787-261-0202
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
Bayamón, PR
Phone:
787-779-8800 / 787-779-8801
Phone 2:
787-779-8803
Fax:
787-779-8802
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)
Universidad Carlos Albizu
San Juan, PR
Phone:
787-725-6500
Individual therapy, psychological treatment, crisis intervention, psychoeducational intervention with non-offending parents, psychological, psychometric and psycho-educational evaluations.
Traveler’s Aid Office
Aeropuerto Luis Muñoz Marín
Carolina, PR
Phone:
787-791-1034
Fax:
787-791-1054
Help for victims of domestic violence in cases of crisis to leave the country.
Wings for Women Foundation, Inc.
Utuado, PR
Phone:
787-894-8495
Advocacy services.
Woman of the City, House of Thought
Aibonito, PR
Phone:
787-735-3200
Phone 2:
787-735-6698
Fax:
787-735-3200
Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking education and prevention. Legal representation and consultation, and counseling support.
Women's Steps
Recinto de Ciencias Médicas
Río Piedras, PR
Phone:
787-758-2525 Ext. 2814
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.
