Next Door Solutions To Domestic Violence

Walk-in crisis counseling - clients receive services from an organization advocate to address barriers to safety, stability and self-sufficiency. Working with the advocate, clients receive an assessment to determine the client's particular needs, help determining which services would benefit them, and assistance in accessing those services. Services include safety planning, risk assessments, advocacy, restraining order assistance, support, and referrals. Legal services - working with the organization's advocates, clients receive legal assistance with temporary restraining orders, court accompaniment and other domestic violence related court hearings and immigration services.

The shelter next door - clients receive safe respite from potentially life-threatening abuse including shelter, food, toiletries, medicines, links to emergency cash aid and food stamps, peer counseling (case management), housing assistance, financial literacy screening, and emergency transportation. The shelter houses approximately 19 people at any one time. 24/7 crisis hotline - callers receive a live-voice response from a bilingual advocate 24 hours a day, seven days a week; interpreter services are available for other languages. Services received include peer crisis counseling, information, and referrals to other social service agencies as needed.

Domestic violence and healthcare initiative - in collaboration with local community health clinics and the east san jose peace partnership, the organization provides community outreach and education on dv's impact to the health and well-being of survivors, children, and youth; technical assistance to health clinics for conducting dv screenings and trainings for clinical staff to advance universal knowledge of the larger impact of dv on health, and to promote the practice of providing universal education to all patients who come to healthcare providers, not just screening for disclosure. Community outreach initiative - the organization, with the help of the survivor advisory group, "el comite de mujeres fuertes" (committee of strong women) conducts education and training on domestic violence in the broader community. The group has undergone training as community health workers (promotores) and is partnering with stanford medical school to develop training for promotores in domestic violence, specifically targeting the latina community.youth prevention works with the community to build a county-wide coalition that addresses the issues youth are facing: mental health/wellbeing, jobs/college, peer connections, services, housing, healthy cultural-social identity, healthy relationships, youth centers, youth leadership and organizations. We focus on building youth leadership cohorts for connection as well as focus in areas where teen dating violence is high and to lead social media content to continue to engage with youth. To create an annual youth in action conference.