Helpful Resources

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National Domestic Abuse Hotline

Toll Free Phone: 800-799-7233 / 800-799-SAFE
TTY: 800-787-3224

Developing a Safety Plan

Creating a Safety Plan helps you think through ways to increase your safety.

• Personal Safety Plan
• Workplace Safety Plan
• Safety Planning Forms

Santa Clara County Organizations

• Support Network for Battered Women (800) 572-2782
• Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence (408) 279-2962
• Asian Americans for Community Involvement(408) 975-2739
• Community Solutions (408) 683-4118
• Maitri (Support for South Asian Women) (888) 8-MAITRI (624874)

San Francisco Organizations

• SF Domestic Violence Consortium Partners

San Mateo Organizations

• CORA: Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (800) 300-1080

Stanford Resources

• Stanford Sexual Assault Awareness, Prevention & Support (650) 725-9955

Resources for Same-Sex Relationships

• Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project, Boston, MA (800) 832-1901
• The Survivor Project, Portland, OR (503) 288-3191
• Community United Against Violence Domestic Violence Program, San Francisco, CA
  (415) 333-HELP (4357)
• National Coalition of Anti-Violence Project's Report on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Domestic Violence
• Northwest Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse, Seattle,
  (206) 568-7777

Free Legal Resources in Santa Clara County

• Legal Aid Society of Silicon Valley (408) 998-5200
• Bay Area Legal Aid (408) 850-7066 or (800) 551-5554
• Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center (408) 288-7030
• ProBono Project (free volunteer legal services) (408) 998-5298
• Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County (408) 998-5200
• Asian Law Alliance (408) 287-9710
• California Rural Legal Assistance (helps clients in Gilroy and South County) (408) 847-1408
• Santa Clara County Bar Association lawyer referral service (small administrative fee)
  (408) 971-6822

Criminal Justice Resources in Santa Clara County

• Santa Clara County Victim Notification System (800) 464-3568
• Victim Witness Assistance (408) 295-2656
• Office of District Attorney: Family Violence Unit (408) 792-2547
• Office of District Attorney: Palo Alto Branch Office (650) 324-6400

Confidential Address Program

• Safe at home

Teen Resources

• National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline (866) 331-9474

Other Support and Resources

• Cosmetic and Reconstructive Support Program
• California Resources