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Help Throughout California

Rape Crisis Centers In California (Counties A-Y)

Domestic Violence Help Groups In California (Counties A-S)
Find  help in counties from Alameda to San Francisco.

Battered Women Services In Alameda County (CA)
Here are the addresses and phone numbers for groups that provide a safe place to stay, and counseling for women and their children whose safety is in danger as a result of beatings and other violence by their spouses and lovers.

Barristers Domestic Violence Project (LA County)
Volunteer attorneys and law students provide free legal assistance ($20.00 processing fee. Waiver possible.) to obtain restraining orders for victims of domestic violence.

Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law (LA County)
call (323) 939-2174, Tuesdays through Fridays,
from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. to make an
appointment. 

Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic (San Francisco)
Domestic Violence Restraining Orders.

Domestic Violence Help (San Francisco Area)
Major sources of assistance to both men and women in the Bay area.  Includes help for Asians & Pacific Islanders, gays and transexuals.

Domestic Violence Victims And Welfare Benefits (CA) California relaxes some of the requirements for welfare for victims of abuse.

Domestic Violence-Restraining Orders In Central California
Both in English and Spanish.

Victim Assistance & Compensation (All 50 States & DC

United Way Help Line  ( All 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of.  Just type in the words "Domestic violence" or "Battered Women" or "Children and Abuse", etc.

Asian & Pacific Islander Institute On Domestic Violence
Links To Asian Help Groups. 

Help For Battered Women Immigrants (All 50 States & DC)

Criminal Justice Divisions/ Attorney General's (All 50 States)

AT&T Language Link (800) 528-5888  
Provides interpreters in 100 languages.