Useful Links for Survivors of Abuse or Crime
24 Hour Hotlines
National Domestic Violence Hotline 1.800.799.SAFE
Project Sister (serving Riverside, San Bernardino counties) 909.626.HELP
LACAAW (serving Los Angeles County) – LA Commission on Assaults Against Women
213.626.3393 OR 310.392.8381 OR 626.793.3385
Financial & Counseling Help for Victims Who’ve Reported Crimes (the following listing is for Los Angeles County but many counties throughout the U.S. run Victim Witness Assistance Programs so check with your local District Attorneys Office)
Victim Witness (Los Angeles)
Shelters (some of the shelters in LA County; to find a shelter in your state or area, call the National Domestic Violence hotline – listed above)
Haven Hills, 818.887.6589
Free Spirit Shelter, Los Angeles 323.937.1312
Jenesse Center, South Los Angeles 213.755.6836
Domestic Violence Restraining Orders (Protective Orders)(the following listing is for Los Angeles County but many counties throughout the U.S. run in pro per clinics [clinics where volunteer attorneys help you fill out the forms but you represent yourself] so check with your local courthouse)
Los Angeles County Bar Association Barrister’s Domestic Violence Project
Para informacion en espanol sobre la orden de prohibicion llame al 213.624.3665
Pasadena Courthouse (open 9-12 M-F; appear early in the morning to be seen); 300 E. Walnut Street, Room 100-B, Pasadena CA 91101
Downtown Los Angeles (Central) Courthouse (open 9-11:30 am and 1:30 – 3:30 pm M-F; appear early in the morning to be seen), 111 N. Hill Street, Dept 8, Room 245, Los Angeles CA 90012
