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NATIONAL

The National Domestic Violence Hotline:
(800) 799-SAFE (7233)
(800) 787-3224 TTY

National Child Abuse Hotline:
(800) 25-ABUSE

The National Sexual Assault Hotline
(RAINN: Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network)
(800) 656-HOPE (4673)

The American Domestic Violence Crisis Line:
(866) USWOMEN (879-6636)

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SERVING ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS

Asian Women’s Shelter: (Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Korean, Khmu, Lao, Mandarin, Mien, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, and Vietnamese)
(877) 751-7110 Toll Free Crisis Line
www.sfaws.org

Asian Health Services:
(510) 986-1024
www.ahschc.org

API Legal Outreach: (Cantonese, Chiu-Chow, Hindi, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Urdu, and Vietnamese)
(415) 567-6255
(510) 251-2846
www.apilegaloutreach.org

Cameron House: (Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese)
(415) 781-0401
www.cameronhouse.org

Narika (Bangla, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Marwadi, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu)
1-800-215-7308
www.narika.org

OTHER LOCAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

San Francisco Women Against Rape:
(415) 647-7273 (24 hrs)
www.sfwar.org

Maitri:
San Francisco, CA
Maitri is a free, confidential, nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area, that helps South Asian women facing domestic violence, emotional abuse or family conflict. We provide peer support and referrals to legal help, emergency shelters and counselors.
www.maitri.org

La Casa de las Madras:
San Francisco, CA
Offering Shelter, Advocacy and Support Services to Battered Women and their Children.
Adult Line: 1-877-503-1850
Teen Line: 1-877-923-0700
www.lacasa.org

Domestic Violence Project of Santa Clara County:
Santa Clara County, CA
Comprehensive resources, contacts, hotlines and information for Santa Clara County. Includes educational/informational resources. They have over 1200 indexed links to internet resources on violence, over 100 links to relevant online journals, art by victims and award winning editorial illustrators, a 4000 item bibliography, medico-legal protocols, battered women's stories with photos, downloadable posters, essays by youth, newsletters, and more.
www.growing.com/nonviolent

Center for Domestic Violence Prevention:
San Mateo, CA
Offering in-house counseling and support services to residents in our shelter program. We are committed to ending the inter-generational cycle of violence.
Business Line: (650) 652-0800
Fax: (650) 652-0808
24-hour support line: (650) 312-8515
www.corasupport.org

Marin Abused Women's Services (MAWS):
Marin County, CA
Marin Abused Women's Services (MAWS) provides emergency hotlines, housing facilities, support groups and a men's program.
Women's English Hotline (415) 924-6616
Women's Spanish Hotline (415) 924-3456
Men's Hotline (415) 924-1070
www.maws.org

Women's Shelter Program:
San Luis Obispo County, CA
WSP offers two distinct programs. The first program, the Emergency Shelter Program, consists of the 10 bed safe house which provides safe shelter, food and clothing to victims and their children who are in immediate danger due to domestic violence. The Emergency Shelter Program also offers counseling to women and children, advocacy with legal services and social service organizations, and case management in order to help the residents establish violence-free and economically feasible lives after they leave the shelter.
www.womensshelterslo.org

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