DCF | Domestic Violence Direct Services

DOW provides funding to domestic violence programs to provide direct services to victims and survivors of domestic violence. Agencies are contracted to provide the following, or a combination of the following, services:

Housing, shelter, and rental assistance
Basic needs – hygiene, clothing, and food items
24-hour hotline and emergency response
Victim advocacy (financial, housing, medical, employment, education, immigration, etc.)
Transportation
Interpretation and Translation
Legal advocacy (can include representation in high-risk situations, but also information, referral, know-your-rights, pro-bono training and legal clinics/seminars)
Medical accompaniment
Individual or group counseling
Children's services
Community education, training, and awareness

Legislation: N.J.S.A 2C:25-17; FVPSA

Funded Programs

180, Turning Lives Around, Inc. – Monmouth County
- https://180nj.org/

Avanzar – Atlantic County
- https://avanzarnow.org/

Alternatives to Domestic Violence - Bergen County
- https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/divisions-of-alternatives-to-domestic-violence/alternatives-to-domestic-violence

Center for Hope and Safety – Bergen County
- https://www.hopeandsafetynj.org/

CARA (Coalition Against Rape & Abuse)
- http://www.cara-cmc.org/

Center For Family Services - Cumberland
- https://www.centerffs.org/

Center For Family Services - Gloucester
- https://www.centerffs.org/

Camden County Women's Center (NJ Assoc on Corrections)
- https://njaconline.org/what-we-do/domestic-abuse/camden-county/camden-county-womens-support-center/

Providence House (Catholic Charities) – Burlington and Ocean Counties
- https://www.catholiccharitiestrenton.org/domestic-violence-services/

Domestic Abuse Services, Inc. – Sussex County
- https://dasi.org/

Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center – Warren County
- https://www.dasacc.org/

Safe House at Clara Maas Medical Center – Essex County
- https://www.rwjbh.org/clara-maass-medical-center/treatment-care/domestic-violence/

Essex County Family Justice Center – Essex County
- https://www.essexcountyfjc.org/

WomenAware - Middlesex County
- https://womenaware.net/

Passaic County Women's Center (Nj Assoc on Correction) – Passaic County
- https://njaconline.org/what-we-do/domestic-abuse/passaic-county/

Salem County Women's Services- Salem County
- https://salemcountywomensservices.org/

Jersey Battered Women's Services – Morris County
- https://jbws.org/

YWCA of Eastern Union County
- https://www.ywcaunioncounty.org/

WomanSpace, Inc.- Mercer County
- https://womanspace.org/

WomanRising, Inc. – Hudson County
- https://www.womenrising.org/

Safe in Hunterdon – Hunterdon County
- https://safeinhunterdon.org/

My Sister's Lighthouse – Newark, NJ
- https://mysisterslighthouse.org/

Safe and Sound – Somerset County
- https://www.safe-sound.org/

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