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Celebrating 30 years of building a safer community for women and children in Santa Cruz County.
If you need help, call our 24-hour crisis line at (831) 685-3737.
If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
Todos los servicios están disponibles en Español.
Línea de crisis las 24 horas del día: (831) 685-3737.
Mission: Our mission is to end domestic violence and sexual assault by providing intervention and prevention services in a culturally-sensitive way.
Domestic violence is defined as an act of coercion, control, punishment, intimidation, or revenge designed to manipulate, control and dominate the partner and to achieve compliance and dependence. By isolating the partner from family, friends, neighbors or co-workers, the batterer ensures that his or hers are the only messages heard. These assaultive and coercive behaviors include physical and sexual violence, psychological and emotional attacks, threats against property, pets and even the children in the home, economic coercion and many more such acts.
Sexual assault is defined as a violation of a person's right to have control over their body and their right to be safe. It is an act motivated by the desire to have power and control over another person. This includes childhood sexual abuse.
Women's Crisis Support ~ Defensa de Mujeres has been providing domestic violence and sexual assault related services in Santa Cruz County for 30 years. Our comprehensive range of crisis intervention and prevention services are offered in English and Spanish and include: - 24-hour bilingual crisis line
- Peer counseling, information and referrals for women, teens and children
- 24-hour in-person emergency response to domestic violence and sexual assault survivors
- Confidential emergency shelter
- Temporary restraining order assistance and court accompaniment
- Individual and group counseling for survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault
- Training and presentation for schools, professionals and community groups
- Neighborhood outreach
- Family workshops
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Strategic Plan 2006-2011
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