The Children and Youth Program provides services that give children and youth the opportunity to unlearn attitudes and behaviors that could otherwise cause them to perpetuate the cycle of violence in their adult relationships.

Individual counseling sessions are available by appointment in order to help children and teens understand that domestic violence is not their fault and to teach them alternative coping skills.

Support groups for children and teens are held concurrently with the women's domestic violence and sexual assault support groups on Tuesdays, in Spanish at the Watsonville office and in English at the Santa Cruz office.

Children and Youth program staff also conduct educational/support groups at several high schools, which include group counseling, and domestic violence and sexual assault prevention education.