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EspañolPassaic County Domestic and Sexual Violence Center, formerly the Passaic County Women’s Center, serves survivors, their children, and their support persons. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, temporary shelter up to 60 days, a domestic violence response team, a sexual assault response team, case management, counseling, support groups, legal advocacy, help filing for restraining orders, children’s services, children’s therapeutic program, and more. Services are available from bilingual/bicultural advocates in Spanish and Arabic.
Local Programs
Updated:
November 6, 2023This page has contact information for programs that offer help/referrals to victims of abuse throughout the state. If you plan to contact a program via email, please review our Safety when using email page first.
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Passaic
Passaic County Domestic and Sexual Violence Center
P.O. Box 244
Paterson, NJ 07543
Hotline:
(973) 881-1450 (24 hours)
Phone:
(973) 881-0725 (Outreach)
Phone 2:
(973) 247-8490 (Court Advocate)
Strengthen Our Sisters
P.O. Box 1089
Hewitt, NJ 07421
Hotline:
(973) 728-0059 (24 hours)
Phone:
(973) 831-0898
Phone 2:
(783) 506-4577
Strengthen Our Sisters is a shelter program serving battered/homeless women and their children. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, transitional housing, food, clothing, legal services, battered women’s support group, child care, job training, workshops, help filing restraining orders, and more.
Wafa House
P.O. Box 2102
Clifton, NJ 07015
Phone:
(800) 930-9232
Phone 2:
(862) 295-3525
Email:
Wafa House was founded to address domestic violence issues in the Muslim community. Wafa provides recovery services that are linguistically and culturally sensitive, and that cater to the needs of Middle Eastern and South Asian survivors. Services include: social services, mental health counseling, legal services, play therapy for children, bilingual case management, outreach and prevention, and more. Legal services are available in English and Arabic to qualifying clients for court proceedings related to divorce, child custody, domestic violence, sexual violence, and protection orders. Counseling is available in English, Arabic, and Urdu. Serving Passaic County.
