Center Against Domestic Violence

The Center Against Domestic Violence leads the way toward a society free of violence and abuse by offering education and prevention programs and promoting the well-being and economic independence of survivors of abuse. Through RAPP, Speak your Peace and Relationships are Elementary, the Center’s social workers help more than 30,000 students in twelve high schools, four middle schools and one elementary school stop bullying and prevent domestic violence. These programs encourage and support young men and women to become peer leaders and speak out against violence and abuse. While at Women’s Survival Space, Women’s Safe Start and Women’s Second Start, the Center’s three shelters, women gain the tools to become survivors and take control of their lives. The Center provides workshops like Moms’ Survival Skills, the Empowerment Workshop and Economic Literacy. Vocational counseling helps formerly abused women take their places in the workforce. More than 1000 women and children a year find safety at the Center’s shelters. Children’s Growing Place, Children’s Clubhouse and the Kids’ Club aim to stop the cycle of domestic abuse by focusing on its youngest victims, the children of battered women. In 1998 Children’s Growing Place, a unique preschool and after-school program for children from violent homes, was named one of New York City’s ten best preschools by the New York State Department of Education. The Center provides community-based case management and therapeutic counseling. Our 24-hour hotline staff offers hope to 7,000 callers each year. Center Against DV News, the Center’s periodic newsletter, covering issues related to domestic abuse, is distributed to 2000 people. Find out more about the Center Against Domestic Violence at www.cadvny.org