Jewish Resources by State

ARIZONA

Jewish Family and Children's Service
4220 North 20th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85015
602.279.7655
www.jfcsarizona.org
JFCS has a program for people impacted by domestic violence called Shelter Without Walls. Individual services include personal advocacy, case management, basic needs assistance,  individual/family counseling, weekly group counseling, domestic violence education, parenting support, safety planning, information & referrals, specific financial assistance, mentoring, and aftercare support. Services are free to men, women and children who are living in Maricopa County.
 
CALIFORNIA

Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles
6505 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90048
323.761.8800
www.jfsla.org
Provide a confidential 24 hour hotline, an emergency shelter, transitional housing, counseling, support groups, education programs for teens and parents, advocacy, and consultation. All services are free.
 
Jewish Family and Children's Service
2150 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
415.449.1200
www.jfcs.org
Counseling and support; main office will provide referrals to offices in surrounding counties. Dream House transitional housing program serves Jewish women and children who have left domestic violence and abusive situations, are at risk of homelessness, and are unemployed and in need of retraining.

Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay
2484 Shattuck Avenue – Suite 210
Berkeley, CA  94612
510.704.7475
510.704-7494 (fax)

Family Justice Center
470 27th Street
Oakland, CA  94612
510.704.7480 x299

Provides counseling, play therapy, in-home consultations, information, referral and support groups.
 
Shalom Bayit: Bay Area Jewish Women Working to End Domestic Violence
P.O. Box 10102
Oakland , CA 94610
866.742.5667 (Toll Free within the Bay Area)
510.451.7233 (Outside the Bay Area)
info@shalom-bayit.org (email)
counseling@shalom-bayit.org
Provides peer support and counseling, advocacy, and education to battered women; and community education, prevention, and technical assistance to community organizations. Resource center for networking and community organizing around domestic violence in the Jewish community.

COLORADO

Jewish Family Service of Colorado
3201 S. Tamarac Dr.
Denver, CO 80231
303.597.5000
www.jewishfamilyservice.org
Services include counseling, advocacy, information, and referral. Offer a peer-taught teen abuse prevention program for children in graders 8-12. Also, provide a class for parents to help their children learn skills for a healthy relationship.
 
CHAI: Community Helpline & Abuse Information (at JFS Colorado)
Helpline: 303.825.HELP
Direct hotline for CHAI program.

CONNECTICUT

Jewish Family Service of New Haven
1440 Whalley Avenue
New Haven, CT O6515
203.389.5599
www.jfsnh.org
Provide individual and family counseling.

Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford
333 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite A
West Hartford, CT 06117
860.236.1927
860.570.1593 (fax)
info@jfshartford.org (email)
 
FLORIDA

Shalom Bayit of Jewish Community Services of South Florida
18999 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 200
Aventura, FL 33180
305.933.9820 x269  Program and Volunteer Opportunities
305.576.1818 (hotline)
305.576.6550 (24-hour Access Services)
llichtman @jcsfl.org (email)
Supports victim’s needs with individual and family counseling, support groups and emergency assistance.  Provides educational programming as well as community outreach to increase awareness of domestic abuse in the Jewish community.  Professional, educational, and rabbinic training is available.  

Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service of South Palm County
21300 Ruth and Baron Coleman Boulevard
Boca Raton, FL 33428
561.852.3333
800.393.5397
561.852.3332 (fax)
info@ruthralesjfs.org (email)
Provides referrals, individual and group counseling, support groups and educational programs.

Jewish Family Services
1250 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 202
Naples, FL 34102
239.263.4205
www.jewishnaples.org
Jewish Family Services, a Division of the Jewish Federation of Collier County, works to strengthen and preserve the well-being of individuals and families living within their community. Provide information and referral to individuals seeking help.

Jewish Family Service of Broward County
100 S. Pine Island Road, Suite 230
Plantation, FL 33324
954.370.2140
954.916.1252 (fax)
Domestic abuse program services include counseling, support group, financial assistance, information/referral to community resources and education.  Emergency/transitional kosher shelter is available for Jewish women and their children fleeing abuse.  Program includes KOLOT of Broward (VOICES), a coalition conducting outreach, public awareness, education to professionals, rabbis and organizations, advocacy and fundraising. 

GEORGIA

Shalom Bayit
Jewish Family & Career Services
4549 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30338
770.677.9322
wlpshutz@jfcs-atlanta.org (email)
Provides direct services to all survivors of abuse, prevention and educational programming, and advocacy for social change. 

ILLINOIS

Jewish Child and Family Services
216 W. Jackson Blvd., 8th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
312.673.2700
www.jfcschicago.org
Provide resources for victims of sexual abuse and molestation. Services include an information and referral helpline, crisis intervention, education and training for day schools, referral to individual or family counseling, referral to support groups, transition services and coordination of services to victims, adult survivors, and impacted families.

Council for Jewish Elderly – Crime Victim Assistance
3003 W. Touhy
Chicago, IL  60645
773.508.1000
Provides a network of supportive services to help crime victims and witnesses cope with the stress and navigate the legal system.  Chicago residents age 60 and older, regardless of race or religion, are eligible for assistance. 

Dina and Eli Field EZRA Multi-Service Center
909 West Wilson Avenue
Chicago, IL  60640
773.275.0866
773.477.5123 (fax)
anitaweinstein@juf.org
A collaborative project of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago that provides a range of resources and services to help ameliorate poverty, hunger and homelessness.  A non-clinical community-based social service center, EZRA offers assistance to people residing in the following zip codes:  60613, 60625, 60626, 60640, 60645, 60657, 60659, 60660. 

Response Center
9304 N. Skokie Blvd.
Skokie, IL  60077
847.676.0078
847.676.0575 (fax)
Counseling, educational and resource center serving adolescents (age 12-21) and their families.  Programs include parent-teen communication issues, family conflict, school problems, relationship issues, depression, grief and loss, socialization concerns and leadership development. 

SHALVA
1610 W. Highland #9
Chicago, IL 60660
773.583-HOPE (4673) (24-hour helpline)
info@shalvaonline.org (email)
Provides individual and group counseling, legal information and court support. All Counseling Services are free. Rabbinical and community advocacy, financial assistance and interest-free loans, information and agency appropriate referral services and any other related services a client needs to move forward on her path toward change.

KANSAS

Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City
5801 W. 115th Street, Suite 103
Overland Park, KS 66211
913.327.8250
www.jfcskc.org
 
MARYLAND

Jewish Family Service
5750 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410.466.9200
www.jfs.org
Jewish Family Services provides family and individual support services for people in their community, particularly those in need.

CHANA (Counseling, Helpline & Aid Network for Abused Women)
1515 Reisterstown Road
Baltimore, MD 21208
410.234.0023 (confidential helpline)
(8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m., Monday and Thursday and 8:30 a.m. -5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, excluding holidays)
800.991.0023
410.836.1587 (fax)
CHANA, a program of the ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, helps victims of abuse find safety and counseling and provides education to schools, synagogues and community groups about domestic abuse and dating violence prevention. 

Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (JCADA)
1010 Rockville Pike, Suite 500
Rockville, MD  20852
301.529.0073 (main)
800.883.2323 (helpline)
301.649.7704 (other)
JCADA provides a helpline as well as information, referral services, educational programs, and materials for community resources, synagogues, women’s groups, schools, rabbis and other organizations. 

Jewish Social Service Agency of Metropolitan Washington
6123 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD 20852
301.881.3700
www.jssa.org
Offer counseling services.

MASSACHUSETTS

Kol Isha: Domestic Violence Program Jewish Family and Children’s Services
1430 Main Street
Waltham, MA 02451
(781) 647-JFCS (5327)
(781) 693-5592 (Direct)
esandler@jfcsboston.org - Email
Kol Isha provides culturally competent and religiously sensitive services to all victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking no matter what their background, with specialized services for the Jewish community and the Russian-speaking community.  Services are available to adults, seniors, teens and the GLBT community, and are designed to provide the support and resources needed to help victims remain safe.  All services are free and confidential.

Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Boston
1430 Main Street
Waltham, MA O2451
781.647.JFCS
www.jfcsboston.org
Services include domestic violence counseling, sexual assault support services, safety planning, spiritual counseling, financial assistance, court accompaniment, legal and medical advocacy, support groups, information and referral, and outreach programs for adults, teens and youth. All services are free and available to victims of domestic violence including adults, seniors, teens and members of the GLBT community. Special services are available for people in the Jewish community and Russian-speaking community.
 
MICHIGAN

Jewish Family Service
6555 West Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
248.592.2300
www.jfsdetroit.org
JFS of Detroit has a program for victims of domestic violence called windows. Services include crisis intervention, individual, family and group counseling, emergency safe house, transition planning, information and referral, access to legal and medical support, and community education programs. Provide a shelter, Safe Place, for battered women and children.
 
MINNESOTA

Jewish Family and Children's Service
13100 Wayzata Boulevard Suite 400
Minnetonka, MN 55305
952.546.0616
952.593.1778 (fax)
jfcs@jfcsmpls.org (email)
Services include information and referral, counseling, support group, advocacy and emergency financial assistance. Bilingual services in Russian are available.

Jewish Family Services
1633 W. 7th Street
St. Paul, MN 55102
651.698.0767
Services include unemployed and underemployed persons; adults, families, and children needing better coping skills; frail elders; and refugees.  Major programs include counseling, Vocational Improvement Program (VIP), senior services, resettlement, and bilingual information and referral. 

NEBRASKA

Jewish Family Service
333 South 132nd St.
Omaha, NE 68154
402.330.2024
www.jewishomaha.org
Jewish Family Services, a human service agency of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, works to strengthen the lives of both people in the Jewish community and the community at large.

NEW JERSEY

Jewish Family and Children's Service
1301 Springdale Road, Suite 150
Cherry Hill, NJ O8003
856.424.1333
www.jfcssnj.org
Services include counseling, support groups, and resource information.

NEW YORK

Bronx Domestic Violence Program
(718) 367-0605
(718) 367-0122- Fax
Offers outreach and educational workshops to community groups, educational institutions and religious organizations; professional training services to various health care and social service providers; and a referral network for victims of domestic violence.

Child Abuse and Prevention Services
PO Box 176
Roslyn, NY 11576
(516) 621-0552
(516) 621-3767 - Fax
speaktocaps@optonline.net - Email
Works to prevent child abuse and neglect. Presents many different programs, each tailored to meet the needs of the group it serves including bullying, date rape, teen dating violence, and prevention programs for at-risk audiences; workshops and seminars for parents, professionals and community groups; and mandated training/New York State certification classes for professionals.

Émigré Domestic Violence Outreach Program
2020 Coney Island Avenue
New York, NY 11223
(718) 676-4210
(718) 676-4216 - Fax
Program is targeted to the population from the former Soviet Union.  Provides information and referral, counseling, support group, consultation and crisis intervention to all groups in need. Runs a perpetrators program.

Family Violence Hotline
(718) 237-1337 - 24-hour hotline
Information and referral hotline for victims and perpetrators of family violence. Provides comprehensive information on all programs conducted by the JBFCS.

Family Violence Prevention Center
(212) 866-1003
Provides training and outreach in-house and on-site. Refers to a range of services, including a hotline, educational information, crisis intervention, and counseling services to battered women and children and their batterers. Additional counseling and other assistance to victims and family members struggling with the many common problems associated with sexual assault is available.

Family Violence Program Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (affiliated with UJA Federation of New York)
80 Maiden Lane, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10038
info@metcouncil.org-Email
(212) 453-9539 Crisis Intervention
(212) 453-9618 - Hotline
(212) 453-9627 - Fax
Provides a range of services including information and referral, counseling, legal assistance, benefits counseling, and court accompaniment.  Financial assistance is provided for eviction prevention, utility bills and relocation. Furniture and emergency food vouchers are available. Bilingual Services in Hebrew and Russian.

Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
120 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019-3371
(212) 582-9100
(888)523-2769
www.jbfcs.org
admin@jbfcs.org
Offers a vast array of services for providers, women, children and batterers including hotlines, information and referral, individual, couples and family counseling, support/self-help groups, shelters, crisis intervention, and legal services. Direct services are offered at the Madeline Borg Community Services (MBCS) offices throughout Manhattan.

Madeline Borg Community Services Branches
Manhattan West MBCS Office
(212) 397-4250
MBCS Riverdale Office
(718) 601-2280
Manhattan North MBCS Office
(212) 795-9888
 MBCS Pelham Office
(718) 882-5000

Jewish Support Network (JBFCS in Boro Park)
1273 53rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
(718) 435-5700
(718) 854-5495 - Fax
Wide variety of  educational and outreach programs for the Orthodox community and consultation for rabbis, teachers, mental health professionals and communal leaders are available.

Ohel Children's Home & Family Services
4510 16th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11204
(718) 851-6300
(888) 311-OHEL
(718) 851-1672 - Fax
askohel@ohelfamily.org- Email
Service for the orthodox community. Ohel has an orthodox shelter, but it is not a crisis intervention program. Social services include individual and family counseling, court accompaniment and referrals for legal assistances as well as rabbinic consultations.

Project Eden
718.250.2005
prenglec@brooklynda.org
Project Eden bridges the community with the criminal justice system to negotiate the difficult process of reaching Orthodox victims of domestic violence. When considering options for addressing violence in their homes, women in this traditionally isolated community face significant religious, community and cultural pressures, preventing them from accessing services, particularly those of the criminal justice system. Project Eden is a collaborative program of education, training and direct services--partner agencies include the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, Shalom Task Force and Ohel Children’s Home & Family Services and Tikvah at Ohel.

Specialized Services for Orthodox and Hassidic Community Rockland Family Shelter
2 Congers Road
New City, NY 10956
(845) 634-3391
(845) 634-3344 - 24-hour hotline
Services include community education, counseling for children, support groups for frum women, crisis intervention, shelter with a kosher kitchen, advocacy, rabbinic and professional referrals and legal services. Bilingual services provided in Yiddish and Hebrew.

Shalom Task Force
P.O. Box 137
Bowling Green Station
New York, NY 10274-0137
(888) 883-2323 - hotline - (outside New York)
(718) 337-3700 - hotline - (inside New York)
(212) 742-1478-General Information
National Jewish hotline that provides information and referral for rabbinic consultation, psychological, financial and legal services. Conducts education and outreach, provides technical assistance and a speakers bureau. Endorsed by Orthodox Rabbis.

Westchester Jewish Community Services
845 North Broadway - Suite 2
White Plains, NY 10603
(914) 761-0600
(888) 997-1010
(914) 761-5367 - Fax
hdq@wjcs.com - Email

Hartsdale Family and Mental Health Facility of Weschester
Partner Abuse Intervention Program
141 North Central Avenue
Hartsdale, NY 10530
914-949-7699
914-761-5367 - Fax
Tracks cases where domestic abuse is a factor and provides training, supervision and consultation to clinicians. Services include referrals to community resources and legal services, community education and training for professionals, individual and group counseling for survivors and their children, an emergency shelter and court advocacy. Founding member of Stand Together, an alliance of agencies in Westchester County, which offers coordinated, integrated services to victims of domestic violence and abuse.

NORTH CAROLINA

Jewish Family Service
8210 Creedmoor Road, Suite. 104
Raleigh, NC 27613
919.676.2200
www.rcjf.org
Offer counseling services.
 
OHIO
 
Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area
11223 Cornell Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45242
513.469.1188
www.jfscinti.org
Offer counseling services.
 
OREGON

Jewish Family and Child Service
1130 S.W. Morrison, Suite 316
Portland, OR 97205
503.226.7079
www.jfcs-portland.org
Offer counseling services (not necessarily for DV).
 
PENNSYLVANIA

Jewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh
5743 Bartlett Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
412.422.7200
www.jfcspgh.org
Assessment and treatment for domestic violence. Counseling is offered.

Women's Center of Montgomery County
(215)635-7344
(215)635-7347 - Fax
1-800-773-2424  Hotline
Dedicated to the empowerment of women with a primary focus on eliminating domestic violence and other forms of abuse.  Services provided include: a 24-hour domestic violence hotline; individualized, peer and group domestic violence counseling; telephone counseling; legal advocacy; court and hospital accompaniment; education and outreach to the community and schools; and various support groups. 

Sukkat Shalom "Shelter of Peace" Jewish Family and Children Service
10125 Veree Road – Suite 304
Philadelphia, PA 19116
(215) 673-0100 x121
(215) 698- 4500 – Help Line
(215) 698- 9950 – Fax
info@jfcsphil.org - Email
JFCS domestic violence program offers individual, family, couple and group therapy for families coping with domestic violence with a special emphasis on safety and empowerment.

Jewish Family and Children's Services
5743 Bartlett Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
(412) 422-7200
(412) 422-1162
jfcs@trfn.clpgh.org - Email
JFS provides a 24-hour counselor, referral, counseling and a support group. In addition, provisions are made for kosher meals at local shelters and limited financial and emergency assistance. 

Gan Tikvah
117 Raynham Road
Merion Station, PA  19066
(610) 612-0483
 
RHODE ISLAND

Jewish Family Service
229 Waterman Street
Providence, RI O2906
401.331.1244
www.jfsri.org
Offer counseling services.
 
TENNESSEE

Jewish Family Service
6560 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38138
901.767.8511
www.jfsmemphis.org
Offer counseling services.
 
Jewish Family Service
801 Percy Warner Blvd., #103
Nashville, TN 37205
615.356.4234
www.jfsnashville.org
Offer counseling services.
 
TEXAS

Jewish Family Service
11940 Jollyville Rd., Suite 110 South
Austin, TX 78759
512.250.1043
www.shalomaustin.org
Offer counseling services.
 
Jewish Family Service
5402 Arapaho Road
Dallas, TX 75248
972.437.9950
www.jfsdallas.org
Offer support groups for both men and women that meet at separate times. Services include crisis intervention, individual counseling for adults affected by abuse, individual counseling for the abuser, parent/child counseling, play therapy for children, prevention/education programs, and therapeutic group counseling.
 
Jewish Family Service
4131 S. Braeswood Blvd.
Houston, TX 77025
713.667.9336
www.jfshouston.org
Offer a Shalom Bayit program which provides direct services to all survivors of abuse.
 
UTAH

Jewish Family Service
1111 E. Brickyard Rd., Suite 102
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
801.746.4334
www.jfsutah.org
Offer counseling services.
 
Jewish Family Service of Tidewater

260 Grayson Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
757.321.2222
www.jfshamptonroads.org
Offer counseling services.
 
WASHINGTON

Jewish Family Service Seattle
1601 16th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98102
206.461.3240
www.jfsseattle.org
Project DVORA (Domestic Violence Outreach, Response and Advocacy) is a safe way to get help. Start by calling the helpline at (206) 461-3240.
 
WISCONSIN

CHAI (Counseling, Advocacy, Prevention, Information and Referral)
Jewish Family Services
1300 N. Jackson Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 390-5800
Provides a variety of services for Jewish victims of domestic abuse including direct case management, referrals and advocacy.

Jewish Social Services of Madison
6434 Enterprise Lane
Madison, WI 53719
608.278.1808
www.jewishmadison.com
Provide resources and information about various Jewish topics such as humor, music, and dating.
 

 
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