Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, San Jose Ca

2625 Zanker Road, #200, San José, CA 95134

408.325.5277 www.catholiccharitiesscc.org

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County helps people of all cultures and

beliefs rise from poverty and overcome the barriers to self-sufficiency. They

provide a broad range of services, including job skills training and placement,

older adult services, mental health and substance abuse counseling, housing

assistance, financial education, immigration support and refugee resettlement.

They provide educational programs that help young people develop into selfsufficient

adults.

StandUp For Kids - Silicon Valley

StandUp For Kids - // Silicon Valley

Welcome to
StandUp For Kids - // Silicon Valley.

The mission of StandUp For Kids is to help rescue homeless and at-risk youths. StandUp For Kids volunteers work directly with the homeless youth population and go on the streets to find, stabilize, and otherwise help homeless and street kids improve their lives. In addition, StandUp For Kids goes beyond street outreach and extends to deterrence and resource programs that are provided in schools and via the internet.
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	StandUp For Kids - Silicon Valley
	PO Box 321244
	Los Gatos, CA 95032
	T 800.365.4KID
	F 888.453.1647

Their Website

SiliconValley@standupforkids.org

American Indian Education Resource Center, Inc., San Jose Ca

American Indian Education Resource Center, Inc.
Rene Samayoa
749 Story Road, Suite 300
San Jose, CA  95122
408-299-0590
Fax: 408-299-0591
E-mail: sjaiec@sbcglobal.net

American Indian Education Centers in California are authorized by California Education Code, Article 6, sections 33380-33383. Center staff assist schools with professional development, counseling, tutorial services, or parent education. They also provide supplemental and extended day instructional programs to meet the needs of American Indian students.

Free Vegetables Every 3rd Friday of the Month

12 noon till 1PM

Vet Center, Veteran Center, San Jose Ca

San Jose Vet Center
278 N. 2nd st
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: 408 993-0729
Fax: 408 993-0829

About the San Jose Vet Center, Readjustment Counseling Services:

The Vet-Center program provides a broad range of counseling, outreach, and referral services to eligible veterans in order to help them make a satisfactory post-war readjustment to civilian life.  These services are provided in both English and Spanish. Readjustment counseling services include: individual, group, and marital/family counseling; medical referrals; PTSD evaluations; alcohol & drug treatment referrals; information & referral to community resources; sexual trauma counseling; bereavement counseling; employment counseling, guidance, and referral; benefits assistance.Vet Center staff respect the privacy of all veterans.  We hold in the strictest confidence all information disclosed in the counseling process.  No information will be released to any person or agency without written consent from the client, except in circumstances averting a crises.

Narika, Domestic Violence Organization, San Jose Ca

Asian Women's Home

Domestic Violence Organization

Crisis: 408-975-2739
Phone: 408-975-2730

Narika Helps Women Who:

• Are abused by their husband or partner


• Are abused by their in-laws and/or family members


• Are being harrassed or stalked by an ex-husband/boyfriend/partner


• Experienced violent and abusive homes


• Are forced or pressured into arranged marriages


• Are abondoned, divorced, or widowed


• Have children who have witnessed maternal abuse


• Are pressured and threatened by dowry demands


• Are victims of rape


• Are in abusive same-sex relationships


• Are subjected to sexual harrassment or unwanted sexual advances in workplaces, homes, schools, colleges and other social settings


• Are dealing with cultural identity issues, inter-generational conflict, and sexual identity issues

Maitri, Domestic Violence Organization, San Jose Ca

Maitri Toll Free Hotline: 1.888.8.MAITRI

National Domestic Violence Toll Free Hotline: 1.800.799.SAFE

 

 234 East Gish Road, Suite #200, San Jose, CA 95112

Toll Free Hotline: 1-888-8MAITRI
1-888-862-4874
Local Hotline: 1-408-436-8398
Live Hotline Hours: 9am - 1pm (PST)

Maitri's mission is three-fold:

• To help integrate clients into the mainstream of American society, so that they feel comfortable and become full participants in it. Maitri recognizes that the very social and cultural separation or isolation that it's clients experience contributes largely to their problems, and is a hindrance to their solutions.


• To focus efforts on supplementing and complementing existing services, not on duplicating them. To this end, Maitri has developed close working relationships with mainstream agencies and organizations, as well as organizations working with similar ethnic groups.


• To work towards fostering self-reliance and self-confidence in its clients. We believe that a large number of difficulties experienced by Maitri's clients arise out of a real or perceived situation of dependency. This philosophy is encapsulated in Maitri's motto of "Helping Women to Help Themselves" and Maitris mission statement:
   
  Maitri believes that the best human relationships are characterized by mutual respect, open communication, and individual empowerment. To that end, Maitri's activities are designed to help South Asian women make an informed choice of the lives they lead.

Casa de Clara, San Jose Catholic Worker Shelter, San Jose Ca

318 North 6th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
408-297-8330

Volunteers needed:

Our community provides emergency shelter to homeless women and children. We
have been engaged in this ministry for over 30 years. Sadly we are among those
CW houses that has experienced a loss of full-time, long-term community members
in recent years, imperiling our mission of service to a few of the 7000 people
homeless in our area.

Our greatest need is for those who wish to make this a way of life for
several years or more. It is only with such folks that a community can thrive.
We also accept short-term (6 ths -1 yr) members & some students over the
summer,

Most of our scheduled work is in the mornings & evenings and on weekend
days. It may be possible for community members to maintain a part-time job or
take a class during the weekday.

Prior community living, volunteer experience, and understanding of the needs
of homeless women are helpful. Needed skills include cooking, cleaning, house
maintenance, gardening, newsletter production and community out-reach. A
commitment to non-violence, simple living and a faith-based lifestyle are
required. Please have an open-mind & heart , a sense of humor, & lots of
flexibility.

Please email us at: sanjosecatholicworker@yahoo.com

Mexican American Community Services Agency, Inc., MACSA

For over 46 years, MACSA has been recognized as a leader in serving the Latino community. MACSA's mission, culture and core values have guided the organization's culturally proficient service delivery and program development. MACSA's core values are based on mutual respect and cultural appreciation.

 Mexican American Community Services Agency, Inc., MACSA traces its origins to 1964 when a group of community activists joined together to identify ways to help the emerging Latino community respond to injustices such as discrimination, racism, poverty, police brutality, educational inequity, and inadequate access to public services.

MACSA's first director, the late Lino Lopez described the social landscape of Santa Clara County in the 1960's this way, "To the average person the impression is that if people live freely in all sections of the community, then they must live free of segregation and discrimination. This first impression is immediately erased when one looks behind the façade that is customarily erected by the community power structure constructed to give such an appearance... Behind the banks and the supermarkets and behind the landscaped arterial ways there are slums, there are hovels, there are hungry people; the discards of society." Those most affected, according to Mr. Lopez, were Mexican Americans.

Since that time MACSA has remained steadfast and committed to improving the quality of life for youth, families and seniors. MACSA offers programs throughout Santa Clara County, in particular in East and Central San Jose, Morgan Hill and Gilroy. MACSA's commitment to progressive community change is demonstrated through the numerous youth development programs offered at youth centers, schools, library and community sites. MACSA has earned local, state and national acclaim for its "cutting edge" youth programs.

INNVISION - Commercial Street Inn Shelter, San Jose Ca

Commercial Street Inn Shelter

260 Commercial Street, San Jose, CA 95112
408-271-1630

At this location
55 beds for women & children, including after school tutorial programs.

• Emergency Shelter for women & children only


• Transitional Housing


• Georgia Travis Center (GTC) MultiService Drop-In
  across the street

Council on Aging Silicon Valley

Council on Aging Silicon Valley
2115 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126

visit website>

The Goal of the Council on Aging Silicon Valley (COASV) is to provide leadership in addressing issues that relate to older Californians: to develop community-based systems of care that provide services which support independence within California’s interdependent societies, and which protect the quality of life for older persons and persons with functional impairments; and to promote citizen involvement in the planning and delivery of services

Safe@work Coalition, Domestic Violence and the Workplace

Domestic Violence as a Workplace Issue

Domestic Violence is the leading cause of injury to women. It impacts one out of every four women. Problems of domestic violence frequently spill into the workplace. Batterers commit 13,000 violent acts against their partners in the workplace each year. Batterers also pose serious threats to the safety of their victims' co-workers. Research shows that their husbands or boyfriends at work harassed 74 percent of employed battered women. Every month, domestic violence caused 56 percent of them to be late at least five times, 28 percent to leave early at least five days and 54 percent to be late for work at least five times. As a result many workers face disciplinary action.

Employment is the key to a domestic violence victim's economic self-sufficiency, but the US General Accounting Office found that one-quarter to one-half of domestic violence victims surveyed lost a job due, at least in part, to domestic violence.

Go to the their website and download a PDF of their entire site.

InnVision Montgomery Street Inn Shelter & Cecil White Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONTGOMERY MEALS
Cecil B. White
358 N. Montgomery
San Jose, CA 95110
(408) 271-5160
Breakfast: Mon. - Fri. 6:00am - 7:00am
Breakfast: Sat. - Sun. 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.
Lunch: Mon. - Fri 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Dinner: Mon. - Sun. 6:00 p.m.

Doctor: Tues: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Nurse: Thurs: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

At this location
85 beds for men, short & long term housing, including job development programs.

The Cecil White Center is a multiservice drop-in center, offering a variety of basic services to homeless or at-risk men & women including a hot meal, shower facilities, laundry services, clothing, mailing address, and phone access. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served weekdays. On weekends, an evening meal is served. Additionally, clients are provided with job and housing referrals, substance abuse counseling, access to a computer lab, medical services, and health education. CWC serves an average of 300 people a day and 11,000 meals a month.

The Domestic Violence Project of Silicon Valley California

If you or your family have been physically or emotionally abused please read the  Victums Handbook. If you live around Santa Clara County California you can find immediate help here.

If you live elsewhere, our web site is still for you. Then for help in your area call the National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800 799-SAFE (TDD 1-800-787-3224).

Here Is Their Website.

What is Domestic Violence?

What is Domestic Violence?

Domestic violence is also called intimate partner abuse. Domestic abuse can be broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviour by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, cohabitation, dating, within a family or among friends.

Forms of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence can manifest itself in different forms:

• Physical abuse includes hitting, slapping, throwing objects, using a knife or gun to threaten someone, pulling hair, punching with the fist, etc.

• Sexual abuse includes forced sexual intercourse, being forced to watch or act out pornography, touching genitals by mouth, forcing sex by inserting a penis or an object into a vagina, forced prostitution, etc.

• Emotional abuse includes threat of harm, humiliation in front of others, limiting movement outside a home, etc

• Financial abuse includes being forced to hand over money, being prevented from earning an income, being forced to ask for money for basic needs, etc.

What causes domestic violence?

Domestic violence may start when one partner feels the need to control and dominate the other. Abusers may feel this need to control their partner because of various reasons -- low self-esteem, extreme jealousy, difficulties in regulating anger and other strong emotions, or when they feel inferior to the other partner in terms of education and socio-economic background. Some men with very traditional beliefs may think they have the right to control women because women aren’t equal to men. Victims of domestic violence can develop depression, anxiety, suicidal tendencies and feelings of helplessness.

PRACTICAL AND LEGAL SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

You can take preventative measures to stop violence by applying for a protection order against the person abusing you. The Domestic Violence Act 116/1998 makes provision for a person who is being abused to apply to the Magistrate’s Court for a protection order. This is done on application and needs to be granted by a magistrate, if there is evidence supporting allegations of abuse. An order may be requested by anyone who is, or was, in a domestic relationship with the respondent (abusing party). An application for a protection order can be brought on behalf of the applicant by any other person with the applicant’s consent.

Marcia Pires

• Gender: Female


• Location: Right now Johannesburg : South Africa

About Me

I am a married woman for about 19 years, which relationship is based on respect and love, and with a steadfast conviction that whatever I do is by my solely choice and not taken by the urge of the moment, or circumstances or even to please others. I believe in God and I stand for it.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO HER WEBSITE.



 

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.  ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence in San Jose Ca

 

 

 

 

Community Office:
234 E. Gish Road, Suite 200
San Jose, CA 95112

For General Information Only:

408-501-7550
Fax: 408-441-7562
Email: cpedroza@nextdoor.org

Click here for Next Door Solutions website to learm more

24-hour emergency hotline for victims: 408-279-2962

also there is help here

Battered Women 24 Hour Hotline

• (408) 541-6100

1257 Tasman Dr, #C, Sunnyvale, CA 94089  Cross Streets: Near the intersection of Tasman Dr and Reamwood Ave

Asian Americans for Community Involvement in San Jose Ca

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic Violence Program
The Domestic Violence Program & Shelter (Asian Women’s Home) provides free and confidential shelter and non-residential services for women, children and men who have experienced abuse. These services include the Asian Women’s Home emergency shelter, food and clothing, transportation, crisis response through our 24-hour hotline, peer counseling, support groups, translation and interpretation, legal and social service advocacy and accompaniment, safety planning, and assistance with relocation, education and employment.

Click here to download the Asian Women's Home brochure. Click Here to go to the Asian Women’s Home website.

Focusing on the diverse Asian American community, Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)’s mission is to improve the health, mental health, and well-being of individuals and their families by providing an array of human services. AACI empowers the Asian American community by working collaboratively for equality and social justice. 

Founded in 1973, AACI is now the largest community-based organization serving the Asian American community in Santa Clara County. Most of our clients are low-income Asian immigrants and refugees. Current programs include mental health and primary care health services, HIV/AIDS prevention and education, breast cancer education, substance abuse treatment, a center for survivors of torture, programs and shelter for women and children who are domestic violence victims, a senior center, after-school youth programs, English and citizenship classes, and advocacy. 

We have an active board of 14 members and an award winning multi-lingual staff of over 100 individuals. 

For more information, please contact AACI at (408) 975-2730 or 2400 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 300, San Jose, CA 95128.

EHC LifeBuilders, Emergency Housing Consortium in San Jose Ca

If you are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or know someone who is, or if you’d like more information on how one of there programs can help you, click Read More...

Click here for EHC lifebuilders website.

By email: help@ehclifebuilders.org
By phone: 408-539-2100, Option 1

Walk-ins:

Housing Services Partnership for Homeless Individuals
EHC LifeBuilders’ One-Stop Homelessness Prevention Center
Boccardo Reception Center
2011 Little Orchard Street, San Jose
(408) 510-7525
Hours: M-F, 8:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m.

Senior Resource Center in San Jose Ca

Click Here to go to the senior resource website.

The Salvation Army in San Jose Ca

CLICK HERE to go to the Salvation Army website.

SALVATION ARMY - San Jose
405 N. 4th Street
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 282-1175
Open 24 Hours
Overnight guests - arrival at 3:00 p.m.
Lunch: Mon. - Sat. 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Dinner: Mon. - Sat. 5:15 - 6:00 p.m

Help for the homeless.

OUTREACH, Senior Outreach Program in San Jose Ca

For the Senior Outreach Program Information CLICK HERE

Senior Outreach Program staff assists lower income seniors with obtaining services and benefits (e.g., Medicare, SSI, HEAP, ULTS, Renters/Homeowners Assistance, IHSS, etc.) from public and private entities. Individualized assistance includes benefits assessments, translations, assistance obtaining and completing application forms and assembling eligibility documents, and providing advice and support during the application process. Senior Outreach Program services are provided in client homes and in location where seniors naturally congregate – nutrition programs, senior centers, senior housing projects, etc.

Senior Outreach Program staff also provides traditional case management services for those individuals who have been denied services by other local, case management programs.