Resources in Central and Metrowest Massachusetts

Journey to Safety

Journey to Safety (JTS) is the JF&CS response to domestic and teen dating abuse. They specialize in providing culturally competent and religiously sensitive services for Jewish and Russian-speaking survivors while offering free and confidential assistance to all who contact them for help, regardless of their religion, culture, or country of origin.

Their services include:

• Domestic abuse counseling
• Safety planning
• Court accompaniment (civil, criminal, and rabbinic courts)
• Support groups
• Assistance with finding housing, job training, employment, legal services, and appropriate public benefits
• Consultation and support for friends, family members, clergy, and community professionals
• Financial assistance
• Referral to other JF&CS programs and community services

New Hope, Inc.

New Hope’s services are available to everyone.

Their services include:

• Emergency shelter
• Counseling
• Court advocates
• Supervised visitation
• Civilian Police Advocate

Pathways for Change

Pathways for Change provides inclusive and fully accessible services to those whose lives have been impacted by sexual violence along with education geared toward ending sexual violence, across Central Massachusetts.

Their services include:

• Free Counseling to sexual violence survivors, their families, friends and significant others
• Sexual Assault Youth Education
• Crisis counseling and advocacy services to survivors of sexual violence who are deaf
• Campus Advocacy
• Medical accompaniment
• Police accompaniment
• Court accompaniment
• Referrals to other services

REACH Beyond Domestic Violence

Their services include:

• Emergency Shelter
• Community based advocacy

The Relocation Counseling Project (RCP)

The Relocation Counseling Project is a statewide project at Greater Boston Legal Services providing free legal advice, referrals, and counseling to victims of:

• Domestic or sexual assault
• Stalking
• Teen dating violence

Voices Against Violence

Voices against Violence provides information and support to survivors. They also provide information and support to survivors’ friends and families. Their services are free.

Their services include:

• Court advocacy
• Police accompaniment
• Emergency shelter
• Children, Youth & Families advocacy

YWCA Central Massachusetts

The YWCA offers services to domestic violence survivors. These services are confidential and free.

Their services include:

• Confidential emergency shelters
• Community outreach
• Domestic violence class
• Court advocates
• Support groups

Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Newton-Wellesley Hospital offers services to survivors confidentially and free of charge.

Their services include:

• Crisis intervention
• Safety planning
• Individual counseling
• Advocacy
• Referral to community resources (legal, housing, shelter, immigration, etc.)
• Post-sexual assault assistance