Center for Domestic Peace / Marin Abused Womens Services

The core services of Center for Domestic Peace include an emergency shelter, 24/7 hotlines, transitional housing, support groups, advocacy, a children and youth initiative, and programs for men and women who have been violent (ManKind and WomanKind). These core services promote the safety and empowerment of domestic violence victims. During FY 22/23, these programs provided services to 4,219 unduplicated individuals as follows: 1. Answered 7,274 hotline calls and provided text line support to 25 texters, providing safety planning, emotional support, referrals, and information.2. Provided emergency shelter for 60 victims and 48 children and dependents for a total of 1,917 bednights, along with other supportive services such as food, transportation, clothing, and other basic necessities. 3. Provided transitional housing via 21 separate units to 37 adults and 84 children and dependents for a total of 23,592 bednights, together with economic self-sufficiency planning and activities, occupational empowerment, case management, and assistance in securing permanent long-term housing. 4. Provided rapid rehousing assistance toward obtaining and maintaining permanent housing to 31 adults and 51 children. 5. Provided advocacy and assistance within the legal and criminal justice system to 464 individuals through 3,435 sessions. 6. Operated Marin Youth Services and Transforming Communities: Marin, which provided: advocacy to 16 youth/young adults and college students; text line support to 29 participants; parent/child group and individual therapy to 175 non-abusing adults and 115 children; healthy masculinity training and activities to 62 young men; and leadership engagement activities to 43 youth and young adults as interns/volunteers in shaping services for youth. 7. Provided non-residential support groups to 140 participants.8. Educated 105 men through ManKind to teach them skills to stop their violent behavior.

Center for Domestic Peace also advances community responsiveness to domestic violence by training and coordinating professionals from various sectors within multiple systems. In FY 22/23, we conducted 62 training events, which reached 1,640 individuals (youth/young adults and their service providers, school administrators and educators, providers in underserved communities, county government personnel, law enforcement, medical and mental health practitioners, Center for Domestic Peace volunteers, and other community members). Center for Domestic Peace also provided outreach and education at 155 separate events that reached a minimum of 15,638 people throughout the community. Social media had a reach of 216,936.

Center for Domestic Peace promotes social transformation through technical assistance, education, prevention (including teens and adults), and policy initiatives that build awareness and action toward changing social norms. During FY 22/23, Center for Domestic Peace trained more than 840 youth, young adults, parents, and community providers to serve as change agents.