A SAFE PLACE is Oakland’s only comprehensive domestic violence program for battered women and children.  The agency offers a comprehensive program that provides both shelter and professional supportive services to victims of domestic violence.  The present shelter facility operated by A SAFE PLACE has twenty beds with individual living space.  The Emergency Shelter Program provides up to 8 weeks of shelter and therapeutic environment for women and their children. An interim motel program is also available to provide emergency accommodations. The 24-hour crisis and shelter referral and information line handles nearly 3,000 calls each year.  The shelter is a refuge for women and children and has provided each with services that include professional individual and peer group counseling, as well as advocacy and other professional supportive services.

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