Betty’s Village
Betty’s Village is the nation's first shelter for battered women and serves single women and men with children who have experienced domestic violence or human trafficking.
24/7 Crisis Line (888) 339-7233
Founder Betty Moose
A group of women alongside Betty Moose in the early 1970s decided that there needed to be a safe place for “battered women” to go. Collectively they built an agency that still stands today with the desire and commitment to end domestic violence and human trafficking, one person at a time.
Betty’s Village will now screen men with children who are victims of domestic violence or human trafficking.
Betty’s Village serves self-identified women and children who have experienced domestic violence or human trafficking.
Services Provided
Therapy & Counseling
We provide psychiatric referrals, mental health counseling, and therapy, life skills counseling, parenting education and counseling, domestic violence and human trafficking-specific counseling, Victims of Crime advocacy and application assistance, family therapy, infant-parent psychotherapy, and aftercare mental health services.
Case Management
We provide peer counseling, case planning, employment assistance, educational counseling and assistance in enrollment, finance counseling, housing search and application assistance, housing follow-up and placement assistance, court accommodation, restraining order services, Cal works, GA, WIC, food stamp and other social service assistance/advocacy, immigration support, and transportation.
Children’s Services
We offer services specifically for children, including children’s individual group therapy and educational play, tutoring programs, parent and child bonding activities and field trips, parent guidance and discipline techniques, and advocacy for education and delayed development services.
Staff
Betty’s Village is staffed by a shelter manager who is fluent in English and Spanish and who also provides supportive services for the residents.
For more information or to reach Bettys Village, call our 24-hour hotline:
For English (888) 339-7233