NYC Family Justice Centers (FJC) and many community-based organizations have advocates available to help you create a safety plan. Visit any FJC to get free and confidential assistance. Key agencies and service providers are located on-site, to make it easier for survivors to get help. No appointment is needed. Learn about services available
NYC Family Justice Centers have a lot of resources. If a patient tells me, ‘I’m getting evicted,’ I can call a case manager to explain their options. Or I can have a lawyer explain concerns related to immigration status, so the patient knows their rights. It helps with their anxiety, and changes our session.
Our resource directory includes information about community-based organizations that work with survivors of domestic and gender-based violence in all five boroughs.
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It may not always be clear when a situation crosses from healthy to unhealthy, or to something that may be considered abuse.
Learn to Recognize Signs
When someone you know has experienced harm or violence, it may be hard to know what to say or do.
Learn to Support Others
Walk into any NYC Family Justice Center to get free and confidential assistance if you are experiencing domestic or gender-based violence, which can include intimate partner and family violence, elder abuse, sexual violence, stalking and human trafficking.
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