Mixteca is a community-based organization that addresses the needs of the Mexican and Latinx community in Brooklyn. Their Healthy Relationships Support Program helps foster healthy relationships between spouses and within families and offers culturally sensitive domestic violence resources. They also offer individual counseling, emotional support workshops, and support groups for Latinx LGBTQ youths and family members.

Eligibility: Accepts all Latinx immigrants.

Safe Horizon provide short-term, emergency and safe shelter for people fleeing domestic violence and for young people under the age of 21 who have no place to stay. Safe Horizon offers eight confidential domestic violence shelters located throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Our domestic violence shelters offer a full range of services comprehensive programming to support safety and healing.

Eligibility: Domestic violence victims, and young people under the age of 21 who have no place to stay regardless of immigration status.

Voces Latinas has a domestic violence prevention and response program that works with survivors of violence to ensure that they and their children are safe. This includes screening for depression and trauma, developing safety plans, and assistance navigating the social and legal system. They also offer rapid, confidential HIV testing.

Eligibility: All immigrant Latinas.

ABC offers distinctive programs that respond to the unique and changing need of a child and family.Family Support: Open Door offers programs for all family members such as computer and job training, English classes, help getting citizenship, immigration help, domestic violence support groups, and more. The Saturday Program offers a safe refuge for children and families from all across the city and provides nutritious meals for all participants. Learn more at www.a-b-c.org/family-support.

NYC FJCs help victims and survivors of domestic and gender based violence, which can include sexual violence, human trafficking, stalking, and intimate partner violence. They assist with safety planning, applying for public benefits (housing, food, etc.), mental health counseling, information on job training programs, referrals to education programs, legal help with orders of protection, custody, visitation, child support, divorce, housing, and immigration. They also offer free childcare for children 3+ when you come for services.

Eligibility: Serves everyone regardless of language, income, gender identity, or immigration status.

AVP empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and supports survivors through counseling and advocacy.

Womankind provides multilingual culturally-responsive services to help survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual violence. "Through our programs, we offer a wide variety of services in 18+ Asian languages and dialects, including: a toll-free 24/7 multilingual helpline, safe and confidential emergency housing, culturally-informed counseling, family law and immigration legal assistance, wellness activities, creative arts therapy, support groups, and economic empowerment workshops. We are an expert in serving Asian communities, yet our services are valuable and available to all. Whether in our services or in our increasing advocacy and policy work, Womankind first centers the survivor by uplifting them to control their own lives and narratives."

Eligibility: Serves all survivors, with an emphasis on the South Asian communities.

AAFSC provides culturally and linguistically competent services to all immigrants and refugees. They have an anti-violence helpline and serve survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and trafficking. Their Case Managers help surivors process emotions and build safety plans. AAFSC also provides legal advocacy, court accompaniments, translation services, and assistance with Orders of Protection.

Eligibility: Open to all immigrants and refugees.

To empower individuals, families, and communities, particularly communities of color and other disenfranchised populations, to end cycles of violence, homelessness, poverty, and trauma by increasing safety and resiliency.

Eligibility: Serves all domestic violence survivors and homeless families.

The Freedom House is a crisis domestic violence shelter for individuals and families with or without disabilities. Provides a 90-180 day stay for both families and individuals- women, men and children, with or without disabilities. BFL Apartments offer fifty family units for families with a disabled head of household who is a victim/survivor of domestic violence and seventy studio apartments for disabled victims/survivors of domestic violence, people with disabilities who are being diverted from possible nursing home placement and veterans with disabilities.

Eligibility: Any survivor of domestic violence, individuals (women, men and children) or families, with or without a disability (documented or undocumented disability), regardless of immigration status. Potential tenants must be referred through a social worker: https://www.bflnyc.org/core/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BFL_agency_brochure_2018-final.pdf

Sakhi for South Asian Women exists to represent the South Asian diaspora in a survivor-led movement for gender-justice and to honor the collective and inherent power of all survivors of violence. Sakhi is committed to serving survivors through a combination of efforts including—but not limited to—direct services, advocacy and organizing, technical assistance, and community outreach.

Eligibility: Sakhi serves survivors from the South Asian diaspora. Members of the SA community come from diverse backgrounds including age range, religion, ethnic origin, economic and educational background, language spoken, and immigration status.

The EMPOWER Center is a comprehensive health center for people in the sex trade and survivors of sexual violence. They provide free, high-quality and trauma-informed medical, psychiatric, clinical, legal, and case management services. Mental health services include: individual and group counseling, psychiatry, and medication/prescription management. Their clinical staff include counselors familiar with the unique needs of immigrant groups including the West African and South Asian communities.

Eligibility: All individuals in the sex trade or survivors or sexual violence regardless of immigration status.

Hope's Door seeks to end domestic violence and to empower victims to achieve safety, independence, and healing from the trauma of abuse.

Established in 2004, Garden of Hope dedicates itself to serving, caring, and rebuilding the lives of people who have been exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking; specifically targeting its services towards the growing Chinese communities in the NYC region. With the vision of overcoming cultural, language, and socioeconomic barriers of Chinese immigrant families in crisis, Garden of Hope is committed to its beliefs that human rights, dignity, and positive self-image are essential to all individuals. All services are provided for free and in strict confidentiality.

Eligibility: Individuals who have been exposed to domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Part of the growing chinese community.

Her Justice provides free legal help to immigrant women living in poverty in New York City who have experienced domestic violence or other types of gender-based violence. They can help with U or T Visa applications and self-petitions for Battered Spouses and Children under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). If you cannot afford an attorney, they have volunteer attorneys that represent clients for free in court cases. However, they cannot help with asylum or refugee cases.

Eligibility: To be eligible you must identify as a woman, live in the five boroughs, have a legal matter relating to family, divorce, or immigration law, and meet their income guidelines (below 200% of the federal poverty level).

Safe Horizon hotlines offer presonalized non-judgemental support for those who have experienced domestic violence, rape or sexual assault. They can assist with crisis counseling, safety planning, help finding domestic violence shelters, and provide information about resources.

Eligibility: Serve everyone regardless of language, income, gender identity, or immigration status.

Violence Intervention Program helps Latina victims of domestic violence to find safety and empowerment to live a life free of violence. VIP runs the only live-operated bilingual (English/Spanish) 24-hour hotline in New York City. Their counselors provide several services, including over-the-phone crisis counseling, safety planning, information about emergency shelter, and referrals to other community-based social service providers.

Eligibility: Serves all survivors, with an emphasis on the Latinx communities.

The North Brooklyn Coalition is an organization that helps survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault through direct services including case management, therapy, support groups, community education, community outreach, and participation in community events.

Eligibility: Serves all survivors, with an emphasis on the Latinx and Black communities.

This hotline provides trained counselors who provide crisis intervention, counseling and referrals to services. The hotline operates 24/7 and is secure and private, so all information is kept confidential.

Eligibility: All survivors of domestic violence.

Hope's Door seeks to end domestic violence and to empower victims to achieve safety, independence, and healing from the trauma of abuse.