Women's Center-Youth & Family Services is a safe haven and a place of healing for some of the most vulnerable populations in our community. Since 1976, Women's Center-YFS has been San Joaquin County's primary provider of free, confidential services and shelters specifically designed to meet the needs of homeless and runaway youth and victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
Women's Center-Youth & Family Services is a community benefit organization recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All donations to Women's Center-YFS are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law.
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Services Offered
- Shelters for battered women and their children - Shelters for homeless youth - Youth Drop-In Center - 24-Hour Crisis Lines - 24-Hour hospital response - Individual Peer Counseling - Individual Therapy - Support groups for battered women, survivors of sexual assault, and adults molested as children - Parenting Classes - Accompaniment to law enforcement agencies, court proceedings, hospitals, and social service providers - Temporary Restraining Order assistance - Case Management - Legal and justice system information - Information and referrals to other agencies
Fees and Payment
This is a non-profit agency
Youth are not expected to pay for any of the services they receive from any of the Youth Services programs.
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Payment: Pro-bono Medicare Medicaid
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