Our Services

24-Hour Multilingual Helpline 1-800-339-3940

CPAF’s confidential helpline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Trained advocates, who have received comprehensive state-certified training in supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, respond to our helpline around the clock, in English and many different Asian and Pacific Islander languages and dialects. These advocates provide immediate crisis intervention, safety planning, and emotional support for survivors, as well as referrals to appropriate resources in the community.

Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)

Our SART program is designed to provide a coordinated community response team approach to responding to sexual assaults in our community.

Our multi-lingual advocate will accompany the survivor to the hospital or a rape crisis center to provide culturally appropriate emotional support, referrals, and information to help the survivor. Besides our advocate (staff and volunteers), SART consists of a multidisciplinary team working together to support survivors including a forensic (SART) nurse: a specially trained nurse examiner who provides an evidentiary examination and medical support for the survivor, and law enforcement who provides emergency assistance.

We work closely with the San Gabriel Valley Medical Center and other SART centers in the greater Los Angeles area.

Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing

In 1981, CPAF opened the first multi-lingual and multi-cultural domestic violence emergency shelter in the nation that specialized in serving API survivors of domestic violence. Thereafter, CPAF was also the first to open a multi-lingual and multi-cultural transitional program focusing on the needs of survivors who seek to establish independent, violence-free lives.

Emergency Shelter Program

Families stay in CPAF’s safe and confidential 45-bed shelter facility for up to six months while they move from crisis to safety and healing. They receive basic needs (food, clothing, toiletries, etc.) and comprehensive case management services. Low-income survivors are linked to public benefits and asset-building programs and learn financial literacy skills. Children receive supportive services to help grow into healthy adults, breaking the cycle of violence.

Transitional Housing Program

CPAF operates safe and confidential transitional shelter for women and children to live in for up to one year, helping them establish independent, non-violent households. Advocates provide counseling, case management, parenting classes, life-skills classes, and full-time childcare, as well as link survivors to permanent affordable housing options and job opportunities.

Counseling & Case Management

Whether in our shelters or at our Community Center, CPAF advocates can help clients during all phases of their healing process. CPAF offers counseling and case management to both residential and non-residential clients. 

Services Include:

• Individual and group counseling for emotional support

• Education about domestic violence and/or sexual assault

• Accompaniment to court, hospital, and other social service offices

• Legal advocacy and referrals for immigration, divorce, custody, restraining orders, and other issues

• Assistance in enrollment of public welfare programs such as CalWorks (TANF), General Relief (cash aid), CalFresh (food stamps), and other public benefits

• Linkages to employment & affordable housing resources