Resources

Resources

Resources for LGBTQQ survivors of violence, trauma, and abuse, as well as their allies, looking for support in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you have additional resources, please email info@cuav.org. 

 

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT:

• Center For Special Problems – (415) 292-1500 – 1700 Jackson St (at Van Ness) Provides psychiatric care, counseling, and support groups; transgender & HIV-specific services

• San Francisco Suicide Prevention (includes live chat and email)

  • 24hr Crisis Line – 415-781-0500
  • AIDS/HIV Nightline – 415-984-1902 
  • Drug Line – 415-362-3400
  • Relapse Line – 415-834-1144 
  • Linea de Apoyo – 415-989-5212

• Westside Crisis Clinic – (415) 353-5050, TDD: (415) 353-5028 - 888 Turk St. (at Gough St.) Provides crisis services, assessment, and psychiatric case management; suicide drop-in M-SAT 9AM-6PM (including holidays), intake until 6PM

 

CRIMINAL LEGAL SUPPORT: 

 • National Lawyers Guild – -Business: (415) 285-5067 Provides "Know Your Rights" resources.

• Bay Area Legal Aid, San Francisco – Business: (415) 982-1300, Legal: (800) 551-5554 Provides information and advice about domestic violence, tenant, medical, Medicare, and GA rights

• San Francisco Police Department Dispatch – (415) 553-0123 Domestic Violence Unit - (415)553-9225 Hate Violence Crime Unit - (415) 553-1133 San Francisco District Attorney (415) 553-1752 Victim/Witness Assistance – (415) 553-9044 or 1-800-VICTIMS

• Transgender, Gender Variant, Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) – (415) 252-1444 Provides free legal services for transgender, gender variant, and intersex people navigating the criminal legal system

 

DISCRIMINATION:

• San Francisco Human Rights Commission – Voice: (415) 252-2500, TDD (415) 252-2550 - 25 Van Ness St. Suite 800

 

GENERAL:

• Call: 211 or 1800 273 6222 Free & confidential, information and referral service for health and human services in the Bay Area. Chinese and Spanish Spoken

 

SEXUAL VIOLENCE SURVIVORS:

• San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR) – Crisis Line: (415) 647-7273, Office: (415) 861-2024 – 3543 18th Street, #7, Women’s Building (between Guerrero and Dolores) Provides 24-hour crisis counseling, peer support, educational workshops, and community healing programs

• San Francisco Trauma Recovery/Rape Treatment Center – (415) 437-3000 – 2727 Mariposa Street, Suite 100 Provides medical care, counseling, and case management services to sexual assault survivors and their families, M-F 8AM-5PM

 

RESTRAINING ORDER SUPPORT:

• ACCESS - Telephone Clinic: (415) 551-5880 - 575 Polk Street, Room 001 Can assist with obtaining harassment orders

• Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic (CROC) - (415) 864-1790 Holds clinics every other Saturday or Thursday to help domestic violence survivors obtain restraining orders against abusers

• Self-Help Center – (415) 551-3991 – 400 McAllister Street, Room 009 Lower Level Assists domestic violence survivors with obtaining restraining orders

• For people with disabilities, who are 65+ years old, and/or who need transportation, call Mobile Assistance: (415) 431-7400

• Mission Resource Center – (415) 869-7977 – 165 Capp St. (between 16th & 17th, near 16th St. BART) Provides shelter for homeless people of all genders; call for intake and go in person.

• WOMAN, Inc. – Crisis: (415) 864-4722, Toll Free: (877) DV-HELPU Maintains daily inventory of shelter bed availability for women throughout the Bay Area

 

TRANSGENDER, GENDER VARIANT, and INTERSEX RESOURCES

• TRANS:THRIVE – (415) 409-4101 – 815 Hyde Street, 2nd Floor (between Bush and Sutter) Provides HIV prevention services, support groups, and case management for transgender and gender non-conforming people

 


 

427 South Van Ness Ave
San Francisco, CA 94103
P: 415-777-5500
F: 415-777-5565
info@cuav.org