Center for Domestic Peace

The core services of Center for Domestic Peace include an emergency shelter, 24/7 hotlines, transitional housing, support groups, advocacy, financial assistance, a children and youth initiative, and programs for men who have been violent (ManKind). These core services promote the safety and empowerment of domestic violence victims. During FY 24/25, these programs provided services to 3,487 unduplicated individuals as follows: 1. Answered 6,823 hotline calls, providing safety planning, emotional support, referrals, and information.2. Provided emergency shelter for 94 victims and 61 children and dependents for a total of 5,415 bednights, along with other supportive services such as food, transportation, clothing, and other basic necessities. 3. Provided transitional housing via 20 separate units to 30 adults and 64 children and dependents for a total of 19,647 bednights, together with economic self-sufficiency planning and activities, occupational empowerment, case management, and assistance in securing permanent long-term housing. 4. Provided financial assistance for 71 individuals/families totaling $300,471 primarily toward rental assistance for permanent or transitional housing but also including funds for outside legal assistance. 5. Provided advocacy and assistance within the legal and criminal justice system to 393 individuals. 6. Operated the Children, Youth, and Community Prevention program, which reached 281 adults and 328 children, including: parent/child group and individual therapy to 146 non-abusing adults and 70 children and case management to 268 adults.7. Through Transforming Communities, Marin provided healthy masculinity training and activities to 15 young men and leadership engagement activities to 25 youth and young adults as interns/volunteers in shaping services for youth.8. Provided non-residential support groups to 102 participants.9. Educated 54 men through ManKind to teach them skills to stop their violent behavior.Center for Domestic Peace also advances community responsiveness to domestic violence by training and coordinating professionals from various sectors within multiple systems. In FY 24/25, we conducted 46 training events, which reached 1,726 individuals (youth/young adults and their service providers, school administrators and educators, providers in underserved communities, county government personnel, law enforcement, medical and mental health practitioners, Center for Domestic Peace volunteers, and other community members). Center for Domestic Peace also provided outreach and education at 102 separate events that reached a minimum of 7,050 people throughout the community. Social media had a reach of 115,639.