Servicing Those
Who Are In Need

The Emergency Shelter is a homelike facility where victims and children live for up to 30 days while receiving individual and group counseling, case management, legal and social advocacy, tutoring, art therapy, and children’s services. The shelter provides basic needs for residents at no cost. Trained advocates utilize Trauma Informed practices to work closely with victims and ensure optimum support is received. Victims have the opportunity to receive parenting education and domestic violence education support and learn essential life skills to prepare for the next step in their journey.

Su Casa offers a comprehensive array of services to women, children, and families victimized by domestic violence. Our service continuum empowers and heals victims and improves their financial stability even as it works to eliminate DV through prevention and education. Through a trauma-informed lens, Su Casa tailors its interventions to meet the immediate needs of victims and their families while also equipping them to meet future challenges by providing life skills and vocational training, financial training and more. Families stay in the transitional shelter for 3-12 months while they participate in counseling, life skills, parenting classes, case management, financial literacy and budgeting, and job search assistance. Through the savings program, families save a portion of their monthly income, allowing them to amass sufficient funds to put a deposit down on an apartment of their own.

 Su Casa offers supportive housing services and short-term financial assistance to survivors to help them secure and/or maintain safe, stable and affordable housing as quickly as possible after victimization.  We recognize safe and secure housing as the foundational piece that provides stability and space for individuals and families to begin the healing process with dignity and respect.

Services include: 
Affordable Housing Navigation
Housing Stability Assistance
Landlord & Tenant Rights Education
Life Skills Coaching and Development 

The Walk-In Business Center is open during regular business hours and offers general domestic violence information and resources. Anyone in crisis is able to walk in and receive services such as crisis counseling or assistance with finding shelter.

When children arrive at Su Casa, they are enrolled in a local school so that there is no interruption in their education and social development. There is a children’s specialist who works with parents for their children’s counseling. Children also become involved in art therapy program, A Window Between Worlds, which helps children express emotions through art that may not be able to communicate verbally..

Community Education and Outreach is offered to promote awareness and prevention of domestic violence. If you would like to schedule an outreach event with us, please email mmendez@sucasadv.org.

At the heart of our mission lies a profound dedication to fostering awareness and preventing the cycle of gender-based violence. Through our comprehensive community education programs, we strive to empower individuals, organizations, and schools with the knowledge and tools needed to combat this pressing issue. If you would like to schedule a presentation email mmendez@sucasadv.org

Su Casa provides trainings for various community agencies, law enforcement, hospitals, social workers, colleges, and community groups in the interest of raising awareness about DV warning signs, types, and safety planning and creating a network of professionals who are sensitive to and aware of the issue and have knowledge of how to help a survivor or aggressor.

Su Casa partners with Bellflower Unified School District, Long Beach Unified School District, and Paramount Unified School District to explore and understand healthy relationships, consent, boundaries, and teen dating violence prevention with middle and high school students. If your school is interested in partnership, please contact mmendez@sucasadv.org

Su Casa provides the same services for all who come to Su Casa for assistance. Counseling, legal assistance, financial literacy, job training, and housing assistance are all available to all residents at Su Casa.

Domestic Violence is not just a women’s issue. Men are effected as well. Su Casa provides the same services for men as all others who come to Su Casa for assistance. Counseling, legal assistance, financial literacy, job training, and housing assistance are all available to all residents at Su Casa.