Caring Hearts
For Fresh Starts

Alternatives to Domestic Violence is a private, nonprofit organization serving all of western Riverside County, California, with a range of services aimed at breaking the cycle of physical and emotional violence within families and the wider community.

Creating Connections

Our services include a 24-hour crisis line, emergency and transitional housing, outreach services to victims of domestic violence, individual and group counseling, life skills and job training, child development services.

Our Mission

Riverside County Coalition for Alternatives to Domestic Violence is a nonprofit organization committed to eradicating domestic violence against intimate partners. We are committed to changing social and structural conditions that support using power to control and harm others. We are devoted to ensuring that abusers and offenders are held accountable for domestic violence survivors' systematic abuse and disempowerment.”

For the Future

Alternatives to Domestic Violence is working on programs and services that address the broader issues associated with family violence. We wish to foster awareness that domestic violence is not solely an issue for women, but one that permeates the fabric of our society.

Goals & Objectives

  • Provide victims of domestic violence with alternate ways of dealing with physical and/or emotional abuse through education, counseling, shelter, non-judgmental emotional support, and housing assistance

  • Increase community awareness of the problem of domestic violence

  • Serve as an advocate for all victims of domestic violence

  • Find ways and means to decrease the frequency, magnitude and recurrence of domestic violence

  • Break the generational cycle of domestic violence and victimization

If you are in immediate danger: CALL 911

If you need help, CALL ADV’s 24-hour Crisis Lines:

We’d love to hear from you.