Domestic Violence Information and Referral Center (DVIRC)

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Domestic Violence Information and Referral Center
(DVIRC)

• A collaborative, interactive website for domestic
  violence agencies.

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What is the DVIRC?

• The DVIRC is a collaborative effort of the
  Domestic Violence Agencies in the 9 Bay Area
  counties.
• Mission
• As an online interactive community network,
  the Domestic Violence Information and Referral
  Center (DVIRC) provides a safe space for member
  Bay Area domestic violence service providers to
  share, network, and access updated information so
  that effective and appropriate resources and
  referrals can be offered to domestic violence
  survivors.

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DVIRC Participating Agencies

• Alameda County
• A Safe Place, Oakland
• Family Violence Law Center, Oakland
• Shalom Bayit, Oakland
• Narika, Berkeley
• Safe Alternatives to Violent Environment (SAVE),
  Fremont
• Emergency Shelter Program, Hayward
• San Francisco County
• Arab Cultural and Community Center (ACCC), San
  Francisco
• Asian Womens Resource Center/Gum Moon Womens
  Residence, San Francisco
• Asian Womens Shelter, San Francisco
• Bay Area Legal Aid, San Francisco
• Community United Against Violence, San Francisco
• Donaldina Cameron House, San Francisco
• Jewish Family and Childrens Services Dream
  House, San Francisco
• Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center, San
  Francisco
• Riley Center Saint Vincent de Paul Society, San
  Francisco
• San Francisco Department on the Status of Women,
  San Francisco

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The project was developed by WOMAN, Inc. and
Force by Design. It is funded by The Womens
Foundation of California, The Verizon Foundation
and Blue Shield of California.
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Who can be a member Only those agencies
considered Domestic Violence (DV) agencies will
be given access to the DVIRC to ensure
confidentiality of information shared on the
website.   A Domestic Violence (DV) agency is any
organization covered by the California Codes
Evidence Code that provides confidentiality
privilege between DV agencies and their clients.
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Find Resources Allows advocates to search for
resources through drop down menu filters and a
general search capability.
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Find Resources Agency Page
On the Agency Page advocates will find
information regarding the Agencys name, mission,
and website.
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Find Resources Service Location Page
A Service Location represents a physical location
where the Agency provides services to the
community. The Service Location Page provides
contact information.
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Find Resources Service Detail Page
Each Service Location has one or more services.
The Service Details Page provides the specifics
of that service.
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Resources Found On DVIRC

• Family Peer Counseling
• Financial Aid /Financial Guidance
• Food/ Clothing
• Health Services
• Homeless Shelters
• Housing
• Housing - Evictions
• Housing - Information Lines
• Housing - Rent Assistance
• Housing - Trans. , Hous. for Homl Fmls
• Immigrant Resources
• Legal Services
• LGBTQ
• Medical Services
• Mental Health
• Motels
• National Resources
• Other Crisis/Information Lines

• Advocacy
• Aids Resources
• Batterer Resources
• Child Care
• Child Care during Support Groups
• Children Resources
• Counseling
• Disability
• DV Advocacy
• DV Case management
• DV Crisis Line
• DV Crisis Peer Counseling
• DV Outreach
• DV Programs (not Shelters)
• DV Restraining Orders
• DV Shelters
• DV Support Groups
• DV Therapy
• DV Training

• Pet Care Shelters
• Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice
• Safe House
• Senior Resources
• Sexual Assault/Rape
• Sex work/Trafficking
• Social Services
• Substance Abuse Resources
• Support Groups
• Teen/ Youth Resources
• Sex Work/Trafficking
• Transitional Housing(Confidential)
• Transitional Housing(Non - Confidential)
• Transportation
• Victim Services
• Other Crisis/Information Lines
• Volunteer Opportunity

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Find Resources The Map View easily allows
advocates to locate resources for a client in
their preferred geographic location.
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Find Resources The Print View allows advocates
to print the contact information for referral
services to be handed to clients.
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• Reports
• Four reports are generated for data gathering
  purposes
• Received Referrals
• Referrals Made
• Available Beds
• 4) Waiting List

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Community Allows the Domestic Violence Network
to create a shared calendar of events in the DV
community, access best practices, training
resources, and other information and materials.
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Get Ideas Advocates can post ideas that can
begin a conversation.
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Get Answers Advocates can post questions they
need answered. This is a good way to organize the
question and answers interchange without flooding
you with emails.
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Reference Documents Advocates can upload
documents into libraries to share with other
agencies and searchable feature allows users to
enter keywords to support searching and selecting
of the proper library for documents.
Libraries currently on DVIRC (more can be
created)
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DVIRC Contact Information

• To learn more, contact
• Mariya Taher
• [phone] ext 325
• mariya_at_womaninc.org