Our Voz y Vida Program emerged of the necessity of the increasing immigrant population in Westchester County and correlating challenges related to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. We found that most of the victims/survivors would never consider walking into a DV/SA service office. Instead, the vast majority were walking into our multiservice agency for assistance securing basic human needs, employment assistance, english classes, to name a few. For them, CRC was a trusted and anonymous safe haven where they could open up without the stigma attached to some mainstream programs. As a result, CRC took a leadership role in the county by launching our Voz y Vida program, mainly focusing on providing culturally competent direct services to those who needed the most.
Voz y Vida Program is comprised of service provision, capacity building/cross training, and community education for the Westchester County immigrant population. Along with general case management, Voz y Vida provides crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, DV/SA case management for all needs including protection orders, safety planning, court accompaniment, emergency material assistance, U-Visa applications, among other support services. DV/SA victims and survivors are also connected to our education and workforce development programs all of which increase self-sufficiency and financial independence. Survivors can access adult literacy, English as a Second Language, GED/high school equivalency, computer classes and job trainings.

​The goal of Voz y Vida is to improve the quality of life, create hope by ending the cycle of domestic violence and sexual assault, and help to establish a healthy, violence free environment for DV/SA survivors and their children.

Partner agencies:

My Sister's Place

My Sisters’ Place strives to end domestic violence and human trafficking through comprehensive services, advocacy, and community education. MSP works to create a world in which every individual has the basic human rights to be free from gender based violence and to engage in relationships that embrace the principles of respect, equality, and safety.
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Hope's Door

Hope’s Door seeks to end domestic violence and to empower victims to achieve safety, independence, and healing from the trauma of abuse.

Victims Assistance Service

Family Justice Center 

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​The Office for Women is a partner in the Westchester County Family Justice Center (FJC) Collaborative to provide services for individuals who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The FJC is funded through a grant administered by the county Office for Women, with 23 county agencies, not for profits and community partners.
The FJC offers a network of hope. It is a safe place where victims can go to talk with an advocate, get legal help in obtaining an Order of Protection, custody, and child support, immigration and other issues, learn about making a safety plan, find out about domestic violence shelter services, access public assistance and receive spiritual support in addition to other services.

Pace Women's Justice Center 

​Pace Women’s Justice Center (PWJC) provides free legal services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse. A nonprofit legal center serving Westchester and Putnam Counties, PWJC helps individuals navigate the legal system and obtain services related to divorce, custody, support, financial exploitation, public benefits and housing. Through outreach events and training programs we raise awareness, educate the community, and train judges, police officers, attorneys, and social service providers on best practices when working with victims of abuse. Safe families make stronger communities.

Pace Community Law Practice 

​The Neighbors Link mission is to strengthen the whole community through the healthy integration of immigrants. Our mission is achieved by filling a service gap for new immigrant families, offering education and empowerment programs, involving longer-term residents in volunteer opportunities and creating substantive partnerships with other local organizations. Our strategies to educate, empower and employ families include a Worker Center, English as a Second Language (ESL) education, legal services and advocacy, workforce development, parent education, early childhood programs and academic support for school-age children of immigrants.

Westchester County Office of Women