Culturally Specific Resources

Organization

Name 

Website/Contact

Location(s)

Language(s)

Description

Womankind

Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens

English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Tagalog, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Vietnamese + more

  • Provides multilingual services for Asian American survivors of  domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual violence, and elder abuse

  • Three-pronged approach to helping survivors:

a) Refuge: 24-hr multilingual helpline, emergency shelter 

b) Recovery:counseling, critical resource intervention, family law  & immigration legal services, wellness groups 

c) Renewal: community education & outreach, and advocacy

Korean  

American  

Family Service  Center

www.kafsc.org 

Email:

contact@kafsc.org

Phone:

718.460.3801

Flushing, Queens

English and Korean

  • Offers a 24-hour bilingual English/Korean hotline

  • Provides counseling services and support groups for survivors of sexual/dating violence and childhood abuse

Garden of Hope

www.gohny.org/aboutus

Email:

info@gohny.org

Phone:

1-877-990-8595

Queens

English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Fujianese, Taiwanese

  • Helps Chinese American survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, dating violence, and child abuse

  • Provides the following services: 

a) Crisis intervention, case management, counseling

b)Shelter services and legal assistance & resources

Sakhi

www.sakhi.org 

Email:  

contactus@sakhi.org 

Phone: 212.714.9153

Manhattan

English, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, and many more

 1. Help South Asian survivors of     gender-based violence, domestic violence, elder abuse, forced marriage, etc. 

 2. Provides the following services: 

a) Anti-violence program: support for GBV survivors 

b) Helpline via phone call and text

Turning Point

www.tpny.org 

Email:

info@tpny.org 

Phone: 718-262-8744


Flushing, Queens

Arabic, Urdu,  

Punjabi, Bengali,  Hindi, and English


  • Help Muslim women and girls impacted by domestic violence

  • Provides crisis intervention, individual counseling, support group,  advocacy, community outreach services

VIP Mujeres

www.vipmujeres.org 

Email:  

info@vipmujeres.org 

Phone: 800-664-5880

Manhattan

English and Spanish

  • Lead Latina victims of domestic violence to safety, empower them to  live free of violence and reach and sustain their full potential

  • Provides 24-hour English/Spanish hotline, counseling, emergency  shelter, financial literacy, and outreach services

Voces Latinas

www.voceslatinas.org

Email:  

voceslatinas@outlook.com 

Phone: (718) 593-4528

Jackson  

Heights,  

Queens

English and  

Spanish

  • Domestic violence prevention and response programs led by  immigrant Latinas

  • Organizes support groups for survivors

  • Provides HIV testing and free contraceptives

Black Women's Blueprint

www.blackwomensblueprint.org 

Email:  

info@blueprintny.org 

Crisis hotline: 646-647-5414

Boonville, NY and  

Brooklyn

English

  • Counseling for female and LGBTQ survivors of sexual assault, abuse, or trafficking, including: crisis intervention; case management; emergency assistance; support groups; counseling services

  • Sistas Van: a trauma-informed, survivor-centered, wheelchair-accessible mobile healing unit that provides free emergency contraception, pregnancy tests, Plan B, and other reproductive health supplies

Diaspora  

Community  

Services

www.diasporacs.org

Email:

info@diasporacs.org

Phone:

718-399-0200

Brooklyn

English and  

Spanish

  • CARE Program: provides sexual assault survivors with civil legal advocacy, counseling, criminal justice advocacy, crisis intervention, medical response, job training, material assistance, and transportation

  • Free and confidential HIV and Hepatitis-C testing and prevention  services in North and Central Brooklyn

Sauti Yetu  

Center for  

African Women and Families

www.sautiyetu.us

Email:

info@sautiyetu.us

Phone:

718-655-2486

Bronx and Staten  

Island

English

  • Services for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors: crisis intervention and emergency assistance, counseling, interpretation &  translation, comprehensive case management, legal assistance

  • Counseling and advocacy for circumcised immigrant women

  • Girls Empowerment and Leadership: provides immigrant girls 13-24 years old with academic support, technical assistance, and workshops on topics such as forced early marriage, reproductive health, etc.