Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling

The agency provides welfare-to-work support services for battered women and for mentally/emotionally disturbed women who receive or are eligible to receive CalWORKs and live in Los Angeles County. Services include case management, general counseling services, mental health evaluation, medication monitoring, specialized information and referral, spousal abuse counseling and welfare rights assistance.

If the child of a CalWORKs recipient has a mental or emotional disorder which constitutes a barrier to the woman's employment or further participation in the CalWORKs program, the program provides assessment, child guidance, family counseling and parenting skills development under the same conditions as the recipient herself. The program serves youth from birth to age 18. The program serves youth from birth to age 18.

Child care assistance, and transportation assistance, such as bus fare and taxi vouchers are provided on as needed basis.