Welcome to ADV
Alternatives to Domestic Violence has been providing services to victims of domestic violence and their families in Western Riverside County, California, since 1978.
Look around our website and you will see that through integrated programs, services and education, ADV seeks to assist individuals and families in their efforts to change and rebuild their lives free of domestic violence and abuse.
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.
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
How ADV Helps
We offer a range of services aimed at breaking the cycle of physical and emotional violence within families and the wider community.
An array of services to intervene in and prevent physical and emotional violence in the home and the community.
A state-of-the-art, 60-bed residential facility for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence.
Information on domestic violence and it’s effect on victims can help educate our community on how to bring change.
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.
