In conjunction with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office, the San Jose Family Justice Center brings together professionals and community resources for survivors of domestic violence in one centralized location. Survivors have the option to access as many services as best meet their individual needs. Includes free consultation with:
The District Attorney for legal issues and pending criminal cases
Family law attorneys to discuss restraining orders, divorce, child custody, and visitation
Immigration attorneys who can help a survivor apply for a VAWA or U-Visa
Languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Laos, Farsi & Arabic
AACI
Thursdays 9am-5pm
2400 Moorpark Ave. Suite 300
San Jose, CA 95128
Call: (408) 975-2730
YWCA Silicon Valley
Fridays 9am-5pm
298 S. Sunnyvale Ave., Ste. 105
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Call: (408) 749-0793
Community Solutions
Wednesdays 9am-5pm
16264 Church St., #103
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Call: (408) 779-2113
Bay Area Legal Aid provides free civil legal assistance to low- income communities throughout the Bay Area in the areas of:
Housing
Landlord-tenant issues,
Foreclosures,
Unlawful evictions, and
Housing discrimination.
Economic Justice
CalWORKs,
General Assistance,
SSI,
CalFresh, and
Consumer Law Matters.
Consumer Law
Domestic violence, and
DV-related Immigration Matters.
Immigration-related matters – Health Care Access
MediCal,
DentiCal,
IHSS,
Affordable Care Act, and
Covered California.
Youth Justice
Foster Care,
Homeless Youth, and
Education Advocacy for Re-entering Youth.
4 North Second Street, Suite 600
San Jose, CA 95113
Call: (408) 283-3700
Immigration legal services, family law, VAWA, U-visa, DACA
1125 Benton St.
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Call: (650) 938-4041
All aspects of removal defense, asylum, U-visas, VAWA, SIJS, DACA.
2117-B University Ave
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Call: (650) 326-6440
Emergency shelter for women and their children, individual and group counseling, children programs, advocacy, teen support services, information on restraining orders, legal services, and referrals. Provides support to male survivors. Bilingual- Spanish.
2211 Palm Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403
Call: (650) 652-0800
Crisis Line: (800) 300-1080
Legal Info Line: (650) 259-1855
Child custody, mediation matters. Self-Help Center with divorce, custody, visitation, guardianship, eviction and civil matters. Restraining Order Help Center located on 201 N. First St, San Jose, CA 95113. Assists with domestic violence and civil harassment.
99 Notre Dame Ave
San Jose, CA 95113
Call: (408) 882-2900
Provides free and confidential legal assistance to children and youth in juvenile dependency, family law, probate guardianship, education matters and numerous other practice areas. They aim to improve court and community systems designed to protect and promote child welfare and host workshops to educate youth, parents, caregivers and members of the community about issues impacting child welfare and legal rights.
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
152 North Third Street, 3rd Floor
San Jose, CA 95112
Call: (408) 280-2416
YWCA - Linda Haskell Empowerment Center
375 South Third Street
San Jose CA 95112
(408) 295-4011
Next Door Solutions’ programs and services are free-of-charge and designed to empower victims and their families. With a short-term goal to provide safety and a long-term aim to prevent abuse, Next Door Solutions’ programs and services include emergency shelter, housing solutions, support groups, temporary restraining orders, court accompaniment to restraining order and other domestic-violence related court hearings, and immigration services.
234 E. Gish Road, Suite 200
San Jose, CA 95112
Call: (408) 501-7550
If you have a legal problem in a civil matter in Santa Clara County and you live in this County of Santa Clara, but cannot afford a private attorney, ProBonoProject might be able to help. They take or assist with cases in family law, and consumer law.
25 N. 14TH Street, Suite 506
San Jose, CA, 95112
Call: (408) 998-5298
Assist with family law, criminal law, bankruptcy, landlord/tenant issues, and immigration cases. Provides modest means program. Bilingual- Spanish.
31 N Second St, 4th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
Call: (408) 287-2557
Provides information, legal forms (including form samples and instructions), references to other court resources or a private agency, or recommendations to talk to a lawyer. If you cannot afford a lawyer, they can tell you about free and low-cost legal resources. Family Law help includes information on how to get, change or enforce/collect child or spousal support, how to get, change or enforce custody or visitation orders, and establish parentage when the parents are not married. They can help parents make up and write agreements about support, custody and/or visitation.
Family law help hours: MTTh 8:30am-3pm
Non-family law help hours: MTh 8:30am-12:30pm
Restraining order help center: M-F 8:30am-3pm
201 N. First Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Call: (408) 882-2926
Their mission is to promote social justice through the civil legal system by providing specialized legal services to low income communities of Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey Counties. They can assist with immigration issues, divorce, restraining orders, child custody, spousal/child support, human trafficking, domestic violence, and more.
16264 Church Street, Suite 103
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Call: (408) 915-8698