October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) evolved from the “Day of Unity” held in October 1981 and conceived by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The intent was to connect advocates across the nation who were working to end violence against...

Helping Children Heal

They are sometimes called the “hidden” victims of domestic violence. But for children who witness violence in their home or experience it directly, there is nothing hidden about it. It is all too visible, all too hurtful, all too real. Our name is Center for Hope...

Hey, Respect Your Elders!

Center for Hope & Safety received a hotline call from a woman who’d been married for 50 years and abused throughout her entire marriage. She was still married. She had no intention of leaving her husband; she just needed someone to talk to. A rabbi reported to us...

Transforming a life – Joy’s Story

Center for Hope & Safety’ Transitional Housing provides women with longer-term housing, giving them the necessary time to get on back on their own feet. Joy fled a life of constant abuse and was able to find help from Center for Hope & Safety and...

One Journey, Many Pathways

Not far from the children’s zoo and train ride in Van Saun County Park in Paramus, NJ is a brick pathway  winding its way amid a garden of flowers and shrubs. It is a quiet enclave, intentionally so. Take a stroll along the Pathway, look closely, and you’ll...