24/7 SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE
If you live in Bergen County, NJ and feel unsafe in your home, we are here for you. Safety and support is only a phone call away.
Call our hotline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
201-944-9600
If you are unable to speak safely on the phone, the National Domestic Violence Hotline will connect you to us:
Text “LOVEIS” to 22522
WHO WE ARE
Center for Hope & Safety (formerly Shelter Our Sisters) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, founded in 1976. We strongly believe that every person has the right to be safe, empowered, and free from violence and fear. Our mission is to help domestic violence victims in Bergen County, New Jersey, heal and grow through a wide range of services. We give adult and child victims hope and safety, and the tools they need to rebuild their lives beyond domestic violence.
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NEWS & EVENTS
The best Christmas presents: Safety, strength, and hope
According to the song, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” For many people—too many people—it is anything but. Families living in need, or in pain, or in fear may find it difficult to join in the festivities and celebrations of the holiday season. The things we...
How Do You Support That Woman Who Just Keeps Staying?
Blog Post by Lil Corcoran, Associate Executive Director In 1988 I remember watching a battered Hedda Nussbaum testify against Joel Steinberg, for murdering their daughter, Lisa, and thinking, “What is wrong with her?” Although I have come to a different...
A dream becomes a vision, and finally a reality
Blog Post by Elaine Meyerson, Executive Director Center for Hope & Safety When I became the Executive Director of Center for Hope & Safety in 1986, I asked the staff what they felt their needs were, without hesitation they all echoed the word "space." At...
Yes. It happens here.
It happens in Bergen County, one of the 40 wealthiest counties in the United States. It happens behind the closed doors of nicely appointed homes along the tree-lined streets of suburbia, just as it happens in the poorest of inner city neighborhoods. And everywhere...
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