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
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 see...
Laura’s Story of Hope; it sometime takes more than one try.
Laura had a newborn son in her arms. She fled for safety from an abusive relationship with the baby’s father. She did not know what it was like to live without violence and had no place but the shelter to turn. Lara found being a single parent too difficult to...
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