North County Family Justice Center & Legal Services
NORTH COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER
LOCATION & HOURS
375 S. THIRD STREET
SAN JOSE, CA, 95112
FRIDAYS, 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
Note: Voiance Language Services is available if walk-in/partner is needing language interpretation assistance.
Led by YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley, the North County Family Justice Center (NCFJC) is a collaboration of multiple government agencies and community partners that provides services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. The NCFJC is staffed by attorneys and non-attorneys with a range of expertise, encompassing immigration law, family law, legal advocacy, criminal law (prosecutions), victim compensation assistance, and law enforcement support. Service providers include the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, the Step Forward Foundation, family law attorneys, and YWCA advocates. The NCFJC also provides referrals to other agencies for further assistance if required.
As a Department of Justice certified agency, we support survivors of crime who are interested in applying for immigration visas: U, T, or VAWA.
We help survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking file for restraining and/or civil harassment orders, and we assist survivors in filing limited family law paperwork, in addition to accompanying them to court in criminal, civil and family law hearings.
OTHER LEGAL SERVICES
- Temporary Restraining Order Applications and filing applications with the court.
- Filing any other initial family law paperwork with the court.
- Limited family law paperwork assistance for divorce, child custody, child support and visitations applications. We only assist with initial filings for those who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking. We provide legal referral for requests that fall outside our scope of work.
- Court preparation.
- Accompaniment to Family, Civil and Criminal court, as capacity allows.
- Legal information, resources and referrals, including immigration information and resources.
- Helping survivors report violence and accompaniment to the police station, if needed, and as capacity allows.
- Accompanying survivors to government agencies and other service providers, as needed, and as capacity allows.
24-HOUR BILINGUAL SUPPORT LINE
Sexual Assault Domestic Violence Human Trafficking
For immediate in-person crisis assistance and counseling services, contact 24-hour support line
(800) 572-2782
