When life hurts, there's hope. Thanks to caring 1736 Family Crisis Center friends, funders, and volunteers, individuals and families facing difficult life circumstances can get the counseling and other help they need to strengthen their well-being and future outlook.

This is a precious gift... that can continue to reap benefits across a lifetime.

Putting into place a coordinated system of emergency and ongoing help for low-income City of Los Angeles residents has been the essential goal of CLASP (Comprehensive Linkages and Services Partnership). 1736 Family Crisis Center helms the project, which unites eight Los Angeles agencies in the provision of vital free counseling, case management, legal services, health care, and other aid for local individuals and families in need.

Helena*, 60, is one example. She was admitted to California Hospital Medical Center, a CLASP service agency, after surviving a brutal attack by her 75-year-old husband.

Neighbors had called the police after hearing Helena's screams. When officers arrived, the shaken woman was unable to walk and was rushed to the hospital by paramedics. Helena's husband had begun to beat her as she slept, repeatedly hitting her with his metal walker and stomping on her back, nearly breaking it. Police arrested him at the scene.

When Helena arrived at California Hospital Medical Center, an emergency room clinical social worker immediately called a 1736 Family Crisis Center case manager to request crisis counseling and advocacy services. Together, they assessed Helena's grim situation and mapped out a plan for immediate intervention and continued care.

Medical attention to address Helena's injuries was the most urgent need. She stayed in the hospital for 10 days, then was cleared for medical discharge. At this point, another CLASP service partner was contacted to provide the taxi voucher that paid for Helena's trip back home, a safe place for her while her husband remained in police custody. To protect her after that, still another CLASP agency provided legal services to help Helena get a temporary restraining order and explore her next step. As she did so, Helena was also set up with temporary home healthcare so she could continue to heal.

*Specific identifying information has been changed to protect the person.

1736 Family Crisis Center offers a life-saving array of assistance that troubled community members can draw on to help turn their lives around.

Our 24-hour crisis hotlines offer ready counseling and referrals all day, every day of the year. You can reach our 24-hour youth services hotline by calling (310) 379-3620.

You can reach our 24-hour domestic violence hotlines by calling:
(213) 745-6434
(213) 222-1237
(310) 370-5902
(562) 388-7652.

We accept collect calls and all calls are confidential.

Our community service centers throughout Los Angeles offer counseling for children, teens, and adults not requiring immediate shelter. We also provide case management services, job training, search, and placement services for eligible abused women on welfare, support groups for domestic violence victims, specialized art programs for traumatized young people, and other key aid.

For more information, click here.

1736 Family Crisis Center also offers safe refuge and multiple services to improve the well-being and future prospects of children and teens on the run from problems at home and for domestic violence victims and their children.

For information on our emergency youth shelter, click here.

For information on our confidentially-located shelters for domestic violence victims and their children, click here.