Alternatives to Domestic Violence is a private, nonprofit organization serving all of western Riverside County, California, with a range of services aimed at breaking the cycle of physical and emotional violence within families and the wider community.
Our services include a 24-hour crisis line, emergency and transitional housing, outreach services to victims of domestic violence, individual and group counseling, life skills and job training, child development services, child and teen counseling and a range of training programs for legal professionals, first responders and employers in the identification of and response to domestic violence.
ADV also provides cooperative support services related to domestic violence to organizations and agencies throughout Southern California.
Our Mission
Alternatives to Domestic Violence’s mission is to improve the quality of life and create hope by ending the cycle of domestic violence
through services and education for residents of Riverside County.
Goals and Objectives
• Provide victims of domestic violence with alternate ways of dealing with physical and/or emotional abuse through education, counseling, shelter, non-judgmental emotional support, legal advocacy and housing assistance
• Increase community awareness of the problem of domestic violence
• Serve as an advocate for all victims of domestic violence
• Find ways and means to decrease the frequency, magnitude and recurrence of domestic violence
• Break the generational cycle of domestic violence and victimization
For the Future
Alternatives to Domestic Violence is working on programs and services that address the broader issues associated with family violence. We wish to foster awareness that domestic violence is not solely an issue for women, but one that permeates the fabric of our society.
“Working with ADV as a business partner has been very rewarding. If I were talking to colleagues in our industry about what would be the return for investment in helping others, I’d say it goes beyond one person. It permeates throughout your entire organization. It’s a shot in the arm. Every time we do an event with ADV, the associates who participate are rejuvenated. They come back feeling very, very good about being able to make a difference. For every dollar invested, I’d say you get a return of a thousand percent in morale … unifying your troops. As a business person, the impact to your morale is priceless. In our mind, a big part of what ADV is accomplishing is the rehabilitation of families. In our mind, we feel that’s a place where we can be very impactful. People just jump at the opportunity to work with ADV.”
“The reputation of ADV is phenomenal. This organization is over the top. It’s our leadership and our staff. There is nothing else like us. It’s the most loving and compassionate agency. I don’t know how anybody could do it any better.”
“When we first decided to partner with ADV, we did so just because we had shared the same kinds of goals. But the more I worked with the ADV team, the more I realized that this is an incredible community of people. Everything that’s done is done very, very, very well. There is a standard of excellence that permeates the ADV community. Being able to work with people who are such respectable people, people I have such a great deal of respect for, no matter what they’re doing, they’re doing it at the 110 percent level. Advocacy, counseling, shelter, children’s program. In this time, when a lot of things are done in a shoddy fashion, it is such a great thing to be able to partner with an agency that is committed to such excellence. Sometimes in a nonprofit, you’re not really a business. This is a nonprofit with integrity and strength and authenticity. If there’s violence anywhere, there’s violence everywhere. People must act in support of life.”
“Our involvement with ADV has impacted every associate at every level. No matter how large or how small their involvement has been. Because they see the results of what they are doing. They see the impact that they’re making. I can’t say enough about ADV. Not just for what they do for individuals, but for how they interact within the community. How they deport themselves when they’re at organizational meetings or at other affairs. They’re always there and positive. It’s, ‘We’re here, we’re going to make a difference and we’re going to make lives better.’ There’s no self-doubt. It’s all very positive. The belief in what they’re doing, in the organization and the people within the organization, having the staff that your’re confident with, having the families come in out of the worst of circumstances and knowing that they are going to be safe. That this is a sanctuary for them. It’s probably one of the best jobs you can have.”