Domestic Violence Solutions

Domestic Violence Solutions (DVS) is the county's only full-service domestic violence agency, committed to ending the intergenerational cycle of domestic violence through prevention and intervention services and through challenging society's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to effect social change. DVS provides the county's only 24-hour shelter service for battered women and their children, as well as the county's only transitional housing program for domestic violence survivors. DVS also operates four 24-hour hotlines; works to prevent domestic violence through teen outreach and education programs; and provides comprehensive residential counseling services to women and children affected by domestic violence. DVS programs serve Santa Barbara, Lompoc, and Santa Maria.