Jersey Battered Women's Service, Inc

JBWS is committed to serve every identified victim of domestic violence in Morris County, as well as others by referral or when safety and confidentiality issues warrant our assistance. 

Services Offered by JBWS:

• 24 hour, free and confidential helpline
• Emergency safe house for women and their children
• Counseling and legal assistance
• Children's services
• Transitional housing
• Life-skills education
• Vocational counseling
• Community education
• Training for professionals
• Teenage dating abuse prevention
• Primary prevention
• Batterer's intervention

More than 75 paid staff and 120 volunteers work together with the help of the community to fulfill the agency mission.

 

The mission of JBWS is the prevention of domestic violence through the protection and empowerment of the victim, the rehabilitation of family members, the advocacy for social changes to prevent partner violence, and the education of the public about domestic violence and its consequences.  Domestic violence includes physical, emotional or sexual abuse as well as threats of the above.