Resources For Women

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Narika offers a range of services, including a confidential helpline available live Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 8 PM PST, case management and peer counseling, emergency safe nights and transportation, legal support and resources, support groups and therapy referrals, financial literacy and economic empowerment workshops, and transitional housing.

 NARIKA 

Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center empowers unhoused women and children by supporting their transition into safe housing. We offer housing problem solving services and essential items weekdays at our Berkeley center.  We are also a North County Housing Resource Center for Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville families.  

Our hospitality services, available Monday, Weds. and Friday 9am - 1pm, offer hot meals, groceries, and hygiene products to women and children in need through our service window. 

Our housing resource services to unhoused participants is first done over the phone by calling (510) 548-2884.  We answer phones Monday - Friday from 9am-3pm and you can leave us a message.  After an initial call, any visit to meet with a case manager is by appointment only.   

Email us at staff@womensdropin.org for any support or questions.  

https://www.womensdropin.org/

Building Futures is proud to provide services at this new site for homeless adults. The Lewelling Shelter and Drop-In Center is made up of 29 shelter rooms and a drop-in center where individuals can access showers, laundry, meals, and housing navigation and support services.

Drop-In Center

Opened June 2025

Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm

Laundry, showers, lunch, coffee, and snacks

Case management

https://bfwc.org/services/lewelling/

Restorative Pathways (formerly Ruby’s Place) was founded in 1971 in Hayward, California, and is the nation’s first shelter for survivors of domestic violence. What began as a grassroots effort by a group of determined women has grown into a comprehensive support network, dedicated to providing safety, healing, and empowerment to individuals affected by domestic violence, human trafficking, and other forms of trauma. Today, Restorative Pathways remains committed to breaking cycles of violence and creating lasting change—one survivor at a time.

https://restorativepathways.org/#

The W.O.M.A.N., Inc. 24-hour support line offers support via peer counseling, safety planning, and referrals for needed resources. Very often our support line is used as a safe space for survivors to openly share details of their lives including the abuse they survive. As peer counselors, our role is to support them. Many times a survivor just needs someone to listen without judging, to help them better understand their experience, and to validate their feelings and choices.

https://www.womaninc.org/support/

NAMI Connection Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for any adult who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by trained leaders who’ve been there.

NAMI’s Support Groups are unique because they follow a structured model to ensure you and others in the group have an opportunity to be heard and to get what you need.

• Free of cost to participants
• Designed for adults (18+) with mental health conditions
• Led by people with mental health conditions
• 90 minutes long and meets weekly, every other week or monthly (varies by location)
• No specific medical therapy or treatment is endorsed
• Confidential