BCAP
Bilingual Counseling and Advocacy Program
BCAP services are designed to assist Latino victims break free from domestic violence and educate them in order to prevent future abuse.
BCAP goals include:
• Help participants understand the causes of violence in relationships, develop individualized safety plans, and learn alternative behaviors to end the cycle of violence.
• Stop violence and/or abuse in Latino families and interrupt the transfer of violent and/or abusive relationship patterns from one generation to the next.
• Provide prevention education and mental health resource information to Latino community groups through their faith-based communities, local community centers, and other grassroots organizations.
• Raise public awareness about the culturally-specific challenges of Latino victims.
BCAP services include:
• Accompaniment and interpretation services at crucial points of contact for victims, such as hospital emergency rooms and emergency shelters.
• Follow up crisis counseling and referrals to long term therapy and other mental health services
• Training and coordination of a small team of bilingual volunteer advocates and survivors of domestic violence to provide interpretation services and emotional support for Latino victims.
• A toll-free Spanish phone line (1-866-442-4627) that provides victims the opportunity to talk to a bilingual advocate and obtain information and guidance in accessing services.