Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County

What Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County does

The Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County is a non-profit one-stop service center headquartered at 533 North Niles Ave, South Bend, Indiana, serving victims of domestic and family violence, sexual assault, and stalking in St. Joseph County. Founded in 2007 and operating with approximately 12 employees, the center uses a co-located multi-agency model, housing non-profit and governmental partners under one roof so that victims can access crisis intervention, confidential assessments, protective order assistance, and referrals to shelter, legal, medical, and counseling resources in a single visit. Its core offerings include the 24/7 S-O-S Crisis Hotline (574-289-HELP), school-based prevention programming via the Protect Yourself Rules curriculum, assistance with protective orders, a community resources directory, and a downloadable self-care toolkit.

The center is an Affiliated Center of the Family Justice Center Alliance (a program of Alliance for HOPE International), which provides national technical assistance, training, and adherence to trauma-informed care Guiding Principles. All services are provided free of charge to survivors and their families; the organization generates no commercial revenue. Its business model relies on charitable donations and grants from governmental and private sources, supplemented by community fundraising events such as the Bacon Around the Bend 5k and Purple Purse. Marketing and demand generation operate through partner agency referrals, community outreach, school programming, and a Facebook page.

Technically, the center is not a technology company. It operates no software platform, API, or proprietary digital product; the underlying service delivery is human-driven advocacy coordinated across co-located partner agencies. Digital channels are limited to a Squarespace-hosted website, basic social media presence, and downloadable resource documents. There are no disclosed AI/ML, data analytics, or automation capabilities. Geographic scope is a single county in the U.S. Midwest, with no indication of multi-site operations.

Name

Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County

Legal name

Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County

Website

https://fjcsjc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County is a non-profit, one-stop service center in South Bend, Indiana, providing free crisis intervention, advocacy, protective order assistance, and referrals to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in St. Joseph County.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Victim Advocacy and Family Violence Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Community Housing Services (62422)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAD

Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAGAEAM

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAIAFAJ

Victim Services & Witness Assistance (Justice System)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

SECONDARYBPAGAEAC

Family & Parenting Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

Keywords

• Victim advocacy services
• Domestic violence support
• Sexual assault services
• Crisis intervention
• Trauma-informed care

Headquarters

HQ city

South Bend, IN

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: As a non-profit organization, the Family Justice Center operates primarily through charitable donations and grant funding from governmental and private sources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County is a non-profit, one-stop help center that provides confidential advocacy, crisis support, and resource coordination to victims of domestic/family violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Services are delivered through a co-located multi-agency model in downtown South Bend, combining a 24/7 crisis hotline, confidential assessments, referrals, protective order assistance, and trauma-informed prevention programming for survivors and their families.

Product overview

The Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County operates as a single integrated service hub providing comprehensive support to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The organization does not offer a technology platform but instead functions as a physical one-stop center co-located with other non-profit and governmental agencies in downtown South Bend. Core services include the 24/7 S-O-S Crisis Hotline, prevention programming delivered in schools, confidential assessments and referrals, assistance with protective orders, and a community resources database. The organization also provides a downloadable Self Care Tool Kit for survivors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• S-O-S of the Family Justice Center (24/7 Crisis Hotline)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Family Justice Center Alliance (Alliance for HOPE International)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County is an Affiliated Center through the Family Justice Center Alliance, a program of Alliance for HOPE International. Affiliated Centers demonstrate commitment to Guiding Principles of the Family Justice Center movement, close working relationship with national technical assistance and training programs, and focus on trauma-informed care for survivors and their children.
• Prevent Child Abuse - St. Joseph CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Prevent Child Abuse - St. Joseph County and Roofsit to offer the Protect Yourself Rules primary prevention programming in local schools.
• YWCA North Central IndianacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partner for safe shelter services for domestic violence or intimate partner violence in St. Joseph or Elkhart Counties. YWCA provides 24-hour helpline and shelter at 1102 Fellows Street, South Bend.
• St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (Forensic Department)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partner for medical care after assault. St. Joseph Regional Medical Center's Forensic Department provides full medical care to those experiencing sexual assault, domestic violence, elder abuse, child abuse, and/or strangulation.
• Various Non-profit and Governmental AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe FJC is co-located and works collaboratively with other non-profit and governmental agencies to help victims and their families quickly and confidentially seek information and easily access resources.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Safe Horizon: A large NYC-based victim-services nonprofit offering hotline, shelter, counseling, and advocacy across multiple crime/violence types. Comparable as a multi-program co-located victim-services organization, though at much greater urban scale.
• RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): The largest national anti-sexual-violence organization operating the National Sexual Assault Hotline. Comparable on the sexual-assault service axis (the FJC explicitly serves sexual assault survivors) and as a referral/standards partner in the survivor-services ecosystem.
• Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence: Statewide coalition that supports and represents DV service providers across Indiana. Comparable as the broader state-level advocacy and capacity-building ecosystem in which the FJC operates and from which it likely draws funding and policy support.
• Family Justice Center Alliance (Alliance for HOPE International): The umbrella network under which the FJC of St. Joseph County operates as an Affiliated Center. Comparable as the parent movement and convening body for the FJC co-location model, providing technical assistance, training, and Guiding Principles.

Direct peers

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: Operates the national 24/7 DV hotline and resources hub — a direct functional peer on the crisis hotline and confidential-assessment services the FJC provides through its S-O-S hotline. Comparable target population and service modality.
• Prevent Child Abuse Indiana: State-level chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, a direct partner of the FJC for the 'Protect Yourself Rules' school-based prevention programming. Comparable on the primary-prevention-in-schools axis.
• YWCA North Central Indiana: A regional referral partner already co-serving the same South Bend victim population — specifically providing 24-hour shelter and helpline for DV/IPV survivors in St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties. Direct operational peer on the shelter and crisis-response axis.
• Family Justice Center of Elkhart County: The neighboring FJC affiliate serving Elkhart County, Indiana. The closest operational peer — same model (co-located one-stop center), same national affiliation, same target population, serving the immediately adjacent county.

Regional players

• Jewish Family Services of St. Joseph County (or comparable local family-services nonprofit): A regional family- and community-support nonprofit in the same South Bend service area. Comparable as a co-located nonprofit social-services provider in the same geographic market, though with broader (non-crisis-focused) family-services scope.

Others

• St. Joseph Regional Medical Center — Forensic Department: A formal referral partner providing forensic medical care to sexual assault, DV, elder/child abuse, and strangulation survivors. Comparable as the medical/forensic arm of the same survivor-care pathway the FJC coordinates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/familyjusticecenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/family-justice-center-of-st.-joseph-county

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