Community Violence Solutions

Community Violence Solutions (CVS) is dedicated to working in partnership with the community to end sexual assault and family violence through prevention, crisis services, and treatment. Formerly called the Rape Crisis Center, CVS was founded by the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program in 1974 and incorporated as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in 1977. Since then, CVS has expanded its services to all of Contra Costa and Marin Counties, and operates a variety of programs, including a rape crisis center, counseling services, prevention services, out-patient treatment services and a children’s interview center, where the youngest victims of sexual assault can be examined and interviewed in a non-threatening atmosphere.