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Violence Intervention Program

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Violence Intervention Program

Celebrating 40-years of service!

The mission of the Violence Intervention Program (VIP) is to protect and treat all victims of family violence and sexual assault building innovative programs to serve vulnerable children and families in Los Angeles. VIP offers around-the-clock medical, forensic, mental health, support and advocacy services to children in foster care and other victims of child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse and dependent adult abuse. VIP is a groundbreaking Family Advocacy Center that works with families, schools, and other community organizations in East Los Angeles on public health, community outreach and education programs to break the cycle of violence. VIP is a partnership between the publicly funded VIP medical clinics for child abuse, sexual assault and elder abuse at the LAC+USC Medical Center and the private, nonprofit VIP Community Mental Health Center, which provides mental health, educational support and community violence prevention programs for children and teens. The goal is to work together to provide a complete continuum of services for extremely vulnerable individuals who lack other resources.

11/18/2025

For over a decade, The Green Foundation has been a reliable and vital partner in VIP’s mentoring and tutoring program, allowing us to grow and serve more kids across L.A. County. Thanks to their support, hundreds of our kids have been able to learn and thrive. Support the organizations that support us!

10/28/2025

OUR COMMUNITY IS IN CRISIS. Between the government shutdown which has now frozen vital social services like food stamps and SNAP benefits, and food banks closing all across Los Angeles County, our clients are quite literally without food, in a way we’ve never seen before. This is an unprecedented time for VIP, and our Food Assistance Program is being overwhelmed with more requests that we have ever received. With resources being stretched, we need your help more than ever to ensure the children and their families that we serve never go hungry. Please consider purchasing one of our food-centric gift cards from our Amazon wishlist - QR code on graphic.

10/07/2025

VIP relies on our amazing philanthropic community of supporters to do the vital work that has helped shape mental health and medical care for youth in Los Angeles for over 40-years. With funding drying up across the board, we need your support more than ever to ensure each child we see heals and prospers. Your tax-deductible donation can truly make the difference in the life of a child. Please consider supporting the work we do at VIP by clicking on the QR code in the image or visiting us at our website (link in bio).

09/30/2025

The latest impact statement from VIP founder and CEO, Dr. Astrid Heppenstall Heger. In this installment, Dr. Heger reminisces about a young girl many years ago who made a huge difference in her life. VIP serves over 70% of all foster children in Los Angeles County. This is just one story of the work we do.

09/23/2025

🪩PARTNER SPOTLIGHT🪩 Few organizations support the work we do with more steadfast resolve than . Thanks to them, VIP has been able to assist numerous families and initiatives with their funds specifically targeted to individual causes that require immediate intervention. Just recently, they provided $15,000 to the victims of the Montebello hatchet attacks and are helping to ensure the survivors have what they need to heal. We couldn’t do what we do without the support of incredible folks like The Change Reaction!

09/16/2025

🎉PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT🎉 VIP’s Birth to Five Program specializes in treating children in the early stages of development, ages birth to five. The earlier VIP can strengthen a family, the better chance there is for a positive outcome. The goal in Birth to Five is not merely the short-term immediate changes in behavior, but rather the long-term patterns that will positively affect the family throughout a child’s upbringing; often resulting in the caregiver identifying their own symptoms of trauma, anxiety and/or depression. Your support of VIP ensures that critical programs like Birth to Five continue to thrive in Los Angeles County! Make your tax-deductible donation to VIP today!

09/11/2025

🎃HELP!👻 It’s spooky season at VIP with our annual Halloween Costume Drive, and we need YOUR help to make sure our teens trick-or-treat in style. Please consider purchasing off our Amazon wishlist (QR code in image) which is currently targeted towards the teens we serve. Any costume you purchase will be distributed to one of hundreds of youth across L.A. County. These costumes are distributed at our Boyle Heights campus, and include special trick-or-treating with our clinicians as well! Halloween is a group effort here at VIP!

09/09/2025

IMPACT STATEMENT from Astrid Heppenstall Heger, MD. VIP needs your support more than ever, whether it be through direct donations, partnerships, or by joining H.E.A.R.T. Let Dr. Heger’s words call you to action, just as they have done for countless people over the years!

09/04/2025

🎉PARTNER SPOTLIGHT🎉 For almost 20-years, has been a champion of VIP’s mission through their generous support of our programs. With their continued support, our clients receive everything they need on their pathway to healing. But we’re not the only non-profit benefiting from their philanthropy, oh no. Since its inception, Rose Hills has provided over $500M in funding to nonprofits throughout Los Angeles County. If you would like to follow in their footsteps and become a member of the VIP Family, email development@vip-cmhc.org.

09/02/2025

VIP’s annual is kicking off earlier than ever this year so we can meet the ever-expanding needs of the children and families we serve. We’re looking for compassionate partners to place one or more of our festive toy collection boxes at their business or location, and encourage their staff and/or customers to donate new toys that will brighten the holidays for the kids we treat. VIP has partners all around Los Angeles County, but we’re always looking for new partners to assist us in our biggest client support endeavor of the year! If you would like to partner with VIP, please contact development@vip-cmhc.org. We’ll be dropping off boxes throughout the month of September, but can tailor to your unique needs. Boxes will be picked up throughout November! Help us enhance the holidays for hundreds of children across L.A. County!

08/28/2025

THANK YOU!!! For helping make our 2025 drive a success! Thanks to your generosity, hundreds of children across Los Angeles County will return to school with the confidence they need to excel. VIP staff and volunteers scheduled on-site pickups as well as provided delivery options to those uncomfortable with traveling during these difficult times. A major thanks to for their generous support and to everyone who helped make it possible.

08/26/2025

BECOME A RECURRING MONTHLY DONOR! For as little as $5 per month, you can support VIP’s mission and help children all across Los Angeles County. Your support is crucial to the work we do, and recurring donations allow us to plan more intentionally throughout the year. And, in doing so, you become a valuable member of the VIP Family! DONATION LINK IN BIO.

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1721 Griffin Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
90031

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 7pm
Tuesday	8am - 7pm
Wednesday	8am - 7pm
Thursday	8am - 7pm
Friday	8am - 7pm

Telephone

+12134242911

Website

http://www.violenceinterventionprogram.org/

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