Violence Intervention Program

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.