
What We Do
Marjaree Mason Center provides emergency and longer-term Safe Housing, along with a wide variety of support services for victims of domestic violence in Fresno County.
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Education & Training
The Marjaree Mason Center offers a variety of education opportunities for those who have experienced domestic violence or for the community at large.
Legal Options
The Legal Options Class is free and open to the community. This class can help walk clients through filling out a request for a Domestic Violence Temporary Restraining Order or a Gun Violence Restraining Order. The class also provides an overview of all the various types of restraining orders available, the criminal justice system, safety planning, and other available services. Sessions are held at 1392 4th Street in Clovis and 255 W. Bullard Avenue, Fresno. Click here to learn more.
Scheduled Classes
- Tuesdays - 10:00am Clovis
- Wednesdays - 6:00pm Fresno
- Thursdays - 10:00am Fresno
S.A.F.E. Group
S.A.F.E Group, which stands for Survivors of Abuse: Free and Empowered, is a free 12-week course covering domestic violence, with topics including (but not limited to) defining DV, understanding healthy relationships and the effects of DV on children. This course is held weekly at the Marjaree Mason Center Administration Building and meets court requirements for removing a restraining order. For more information call (559) 233-4357. Sessions are held at 1392 4th Street in Clovis, 255 W. Bullard Ave in Fresno, and 1015 G Street in Reedley.
Scheduled Classes
- Tuesdays 6pm - 7:30pm (English) Clovis
- Thursdays 9:30am - 11:00am (English) Clovis
- Tuesdays - 8:45am - 9:45am (Spanish) Fresno
- Tuesdays - 6om - 7:30pm (English) Fresno
- Fridays - 10:30am - 12pm (English) Fresno
- Wednesdays - 9:00am - 10:30am (English) Reedley
- Wednesdays - 10:45am - 12:00pm (Spanish) Reedley
Parent Cafe
The course teaches our clients positive parenting techniques; how to promote healthy growing for their children; and discipline tactics for raising a healthy family.
- Tuesdays - 4:00pm - 5:00pm Fresno
Life Skills
For clients staying at Marjaree Mason Center shelters, this Healthy Lifestyles course teaches the often overlooked skills in life like budgeting, time-management, job-hunting and interviewing, self-sufficiency, and self esteem. This course is for shelter clients only.
Expressions Through Art
This course promotes healing through the power of art. Women staying at the Marjaree Mason Center Emergency Shelter draw, sculpt, write, and practice other forms of art to help them express themselves and learn about healing. The shelter also hosts a similar art group for children. This course is for Safe House clients only.
Locations:
Fresno - 255 W. Bullard Avenue, Fresno, CA 93704.
Clovis - 1392 4th Street, Clovis, CA 93612.
Reedley - 1015 G St, Reedley, CA 93654.