Victims Empowerment Support Team VEST

08/24/2026

08/24/2026

Mark your calendar!
Victims Empowerment Support Team (VEST)
Vallejo Integrated Health and Resource Team IHART)
3rd Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month Walk/Stroll and Empowerment Experience
DATE: Saturday, October 10, 2026
TIME: 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Awareness | Support | Community | Hope
Resource vendors, music, giveaways, and more!
Contact VEST: (707) 247-5521
All are welcome.

05/13/2026

04/21/2026

Tonia Lediju is the former head of the San Francisco Housing Authority and a member of the Vallejo City Council.

04/18/2026

This week, VEST has been on the ground from City Council meeting to the Glen Cove Community, Victim Services meeting, and in strategic meetings with to address domestic violence programming needs.

Domestic violence in Vallejo has increased by 34%. In Glen Cove alone, there are an average of 2 1/2
calls to Vallejo PD every day.

This is more than numbers, this is our community.

Now is the time for a Coordinated Community Response (CCR). It takes all of us standing together to stop the cycle of violence.

Thank you to our city leaders, , , and for your leadership and partnership. Thank you to and for joining our conversation.

VEST is here. Free, confidential support is available for survivors at any stage.
Whether you’re still in the relationship, planning to leave, or have already left.

You are not alone. We are here for you. 💜

04/17/2026

More than ever, California needs to fund core shelter, counseling, and other services that victims and survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, and human trafficking depend on. Thank you to , , , and for proposing $100 million in victim services funding in the coming year’s budget. , we urge you to do the right thing and include $100M in the May Revise.