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Domestic Violence Resources Directory
If you’re struggling to cope in an abusive relationship, you’re not alone. Experts estimate that over 10 million Americans are affected by domestic violence every year. Whether it’s physical or verbal abuse, it’s not OK, and you can take action to stop it. These vetted helplines are here for you.
National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women
Domestic Violence Resource
How We Help:VAWnet uses electronic communication technology to enhance efforts to prevent violence against women and intervene more effectively when it occurs.
History:
VAWnet was created in 1995 by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence with an initial focus on intimate partner vio ...lence and supporting the intervention and prevention efforts of a key group of constituents — state domestic violence coalitions. Since that time, VAWnet’s scope has broadened to encompass sexual assault and other forms of violence particularly impacting women. VAWnet’s constituent base has also expanded and now includes: community-based domestic and sexual violence programs; state, tribal, and territorial domestic and sexual violence coalitions; national advocacy organizations; federal, state, tribal, and local government agencies; professional associations; educators; faith-based groups; and community organizations working to end violence against women.Read More »
How We Help:The Domestic Violence Legal Statewide Hotline provides legal assistance on the telephone to victims of domestic violence in Florida.
History:
Trained in both domestic violence and hotline skills, the attorney also works with domestic violence shelters throughout the ...state, ensuring the callers are referred to their local centers and explaining what services the centers can provide.
Florida Legal Service provides the hotline service through a contract with the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Funds for the Hotline are provided pursuant to the STOP Violence Against Women Act, as administered by the Florida Department of Children and Families.Read More »
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
Domestic Violence Resource
How We Help:The mission of the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women is to secure justice for battered women charged with crimes related to their battering and prevent further victimization of arrested, convicted, or incarcerated battered women.
History:
The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, a nonprofit organization founded in 1987, is a resource and adv ...ocacy center for battered women charged with crimes related to their battering. Through its work, the organization aims to increase justice for — and prevent further victimization of — arrested, convicted, or incarcerated battered women.
The National Clearinghouse works with battered women who have been arrested and are facing trial, as well as those who are serving prison sentences. Most frequently, these cases involve women who have defended themselves against life-threatening violence at the hands of their abuser, and have been charged with assault or homicide. We also assist in cases where women have been coerced into crime by their abuser, are charged with "failing to protect" their children from their abuser's violence, or are charged with “parental kidnapping” after fleeing to protect themselves or their children from their abuser.
National Clearinghouse staff provide customized technical assistance to battered women charged with crimes and to members of their defense teams (defense attorneys, advocates, expert witnesses and others).
The National Clearinghouse does not provide direct representation to battered women charged with crimes. Rather, staff provides information and resources to defense teams at any stage of the legal process (pre-trial, when the case is on appeal, and in limited circumstances, during post-conviction proceedings) in an effort to increase the likelihood of a better – and more just – outcome.
The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women is the first and only national organization that focuses exclusively on battered women charged with crimes. Over the years, the National Clearinghouse has been instrumental in increasing public awareness about the many complex issues facing battered women who end up charged with crimes and in building alliances among national, state-wide, and local organizations and countless individuals to work to stem the tide of injustices facing battered women defendants and incarcerated battered women.
In addition to providing individualized technical assistance, National Clearinghouse staff conduct training seminars for members of the criminal justice and advocacy communities, and for the general public, regarding the unique experiences of battered women defendants. Our Resource Library contains a comprehensive collection (over 11,000 entries) of articles, case law, litigation materials, and legislation relevant to battered women who find themselves in conflict with the law. Read More »
How We Help:The Center Against Domestic Violence has led the fight to end domestic violence for over 35 years. We are here to offer safety, education, prevention, and hope for survivors of abuse. - See more at: http://www.cadvny.org/category/who-we-are/#sthash.FzPKYztO.dpuf
History:
The Center began at a “speak out” in Brooklyn in 1976 where more than a hundred women told how their lives had been turne ...d upside down by domestic violence. One thing became clear: There was no place where mothers could flee to safety with their children. In fact, it was against regulations to bring a child to the “unfit” environment of a shelter. A group of trailblazing women—domestic violence victims, survivors and advocates—set out to change all that and the Center was born.
The Center’s Women’s Survival Space, a place where abused women and their children could find safety, was the first of its kind in the State and is now the longest operating domestic violence emergency shelter in New York. Today the Center houses up to 1,000 women and children each year in three emergency shelters.
In the 1990s, the Center saw an opportunity to prevent domestic abuse by reaching out to high school students and developed the groundbreaking PEER curriculum (Pride – Education – Equality – Respect). The Center was the first to offer lifesaving teen relationship prevention programs to high school and middle school students in New York City. More recently, the Center was the first to reach out to elementary school students with valuable tools for building healthy relationships. The Center is now the largest provider of teen relationship abuse prevention programs in New York and reaches over 30,000 students each year.
Throughout its history and beyond, the Center Against Domestic Violence has continued to break new ground in its efforts to not only aid victims of abuse, but end the cycle of violence altogether. Read More »
Riverside County Coalition for Alternatives to Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Resource
How We Help:The services provided are a 12 week domestic violence support group, 16 week anger management classes, 10 week parenting classes, shelter, court accompaniment, and restraining order assistance. Services in specific areas of our offices are available in English and Spanish.
History:
For the last 38 years, Riverside County Coalition for Alternatives to Domestic Violence (ADV) has been the preeminent provide ...r in Riverside County for domestic violence services. We are equipped to provide a continuum of services ranging from advocacy, prevention, early intervention, to crisis intervention. ADV has an established proven track record in designing and administering successful outreach and shelter-based programs to meet the needs of victims and their children. ADV owns and operates its own shelter, which is a 17,000 square foot 60-bed, 24/7 residential facility for women and children seeking refuge. Families can remain up to 30 days in the emergency program and can stay up to an additional 180 days in the transitional living program if necessary. During their transitional stay, clients are involved in wellness services that help stabilize their lives once they regain their independence.
Our major objectives are to provide:
1) Holistic services, which includes safety and wellness resources
2) Psycho-therapeutic resources, which include domestic violence counseling, anger management and parenting classes
3) Legal assistance through partnering attorney services. Read More »
For Men, For Women, For LGBT, For Children/Teens, For Elders, Non-profits, Shelters
Location
Riverside County , CA
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Jewish Women International
Domestic Violence Resource
How We Help:Our innovative programs, advocacy and philanthropic initiatives protect the fundamental rights of all girls and women to live in safe homes, thrive in healthy relationships, and realize the full potential of their personal strength.
History:
Jewish Women International (JWI) was born in 1897 as Ruth Lodge No. 1, the Daughters of Judah, B’nai B’rith’s first aux ...iliary, just as 19th century women were beginning to emerge from the home and into the public sphere. Over the decades, JWI has grown and evolved, as have Jewish women, into a strong, independent and influential force making significant contributions to contemporary life and committed to the pursuit of tikkun olam—repairing the world—locally, nationally and internationally. Read More »
For Women, For Children/Teens, For Elders, Non-profits
Location
Washington, DC
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Julia Chadwell
Domestic Violence Resource
How We Help:The book, "Little Texas Sweetheart," was published in 2011, and I have been speaking and sharing my story ever since. I speak to women in battered women's shelters, homeless shelters, prisons, women's clubs and church groups.
History:
Profits from my book, "Little Texas Sweetheart," go to help women in prisons and shelters. I speak to Domestic Violence Conv ...entions and Rallies, on television and radio to book clubs, civic groups and church groups to raise awareness of this huge problem in our society and in the world at large. My daughter and I are panel members in The Gift of Fear Documentary by Gavin DeBecker, a nine episode program that will be shown nationally this fall of 2015. (Time and venue to be announced.) The book telling my story is available at my website www.littletexassweetheart.com and also on Amazon and Kindle. Read More »
For Women, Non-profits, Shelters, Rape Crisis Centers
Location
Vista, CA
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National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault
Domestic Violence Resource
How We Help:The National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault (SCESA) is an advocacy organization of Women of Color dedicated to working with our communities to create a just society in which all Women of Color are able to live healthy lives free of violence.
History:
As a national advocacy organization, our core work is supporting and advocating for Women of Color and Organizations by and f ...or Communities of Color. To accomplish our goals, we employ a multi-strategy approach of:
Community Awareness and Education to ensure appropriate, relevant information and awareness on sexual assault and Communities of Color within our communities.
Policy Advocacy to ensure that the realities of our communities inform systems change and public policy initiatives at the national level that impact/intersect with sexual assault.
Supporting and Enhancing the Leadership of Women of Color by creating space, opportunity, training and support for Women of Color to enhance and sustain their personal and professional leadership goals while building community and sisterhood among Women of Color in the anti-sexual assault movement.
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Technical Assistance and Training for Communities of Color organizations to support and enhance their capacity to provide culturally specific prevention and intervention strategies addressing sexual assault while raising the consciousness, outrage and accountability within their communities regarding violence against women.
Collaborative efforts with other social justice movements to create an environment where all forms of injustices cease to exist.
Essential components that are infused throughout our work are:
• Unity with Women of Color and Communities of Color organizations in the community that are on the frontlines each day striving to end this public health issue and;
• Sisterhood with other Women of Color to share lessons learned, information, and support for each other.Read More »
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Domestic Violence Resource
How We Help:In all of our work, we collaborate with law enforcement, legislators, corporations, and communities.
History:
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® opened in 1984 to serve as the nation’s clearinghouse on issues rela ...ted to missing and sexually exploited children. Today NCMEC is authorized by Congress to perform 22 programs and services to assist law enforcement, families and the professionals who serve them. In 2014, NCMEC observed its 30th year working on behalf of children. NCMEC is the leading nonprofit organization in the U.S. working with law enforcement to address the problems of missing and sexually exploited children. Today the work of the organization includes nineteen different Congressional authorizations. Read More »
How We Help:The National Council on Family Relations is the premier professional association for the multidisciplinary understanding of families.
History:
NCFR is the only professional organization focused solely on family research, policy, and practice. It was founded in 1938 by ... Paul Sayre, a law professor at the University of Iowa, Ernest Burgess, professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, and Rabbi Sidney E. Goldstein, Chair of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, New York City.
NCFR conducts an annual conference, publishes three scholarly journals, provides the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) credential program, and provides an opportunity for interaction and communication among members through a variety of publications and media.
From its inception, NCFR was organized by state and regional affiliates and by subject area sections related to the principal areas of family science. The national office is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NCFR is governed by a board of directors composed of professionals from across the country.Read More »
