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National
Domestic Violence Hotline (800) 799-7233
Helps victim of domestic violence and their families. They discuss options, safety planning, give legal help, and
provide counseling and referrals. Non-English
speaking people should wait on the line till an operator identifies the language
and connects them to a translator.
National,
State and International Domestic Violence Help Groups
Scroll down to desired locality.
State By
State Domestic Violence Help
Crime
Victim Compensation Directory (All 50 States & DC)
Federal and state funding to help victims of felonies and misdemeanors.
Victim
Services By State, Territory, Or Possession (All US)
Click on the map for a listing of direct service programs and other referrals in
your state.
Where
Federal Employees Can Find DV Help
1996
Victims' Rights Sourcebook (DC & All 50 States)
The Victims' Rights Sourcebook provides instant access to information about
crime victims' rights in 13 major topics, in all 50 states.
Asian &
Pacific Islander Institute On Domestic Violence
Links To Asian Help Groups Throughout The United States.
Help
For Battered Women Immigrants (All
50 States & DC)
Directory Of Women's Groups
By Subject & State (All 50 States & DC)
Use their search engine to locate over 9000 feminists groups and help agencies.
United
Way Help Line (all 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their
stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of. Just type in the
words "Domestic violence" or "Battered Women" or
"Children and Abuse", etc.
What
You Can Do If You're A Victim Of a Crime (Help #s, no links)
Scroll Down for lots of Toll-Free Help #s.
Criminal Justice Divisions/ Attorney General's (all 50 States)
Stalking-Your Rights & Resources (Findlaw.com)
Where
To Write For Vital Records (50 States & DC)
For birth, death and marriage certificates, divorce papers and more.
Battered
Women Justice Project (800) 903-0111
National clearing house for information on domestic violence issues.
Center
For Women's Global Leadership (732) 932-8782
Their focus is on policy at the UN level, advocacy campaigns and human rights
development. They also can refer you to domestic violence groups throughout the
U.S.
Family
Violence Prevention Fund (415) 252-8900
AT&T
Language Link (800) 528-5888
Provides interpreters in 100 languages. Services
run $3.00 perm minute and you must pay by credit card.
Criminal Justice Divisions/ Attorney General's (All 50 States)
Asian &
Pacific Islander Institute On Domestic Violence
Links To Asian Help Groups Throughout The United States.
Family
Violence Prevention Fund (415) 252-8900
San Francisco. e-mail: leni@fvpf.org
For
More In Your State, See All 50 States
Michigan
Domestic
Violence Handbook
Learn about the cycles of violence, safety plans and where to get help. Michigan
based help orgs but information for everybody.
Criminal
Justice Divisions/ Attorney General's (All 50 States)
Criminal Justice Divisions/ Attorney General's (All 50 States)
Perspectives
Inc. (612) 926-2600 or (612) 926-9847
Domestic
violence agency helps with shelter, counseling, prevention/intervention
and recovery programs for alcohol and drug
abuse. They publish a 50 page booklet called Striving
To Be Violence Free...A Guidebook for Creating A Safety Plan. This book
contains several checklists that help battered
women who still live with their abusers explore options
and make sound choices. To order
the guidebook, send $4.00 to Perspectives
Inc., 3381 Gorham Ave., St. Louis Park, Minn.
55426 (Attn. Guidebook). Include
your name and address clearly printed on the address label, 3 by 5 card or sheet
of paper.
Allow four to five weeks for delivery.
Note: You may want it send to a friends house to avoid a confrontation with
the abuser.
For More In Your State, See All 50 States
New York
Battered
Women Fact Sheet (General Info W/ NY Help #s)
For More In Your State, See All 50 States
Criminal Justice Divisions/ Attorney General's (All 50 States)
Safe
Harbor (Greenville)(864) 467-3636
Open 24 hours and accepts collect calls too.
Shelter that offers variety of different counseling and referral services
free of charge.
The
Helpline (Greenville)((864) 467-3300
Referral service for agencies that can help.
Greenville
County Solicitor's Office (864) 467-8647
For a protection order free of charge and without an attorney.
Family
Counseling Center (Greenville)((800) 203-9692
Compass
Of Carolina (Family Violence Intervention)
Counsels the whole family. Fees likely based on sliding scale.
Christian Counseling In SC
Pastoral
Counseling (Greenville)((864) 232-1824
Contact: Dr. John Miller
Buncombe
Street Pastoral Counseling Center (864) 235-6011(Greenville)
Provides individual counseling to people with a variety of personal problems.
Criminal Justice Divisions/ Attorney General's (All 50 States)
Dept.
Of Protective & Regulatory Services (800) 252-5400
For
immediate assistance or 24 hour-a-day shelter information.
Texas
Council On Family Violence (512) 794-1133
Call them for a directory of Texas shelters for battered women.
Asian
& Pacific Islander Institute On Domestic Violence
Links To Asian Help Groups Throughout The United States.
See All 50 States
Help In Other Countries
National,
State & International Domestic Violence Help Groups
Scroll down to desired locality.
WAVE
Austrian Women's Shelter Network Information Center Against Violence Against
Women
43-1-548-2720
WAVE is a European network of organizations serving battered women.
Their website has the names and numbers of women's help groups throughout
Europe.
International women's civil rights group focusing on domestic violence and
sexual abuse. Their database can direct you to help agencies anywhere in the
world.
International Center For Research On Women(202)797-0007
e-mail: icrw@igc.apc.org OR richard@icrw.org
Women, Law and Development International (202) 463-7477
UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund For Women)
International Women's Tribune Center (212) 687-8633
e-mail: iwtc@igc.apc.org
Equality Now (212) 586-0906
e-mail: equalitynow@igc.apc.org
Sisterhood Is Global Institute (301) 657-4355
e-mail: signi@igc.apc.org
Offers human right education workshops in the middle east and Central Asia.
They have connections to help agencies in Azerbaijan, India, Pakistan,
Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and beyond.
Match International Center (613) 238-1312
(Ottawa, Ontario Canada) e-mail: matchint@web.apc.org
(Brussels)
Open Deur 32 2 513-0108
e-mail: opendeur@misc.irisnet.be
Provides shelter, counseling, legal assistance, crisis
support and other information for abused migrant and refugee women.
Centre de Prevention des Violences Conjugales
32 2 534-4946
Pag-Asa VZW 32 2 511-6464
St. Kristoffelsstraat 31, B-1000 Brussels.
Shelter, counseling, legal assistance, crisis support, information.
Prevents domestic violence and trafficking in women.
Mobility International 32 2 201-5608 e-mail: mobint@arcadis.be
Training, prevention, public awareness/lobbying and other information regarding
domestic violence and women's human rights.
Nederlandstadlige
Vrouwenraad/
Stopping violence against migrant and refugee women.
Provides counseling, legal assistance, training, prevention, public
awareness/lobbying research and information.
Assistant social aupres de
Counseling centre; also provides shelter and information.
Women
& Development in Europe 011 322-545-9070
Fax 011 3225127342
Amnesty
International 011-322-538-8177
fax 011-322-537-3729
For More Help See International
Match
International Center (613) 238-1312
(Ottawa,
Ontario) e-mail: matchint@web.apc.org
For More Help See International