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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.
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)
For
More In Your State, See 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.
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