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Home  Texas  Crime Victims & Domestic Violence

Help In Other States

All 50 States

National Domestic Violence Hotline (800) 799-7233                               TDD: (800) 787-3224   
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.  
Criminal Justice Divisions/ Attorney General's (All 50 States)

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 Texas. 

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 Texas, 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 San Francisco. e-mail: leni@fvpf.org  

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.

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California

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
 

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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)


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Minnesota

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.

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New York

Battered Women Fact Sheet (General Info W/ NY Help #s)

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South Carolina

Groups Throughout The State

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  
   
                                                   (864) 467-5904
For a protection order free of charge and without an attorney.                        

Family Counseling Center (Greenville)((800) 203-9692 Counseling for domestic violence .

Compass Of Carolina (Family Violence Intervention) (Greenville)                           (864) 467-3434
Counsels the whole family. Fees likely based on sliding scale.  

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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.  

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Texas

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.

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Help In Other Countries

International

National, State & International Domestic Violence Help Groups
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WAVE Austrian Women's Shelter Network Information Center Against Violence Against Women 43-1-548-2720   e-mail wave@xpoint.at (Vienna, Austria)  

WAVE is a European network of organizations serving battered women.  Their website has the names and numbers of women's help groups throughout Europe.  

Womens Rights Network (781) 283-2548  
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)                       (212) 906-6454

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  

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Belgium

(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 et Familiales/Coordination des Groupes Contre les Violences 
                                           
32 2 534-4946
e-mail: violences.familiales@misc.irisnet.be
Domestic violence prevention.  Provides shelter counseling, prevention, crisis support, information, health care, therapy.

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.    

Nederlandstadlige Vrouwenraad/ Dutch Speaking Counsel of Women 32 2 229-3818 e-mail: nvr@ngonet.be 
Stopping violence against migrant and refugee women.  Provides counseling, legal assistance, training, prevention, public awareness/lobbying research and information.

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.

Assistant social aupres de la gendarmerie-Distric de Bruxelles 32 2 507-9648  Rue croix de fer 77, B-1000 Brussels

Counseling centre; also provides shelter and information.      

Women & Development in Europe 011 322-545-9070 (Brussels)
                         
Fax 011 3225127342  

Amnesty International 011-322-538-8177 (Brussels)
                  fax 011-322-537-3729  

For More Help See International

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Canada

Match International Center (613) 238-1312

(Ottawa, Ontario) e-mail: matchint@web.apc.org

For More Help See International

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