Warning: Before e-mailing or using this Web
site, know that an
abuser in the home can discover your Internet activities. The safest
way to find information on the Internet would be at a local library or
a friend's house. Call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), TDD 1-800-787-3224.
For support following a victimization, contact law enforcement. For additional
information on rights and services afforded to victims of domestic violence,
visit the following Web sites:
Alliance for Children and Families
The Alliance advocates for children, families, and communities and educates
and trains human service leaders. This international nonprofit also delivers
programs, information, and services to and through its membership of child-
and family-serving organizations.
American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists (ACOG)
ACOG provides professional publications on violence against women (intimate
partner violence, sexual assault, and adolescent dating violence) and
materials (in both English and Spanish) for patient education.
The Corporate Alliance to End Partner
Violence
This national nonprofit organization is dedicated to reducing the costs
and consequences of partner violence at work. CAEPV also offers information,
materials, and advice on policies, programs, legal issues, and legislation.
Family Violence and Sexual Assault
Institute
The Institute provides information on many areas of family violence and
sexual assault, maintains a clearinghouse, and publishes a quarterly bulletin.
Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF)
FVPF develops strategies, programs, and resources to stop family violence.
Its Web site offers a news desk and prevention toolkits and information
on FVPF's programs and services in public education, child welfare, immigration,
public health, and criminal justice.
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community
This organization provides leadership to end/reduce domestic violence in the
African-American community. The site features newsletters, hotline numbers,
information about advocate forums, and other print and electronic resources.
National Coalition Against Domestic
Violence (NCADV)
NCADV is a grassroots membership organization providing technical assistance,
networking, and support to programs and state coalitions serving battered
women and their children. It also provides information and referrals to
the general public and the media.
National Coalition
for Domestic Abuse Awareness (NCDAA)
NCDAA provides information to legislators; law enforcement officials;
members of the bar, media, and judiciary; and domestic abuse field practitioners.
National Latino Alliance for the
Elimination of Domestic Violence (the Alianza)
The Alianza, a group of nationally recognized Latina and Latino advocates,
community activists, practitioners, researchers, and survivors of domestic
violence, works to eliminate domestic violence from Latino communities
through research, public policy, training and technical assistance, and
community education and development.
National Violence Against
Women Prevention Research Center (NVAWPRC)
NVAWPRC helps prevent violence against women by advancing knowledge
about prevention research and fostering collaboration among advocates,
practitioners, policy makers, and researchers.
Social
Security Administration – Domestic Violence
The division instructs victims of domestic violence on how to apply for
a new Social Security number.
Witness Justice
Witness Justice provides trauma victims and their loved ones with resources that
promote physical, psychological, and spiritual healing. The site features access
to experts, message boards, and other print and electronic victim
resources.
You Have the Power ... Know How to
Use It, Inc. (YHTP)
YHTP efforts raise awareness about crime and justice issues to prevent
violent crime and reduce victimization. YHTP resources and activities
include public forums, documentary videos, and practical resource books
on topics such as domestic violence, elder abuse, surviving crime, and
child sexual abuse.
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Call to Protect
This program distributes wireless phones to help combat domestic violence.
The program is a national initiative of the wireless industry and NCADV.
Domestic Violence:
National Directory of Professional Services
This online directory is an interactive resource that offers contact information
for agencies providing services to victims, batterers, or their families.
The interactive feature allows users to seek assistance directly from
the desktop while browsing the material online.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)
TTY: 1-800-787-3224
Staff provide callers with crisis intervention, information about domestic
violence, and referrals to local programs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Telephone assistance is available in many languages, including Spanish.
PromoteTruth.org
Promote Truth provides support and information about sexual violence issues
for teens and their communities. Their Web site offers information and
online services, including anonymous use of message boards for targeted
audiences: teens, parents, teachers, and other professionals.
SeeitandStopit.org
This public awareness Web site, maintained by the Teen Action Campaign (TAC),
offers facts, statistics, and testimony on teen dating violence and provides
information on how teens can get help for themselves or a friend and a toolkit
for starting a school organization. In 2004, the TAC partnered with the Family
Violence Prevention Fund and the Ad
Council for its Web site
launch.
Toolkit to End Violence Against
Women
The Web-based Toolkit comprises 16 chapters that provide recommendations
for strengthening prevention efforts and improving services for victims.
Readers can quickly pinpoint topics of interest and download the related
discussions and action items.
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