Webliography—Domestic Violence
National Hotlines:
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Staffed 24 hours a day by trained counselors who can provide crisis assistance and
information about shelters, legal advocacy, health care centers, and counseling
Toll free: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
TDD: 1-800-787-3224
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is the nation's largest antisexual assault organization. RAINN is a nationwide partnership of more than 1,100
local rape crisis centers providing victims of sexual assault with free, confidential
services, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
info@rainn.org
1-800-656-HOPE
National Organizations:
Family Violence Prevention Fund
The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to prevent violence within the home,
and in the community, and to help those whose lives are devastated by violence,
because everyone has the right to live free of violence.
Phone: 415-252-8900
TTY:800-595-4889
E-mail: info@endabuse.org
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
NCADV works towards eradicating social conditions that contribute to violence
against women and children. They participate in coalition-building at the local,
state, regional, and national levels; provide support for the provision of communitybased, non-violent alternatives - such as safe home and shelter programs - for
battered women and their children; offer public education and technical assistance;
develop policy, and create innovative legislation.
Phone: 303 839 1852
TTY: (303) 839-8459
E-mail: mainoffice@ncadv.org
Safe Horizons
Provides support, prevents violence, and promotes justice for victims of crime and
abuse with 65 programs located throughout the five boroughs of New York City
Crime Victims HOTLINE: 800-621-4673
Rape and Sexual Assault & Incest HOTLINE: 212-227-3000
TTY (for all HOTLINES) 866-604-5350 E-mail: help@safehorizons.org
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) is a private
nonprofit organization working at the state and national levels to eliminate
domestic violence, secure justice for victims, enhance safety for families and
communities, and create lasting systems and social change. It runs the NRCDV.
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence’s website features
various publications and resources for organizations and individuals working
to end domestic violence.
Phone: 800-537-2238
TTY: 888-Rx-ABUSE; 800- 595 -4889
Legal Office: Phone: 717-545-6400
TOLL FREE: 800-932-4632 Battered Women's Justice Project
Minnesota Program Development, Inc Phone: 800-903-0111, ext.1 Phone: 612-824-8768
Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Child Protection, and Custody
They are intended as a resource center for professionals and agencies.
Office: 775-784-6012 Phone: 800-527-3223
Email: staff@ncjfcj.org Battered Women's Justice Project
National Clearinghouse is a national resource and advocacy center providing
assistance to female defendants, their defense attorneys, and other members of
their defense teams in an effort to ensure justice for battered women charged with
crimes.
TOLL-FREE: 800-903-0111 ext. 3
Phone: 215-351-0010
National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape
Phone: 510-524-1582
Faith Trust Institute
(Formerly the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence) Phone: 206-634-1903, ext. 10 Email: info@faithtrustinstitute.org
National Network to End Domestic Violence
Phone: 202-543-5566
HOTLINE: 800-799-SAFE (7233)
TTY: 800-787-3224
Womenspace National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women
Phone: 609-394-0136
24 Hour Mercer County Hotline: 609-394-9000
Email: info@womenspace.org
Texas Organizations
Texas Council On Family Violence
Offers a service directory of family violence programs in Texas, facts on domestic
abuse, training programs for advocates, and information of services (such as
housing and childcare) that may be available to abuse victims
Phone: 512-794-1133
Other Web Links:
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
Offers facts, publications, links to outside resources, and well-chosen sources on
topics like meeting planning and domestic violence in the workplace
Phone and Fax: 512-407-9020
National Runaway Switchboard
This site features blogs, data, helplines, and other information aimed at helping and
preventing youth homelessness. It includes tools such as a bulletin board where
teens and family can post and tips for parents of actual or potential runaways.
Phone: 773-880-9860
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Violence Against Women Site
Includes screening tools, fact sheets, links, advice on leaving a violent situation, and
a variety of information targeted at service providers
(202) 638-5577
violence@acog.org
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
Targeted specifically at Asians in the New England area, this organization offers
counseling and assistance that speak to the specific linguistic and cultural issues
facing this group. The site offers information on their services, reports, and “help
cards” in a variety of Asian languages.
Multilingual Helpline: 617-338-2355
Office Telephone: 617-338-2350
web@atask.org
Jane Doe, Inc.
This is a Massachusetts-based program with a variety of national and local
resources, much of it targeted to specific demographics, such as the elderly or
immigrants. The site includes information on legal protection, the state address
confidentiality program, and other steps victims can take to make themselves safer
or remove themselves from an unsafe situation.
Phone: 617-248-0922
TTY/TTD: 617-263-2200
Safe At Home – CA Secretary of State
Confidential mailing address program—a national model
safeathome@sos.ca.gov
VAWNET
Best practices for shelters in a report; research, funding, education; resources for
professionals; library of documents
Phone: 1-800-537-2238
TTY: 1-800-553-2508
Women’s Law Initiative
Legal information website, including referrals and detailed protective/restraining
order information, state by state
The Family Violence Prevention Fund
The website provides materials which can be ordered, including “No Excuse for
Abuse” materials and health care provider brochures.
Love is not Abuse
Liz Claiborne’s teen dating violence website has great information for both those
living with violence and their friends and family.