Other services
American Domestic Violence Crisis Line
3300 N.W. 185th Street, Suite 133
Portland, OR 97229
Phone: (503) 846-8748
Toll-free: 1-866-USWOMEN (International Crisis Line)
www.awoscentral.com
Organization dedicated to assisting American women living overseas victimized by domestic violence. Outreach, safety planning, extensive support services, general info on domestic violence at website.
Apna Ghar
4753 North Broadway, Suite 518
Chicago, IL 60640
Phone: (773) 334-0173
Crisis Line: (773) 334-4663
Toll-free Crisis Line: 1-800-717-0757 (Illinois only)
www.apnaghar.org
Apna Ghar is a domestic violence shelter serving primarily Asian women and children, and was the first Asian shelter of its kind in the Mid-Western United States. Apna Ghar takes its name from a Hindu-Urdu phrase meaning "Our Home."
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
P.O. Box 120108
Boston, MA 02112
Phone: (617) 338-2350
Hotline: (617) 338-2355
www.atask.org
Founded in 1987 to address the need for multicultural and multilingual resources for Asian families facing domestic violence.
CHILD HELP USA Hotline
Toll-free: 1-800-4-A-CHILD (422-2253)
TDD: 1-800-2-A-CHILD (222-2253)
www.childhelpusa.org
Communities United Against Violence
160 14th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 777-5500
Support Line: (415) 333-HELP
www.cuav.org
CUAV offers crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy and support for gay men and lesbians in abusive relationships.
Family Research Laboratory
126 Horton Social Science Center
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824-3586
Phone: (603) 862-1888
www.unh.edu/frl/
Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project
PMB 131
955 Mass Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 354-6056
Toll-free Crisis Line: 1-800-832-1901
www.gmdvp.org
Information and resources for gay men in violent relationships.
Institute on Domestic Violence In The African-American Community
University of Minnesota, School of Social Work
290 Peters Hall
1404 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-6142
Phone: (612) 624-5357
Toll-free: 1-877-NIDVAAC (643-8222)
www.dvinstitute.org
Maitri
234 East Gish Road #200
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 436-8393
Toll-free Hotline: 1- 888-8-MAITRI
www.maitri.org
Free, nonprofit organization helping South Asian (Bengali, Indian, Pakintani and Sri Lankan) women with domestic violence, emotional abuse and family conflict.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
PO Box 161810
Austin, Texas 78716
Phone: (512) 453-8541
TTY Toll-free Hotline: 1-800-787-3224
Toll-free Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
www.ndvh.org
National Family Violence Prevention Fund
383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 304
San Francisco, CA 94163-5133
Phone: (415) 252-8900
TTY Toll-free: 1-800-595-4889
www.endabuse.org
National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence
P.O. Box 672, Triborough Station
New York, NY 10035
Phone: (646) 672-1404
Toll-free: 1-800-342-9908
www.dvalianza.com
A national group of Latina/ Latino advocates, community activists, practitioners, researchers, and survivors of domestic violence working together to promote understanding, sustain dialogue, and generate solutions to move toward the elimination of domestic violence affecting Latino communities.
The Network La Red
P.O. Box 6011
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 695-0877
Hotline: (617) 423-7233
www.thenetworklared.org
Info and resources for lesbian and bisexual women in violent relationships. Bilingual (English and Spanish).
Reconstructive Surgery/Domestic Abuse Line
Toll-free: 1-800-842-4546
Joint program of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Provides free reconstructive surgery for victims of domestic violence, male and female.
SAHARA
18520 1/2 South Pioneer Blvd., Suite 204
Artesia, California 90701
Phone: (562)-402-4132
Toll-free: 1-888-724-2722
Help line and community agency in English, Hindi, Gujarati and other South Asian languages.
The Silent Witness National Initiative
20 Second St. N.E., Suite1101
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Phone: (612) 623-0999
www.silentwitness.net
The Silent Witness Awareness campaign is a national initiative which promotes peace, healing, and responsibility in adult relationships.
Tapestry Against Polygamy
P.O. Box 9397
Salt Lake City, UT 84109-0397
Phone: (801) 364-6764
Hotline: (801) 259-5200
www.polygamy.org
A survivors' network of former-polygamous wives and family members offering support and alternatives for those wishing to leave the polygamous lifestyle.
Women's Peacepower Foundation
P.O. Box 1618
Zephyrhills, Florida 33539-1618
www.womenspeacepower.org
The Women's Peacepower Foundation makes grants to grassroots projects that are working to impact issues of violence against women and their children.
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
740 - 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone 202-662-1000
www.abanet.org/domviol
American Institute on Domestic Violence
2116 Rover Drive
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
Phone 928-453-9015
www.aidv-usa.com
Amnesty International USA, Women's Human Rights Program
322 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
212-633-4292
www.amnestyusa.org/women
Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
450 Sutter St #600
San Francisco, CA 94108
415-954-9988 ext. 315
www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute
The Audre Lorde Project
85 S. Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-596-0342
www.alp.org
The BWJP Criminal Justice Office
2104 Fourth Ave S #B
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-824-8768 / 1-800-903-0111 ext. 1
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
6400 Flank Drive #1300
Harrisburg, PA 17112
717-671-4767 / 1-800-903-0111 ext. 2
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
125 S. 9th Street #302
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-351-0010 / 1-800-903-0111 ext. 3
The Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute
2740 Greenbriar Parkway #256
Atlanta, GA 30331
770-909-0715
www.bcdvi.org
Bureau of Justice Statistics Clearinghouse
810 Seventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
1-800-851-3420
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
2473 Valentine Avenue
Bronx, NY 10458
www.caaav.org
Child Welfare League of America
440 First Street NW, Third Floor
Washington, DC 20001
202-638-2952
www.cwla.org
Childhelp USA
15757 N. 78th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
1-800-422-4453
www.childhelpusa.org
Children's Defense Fund
25 "E" Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-628-8787
www.childrensdefense.org
Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras
4207 Willow Brook
San Antonio, TX 78228
210-732-8957
www.coalitionforjustice.net
Equality Now
P.O. Box 20646
Columbus Circle Station
New York, NY 10023
www.equalitynow.org
Faith Trust Institute
2400 N. 45th Street #10
Seattle, WA 98103
206-634-1903
www.cpsdv.org
Family Violence Prevention Fund
383 Rhode Island Street #304
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-252-8900
TTY 1-800-595-4889
www.endabuse.org
The Feminist Majority and the Feminist Majority Foundation
1600 Wilson Boulevard #801
Arlington, VA 22209
703-522-2214
433 S. Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
310-556-2500
www.feminist.org
Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado
The Master's Program on Domestic Violence
1-800-990-8227 ext. 4182
www.cudenver.edu/gspa
Hate-Crime National Hotline, The Anti-Violence Project
208-246-2292
Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118
www.hrw.org
The Humane Society of the United States, First Strike Campaign
2100 "L" Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
1-888-213-0956
www.hsus.org/firststrike
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
Indigenous Women's Network
13621 FM 78726
Austin, TX 78726
512-258-3880
www.indigenouswomen.org
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
University of Minnesota School of Social Work, College of Human Ecology
290 Peters Hall
1404 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
1-877-643-8222
www.dvinstitute.org
Jewish Women International
2000 "M" Street NW #720
Washington, DC 20036
1-800-343-2823
www.jewishwomen.org
JIST Life / KIDSRIGHTS
8902 Otis Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46216
1-800-648-5478
www.jistlife.com
LAMBDA GLBT Community Services
216 S. Ochoa Street
El Paso, TX 79901
206-350-4283
www.lambda.org
Legal Momentum
395 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
212-925-6635
www.nowldef.org
Manavi
PO Box 3103
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
732-435-1414
www.manavi.org
Mending the Sacred Hoop - Technical Assistance Project
202 E. Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802
1-888-305-1650
www.msh-ta.org
The Miles Foundation (violence and the military)
P.O. Box 423, Newton, CT 06470
203-270-7861
http://members.aol.com/milesfdn/myhomepage
Ms. Foundation for Women
120 Wall Street, 33rd Floor
New York, NY 10005
212-742-1653
www.ms.foundation.org
National Center for Elder Abuse
1201 - 15th Street NW #350
Washington, DC 20005
202-898-2586
www.elderabusecenter.org
National Center for Human Rights Education
P.O. Box 311020
Atlanta, GA 31131
404-344-9629
National Center for Victims of Crime
2000 M Street, NW, Suite 480
Washington, DC
202-467-8700
www.ncvc.org
National Center for Youth Law
405 - 14th Street, 15th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
510-835-8098
www.youthlaw.org
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
7800 Shoal Creek #120-N
Austin, TX 78757
512-407-9020
www.ntcdsv.org
National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life
Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
307 S. Paterson Street #1
Madison, WI 53703
Phone 608-255-0539
www.ncall.us
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
330 "C" Street SW
Washington, DC 20447
1-800-394-3366
nccanch.acf.hhs.gov
National Coalition for the Homeless
1012 Fourteenth Street NW #600,
Washington, DC 20005
202-737-6444
www.nationalhomeless.org
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
240 W. 35th Street #200
New York, NY 10001
212-714-1184
www.ncavp.org
National Domestic Violence Hotline
P.O. Box 161810
Austin, TX 78716
1-800-799-7233
TTY 1-800-787-3224
www.ndvh.org
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
1325 Massachusetts Avenue NW #600
Washington, DC 20005
202-393-5177
www.ngltf.org
National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Family Violence Prevention Fund
383 Rhode Island Street #304
San Francisco, CA 94103
1-888-792-2873
www.endabuse.org
National Immigration Forum
50 "F" Street NW #300
Washington, DC 20001
202-347-0040
www.immigrationforum.org
National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (ALIANZA)
P.O. Box 672, Triborough Station
New York, NY 10035
646-672-1404
www.dvalianza.org
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
310 - 8th Street #303
Oakland, CA 94607
510-465-1984
www.nnirr.org
National Network to End Domestic Violence
660 Pennsylvania Avenue SE #303
Washington, DC 20003
202-543-5566
www.nnedv.org
National Organization for Victim Assistance
1730 Park Road NW
Washington, DC 20010
1-800-879-6682
www.try-nova.org
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
6400 Flank Drive #1300
Harrisburg, PA 17112
1-800-537-2238
TTY 1-800-553-2508
www.nrcdv.org
National Runaway Switchboard
3080 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
773-880-9860 / 1-800-621-4000
www.nrscrisisline.org
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
123 N. Enola Drive
Enola, PA 17025
1-877-739-3895
TTY 717-909-0715
www.nsvrc.org
National Women's Political Caucus
1634 Eye St. NW #310
Washington, DC 20006
202-785-1100
www.nwpc.org
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
434 W. 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
212-541-7800
www.plannedparenthood.org
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
635-B Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20003
1-800-656-4673 ext. 3
www.rainn.org
Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection & Custody
National Council on Juvenile & Family Court Judges
P.O. Box 8970
Reno, NV 89507
1-800-527-3223
www.nationalcouncilfvd.org
Sacred Circle
National Resource Center to End Violence Against Native Women
722 Saint Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701
1-877-733-7623
Soroptimist International of the Americas
1709 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-893-9000
www.soroptimist.org
STOPDV, Inc.
PO Box 1410
Poway, CA 92074
858-679-2913
www.stopdv.com
Violence Against Women Office, U.S. Department of Justice
10th and Constitution Avenue NW #5302
Washington, DC 20530
202-616-8994
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo
Women's Independence Scholarship Program, The Sunshine Lady Foundation
4900 Randall Parkway #H
Wilmington, NC 28403
910-397-7742 / 1-866-255-7742
www.sunshineladyfdn.org