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General/Overviews
Domestic
Abuse: Help Is Available (Mayo Foundation for Medical
Education and Research)
Intimate
Partner Violence (National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control)
Coping
Common
Reactions to Trauma (National Center for PTSD)
You
Are Not Crazy.com (For women who have fought to love and
understand)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
Are
you Being Abused? (American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists)
Identifying
Domestic Violence (American Bar Association)
Prevention/Screening
Domestic
Violence Safety Plan (American Bar Association)
Preventing
Violence Against Women (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Research
Children
of Abused Parents Have More Behavior Problems (Nemours
Foundation)
HHS
Launches Effort to Help Children Who Witness Domestic Violence
(Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Specific
Conditions/Aspects
How
an Abuser Can Discover Your Internet Activities (American
Bar Association)
Myths and
Facts About Domestic Violence (American Bar Association)
New Numbers for
Domestic Violence Victims and Others (Social Security
Administration)
Directories
Domestic
Violence Coalitions of States and Territories (Dept. of
Justice, Violence Against Women Office)
Important
Phone Numbers (American Bar Association)
Therapist Locator
Directory of the United States (American Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy)
Law
and Policy
Access
to HHS-Funded Services for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic
Violence (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office for
Civil Rights)
How
Do I Apply for Immigration Benefits as a Battered Spouse or
Child? (Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services)
Know Your Rights: Domestic Violence (American Bar Association)
Also available in: Spanish
Organizations
American
Bar Association: Commission on Domestic Violence (American
Bar Association)
National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control
Office of Minority and
Women's Health (Bureau of Primary Health Care)
CDC
Reports the Health-Related Costs of Intimate Partner Violence
Against Women Exceeds $5.8 Billion Each Year in the United
States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish
Homicide
Trends in the U.S.: Intimate Homicide (Dept. of Justice)
Southern
and Western States Log Highest Rates of Intimate Partner Homicide
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Children
Center
for Children & families in the Justice System
Children
of Abused Mothers at Risk for School and Health Problems (Nemours
Foundation)
Men
Alternatives
to violence for men (Menstuff.corg)
What
can men do to stop domestic violence? (Family violence
prevention fund)
Teens
Abusive
Relationships (Nemours Foundation)
Teen dating violence
(Information for teens)
Teen
Dating Violence Facts (National Center for victims of
crime pdf report)
Help
for troubled teens (Free Resource catalogue)
Additional
Resources
•
National Council on Child Abuse & Family Violence
1155 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036
(202) 429-6695 (800) 222-2000
• National Help line National Committee for the Prevention
of Elder Abuse c/o Institute on Aging Medical Center of Central
Massachusetts
119 Belmont Street Worcester, MA 01605 508-793-6166
• National AIDS Network
P.O. Box 13827 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 National AIDS
Hotline 800-342-2437 TTY - 800-243-7889 Spanish - 800-344-7432
• National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
1156 15th Street, NW #700 Washington, DC 20005 202-973-3000
202-973-3096-FAX
• WHISPER (Women Hurt in Systems of Prostitution Engaged
in Revolt)
P.O. Box 56796 St. Paul, MN 55165 612-644-6301
• National Women’s Political Caucus
1275 K Street, NW, Suite 750 Washington, DC 20005-4051
• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence; Pennsylvania
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
6400 Flank Drive, Suite 1300 Harrisburg, PA 17112 800-537-2238
717-545-9456-FAX
• Battered Women’s Justice Project Minnesota Program
Development, Inc.
206 West Fourth Street Duluth, MN 55806 800-903-0111 218-722-1545-FAX
• Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence; Family
Violence Prevention Fund
383 Rhode Island Street, Suite 304 San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
800-313-1310 415-252-8991-FAX
• Resource Center on Child Custody and Child Protection;
National Council on Juvenile and Family Court Judges
P.O. Box 8970 Reno, NV 98507 800-527-3223 702-784-6628-FAX
• National Coalition for Low-Income Housing
1012 14th Street, NW Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 202-662-1530
• National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered
Women
125 South 9th Street, Suite 302 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-351-0010
215-357-0779-FAX
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