Metro Action Committee on Public Violence Against Women and Children
Promotes the rights of women and children to live free from violence and threats of violence. They have education programs on personal safety, post information about preventing school violence, and have a database of over 4000 resources, including their own publications.
Homeless
Minnesota Child Response Center
"The Minnesota Child Response Center (MNCRC) aims to integrate evidenced-based treatment models into the community systems of care for traumatized homeless and formerly homeles children in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and to create a continuum of care for highly diverse groups of underserved children and families."
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC) is a non-profit social and educational services organization committed to the holistic growth and development of American Indian women and their families. They offer various services such as sexual assault advocacy, emergency shelter and supportive housing.
Animals/Pets Cruelty
Located in Tacoma, Washington, the organization operates a national 24-hour crisis line for victims of domestic violence, provides basic emergency services, an on-site technology center, survival self-defense classes, spiritual support, pet therapy, an animal kennel for victims’ pets, Cars for Families Program, educational scholarships, relocation help and transitional housing.
The Humane Society of the United States, First Strike Campaign
"The First Strike® campaign was created in 1997 to raise public and professional awareness about the connection between animal cruelty and other violent crime violence and to help communities identify some of the origins of violence, predict its patterns, and prevent its escalation. First Strike also provides investigative support, rewards, expert testimony and information on the animal-human cruelty connection to law enforcement and prosecutors in high-profile animal cruelty cases."
Parenting
Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
"The knowledge path has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University and presents a selection of current, high-quality resources about identifying and responding to domestic violence within the home and the community.This knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. "
Located in Tacoma, Washington, the organization operates a national 24-hour crisis line for victims of domestic violence, provides basic emergency services, an on-site technology center, survival self-defense classes, spiritual support, pet therapy, an animal kennel for victims’ pets, Cars for Families Program, educational scholarships, relocation help and transitional housing.
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC) is a non-profit social and educational services organization committed to the holistic growth and development of American Indian women and their families. They offer various services such as sexual assault advocacy, emergency shelter and supportive housing.
One of the most substantial resources on men, masculinities, and gender on the internet. Includes manuals, resource guides, and articles on a wide range of topics including violence, working with men and boys, health, and sexualities.
Immigrant/Immigration
This Web site has resources to improve culturally competent health care. Developed by Stratis Health and funded by UCare, it is the first Minnesota-focused online resource devoted to the subject. Among the site's tools is a free assessment for health care organizations to determine how well they meet the federal Office of Minority Health's national Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services standards. It also has information on enhancing culturally sensitive services and understanding specific patient populations.
Religion
Support for Orthodox Jewish Victims of Rape and Incest (SOVRI)
SOVRI is an anonymous and confidential helpline staffed by trained volunteers who provide help, information, support, and referrals to survivors of abuse. Our volunteers have received over forty hours of training in the dynamics of sexual abuse, listening and counseling skills, emergency department protocol, legal protocol, post-traumatic stress disorder, domestic abuse, childhood sexual abuse and incest, and recommending appropriate resources. The helpline is open Monday-Thursday 9:30-5:30 and Friday 9:30-1:30. The phone number is 212.844.1495
Advocacy
"A Window Between Worlds is a non-profit organization dedicated to using art to help end domestic violence. Through creative expression, battered women and children recover a sense of renewal and power. Their images of hope, survival and strength educate the public and become 'a window between worlds' for survivors taking steps to change their lives."
Woman's Fund, Inc. provides safety and support to survivors of violence. Services include emergency and transitional housing for up to 35 women and children, counseling, advocacy, outreach, and training. They provide 24-hour crisis services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Administration for Children and Families
"The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. "
"Artemis Center provides early intervention, supportive services, and education for victims of domestic violence and their children."
Association of Women's Rights in Development
The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights.
Bedari is a national level non governmental voluntary development organization in Pakistan working with women and girls for the promotion and protection of their human rights. Some of their programs include crisis intervention, advocacy, girls education, HIV awareness, capacity building and training, and they also produce publications on women's empowerment issues.
British Columbia Human Rights Coalition
Website gives information about the organization and posts publications. The coalition gives information, advice and advocacy for individual complainants; consultation and workshop organization for unions, employers, and other groups; and papers and presentations on human rights issues for meetings, conferences and media.
Center For Child and Family Advocacy, Inc.
"The Center offers hope and healing as it treats child abuse and domestic violence victims, providing long-term therapeutic support for them and their non-offending family members. The Center brings together a dedicated child abuse medical team, therapists, law enforcement, child welfare workers, prosecutors and domestic violence advocates to provide comprehensive treatment for these families and to hold perpetrators accountable."
Center for Child Protection and Family Support, Inc.
The Center offers community-level services directly to children and their families, and trains professionals on child welfare issues. Most of our services are provided at not cost, and address the diverse cultures and ethnic backgrounds of families.
Child Advocates is an organization in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties (Bay Area, California) with over 500 volunteers working with abused and neglected children.
Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families. Website includes links to information about advocacy, programs, how to donate, publications, giftables, conferences and trainings, consultation, member agencies, and corporate friends.
Child Witness to Violence Project
A counseling, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on the growing number of young children who are hidden victims of violence: children who are bystanders to community and domestic violence. Website includes information on the program's mission, services, related projects, CWTV staff, children & violence, how to find help, tips for caregivers, a calendar, and program resources.
Service region: Boston, MA
Children Against Court Appointed Child Abuse CA3
CA3 is an organization founded by adult Children who suffered Court Appointed Child Abuse and are trying to find their voices through ending CA-CA.
"The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a non-profit child advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly for 35 years to ensure a level playing field for all children. We champion policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation."
"We are a national advocacy group working to reform failing child welfare systems on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of abused and neglected children who depend on them for protection and care. Website contains new individual sections for each of our legal cases and policy projects, featuring an overview and a complete archive of related documents, fact sheets, printed reports, and press information."
Children's Safety Centers Network, Inc.
Organization provides a safe haven for children during parent visitation when there is threat of abuse or witnessing abuse during parent visitation or visitation exchanges. Website explains services.
Service Region: Various locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Community Solutions for Children, Families, and Individuals, Inc. -- La Isla Pacifica
A human service agency providing services in mental health, youth support, domestic violence and sexual assault, court and community referrals, and transitional housing for singe youth parents.
DeafHope is a nonprofit organization, established for and by Deaf women in January 2003. Their mission is to end domestic violence and sexual assault against Deaf women and children through empowerment, education, services, and they also offer training and technical assistance to other agencies serving Deaf survivors.
Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
"The knowledge path has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University and presents a selection of current, high-quality resources about identifying and responding to domestic violence within the home and the community.This knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. "
"Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. "
Located in Tacoma, Washington, the organization operates a national 24-hour crisis line for victims of domestic violence, provides basic emergency services, an on-site technology center, survival self-defense classes, spiritual support, pet therapy, an animal kennel for victims’ pets, Cars for Families Program, educational scholarships, relocation help and transitional housing.
Family Violence Outreach Program -- Coordinating Council for Children in Crisis, Inc
CCCC works to prevent abuse, neglect and victimization across the life span and to serve those affected by providing home visiting and outreach, parenting education, family strengthening activities, counseling and advocacy to children and adults.
Florida Council Against Sexual Violence
The Florida Council Against Sexual Violence (FCASV) is a statewide nonprofit organization committed to victims and survivors of sexual violence and the sexual assault crisis programs who serve them.
Foster Care Central is an online resource that was created for all those dedicated individuals who are working to improve the lives of foster youth. Members include foster and adoptive parents, kinship caregivers, social workers, and CASA workers. Foster Care Central provides a platform for the exchange of information, resources, and discussions to better support foster youth.
International Women's Rights Action Watch
IWRAW is a resource and communications center on human rights of women and of children. They work directly with nongovernmental organizations throughout the world and with the United Nations facilitating use of international human rights law and processes for effective advocacy to improve the status of women, protect children, and promote gender equality. Primary subjects of concern include violence in the family, economic rights, family law, nationality.
Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline (pdf)
The Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline is a 24-hour line providing support, information and referral services to survivors of sexual abuse, signifcant others, people concerned about sexual abuse and people seeking information and referral. All services are free of charge, confidential and available to women, men and children.
KidsRights, an organization based in the Netherlands, stands up for vulnerable children all over the world - children who fall victim to neglect, abuse, violence, exploitation, or discrimination, or run the risk of doing so. This organization runs projects all over the world and funds existing local projects with long-term support. They also cover all of a child's needs including healthcare, nutrition, education, accomodation, and attention.
"Legal Momentum is the nation's oldest legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls. Our current program areas are: Employment and Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic Violence (EHRVDV), Equality Works Program, Immigrant Women Program, National Judicial Education Program, and Sexuality and Family Rights Program."
The Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System of the London Family Court Clinic is a non-profit agency in London, Ontario, Canada, which advocates for the special needs of children and families involved in the justice system.
Peter G. Jaffe, PhD, Executive Director
254 Pall Mall Street, Suite 200
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5P6
Tel: 519-679-7250
Organization dedicated to redefining child abuse through aggressive public awareness and advocacy. Website offers information and resources for parents, childcare givers, kids and teens.
Maternal and Child Health Library
"Provides accurate, timely, and reliable information and resources pertaining to maternal and child health. The site also has a section on domestic violence publications, databases of data, literature and research."
Minnesota Child Response Center
"The Minnesota Child Response Center (MNCRC) aims to integrate evidenced-based treatment models into the community systems of care for traumatized homeless and formerly homeles children in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and to create a continuum of care for highly diverse groups of underserved children and families."
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC) is a non-profit social and educational services organization committed to the holistic growth and development of American Indian women and their families. They offer various services such as sexual assault advocacy, emergency shelter and supportive housing.
"As a statewide collaboration of 160+ member organizations, the Consortium serves as a resource center to enhance equality and justice for women and children. The consortium helps women working for progressive social change stay in touch."
National Center for Victims of Crime
"The National Center for Victims of Crime is the nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims and those who serve them. Since its inception in 1985, the National Center has worked with grassroots organizations and criminal justice agencies throughout the United States serving millions of crime victims. The center provides direct services to victims, trainings and technical assistance to professionals, and advocates for laws and public policies that protect crime victims."
"NCYL provides a range of services to help foster parents, attorneys, health care providers, teachers, child welfare workers, and other advocates working on behalf of children and youth. Trainings on child welfare, economic security, health/mental health, and juvenile justice are provided."
A not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide training, technical assistance and networking opportunities to communities seeking to plan, establish and improve Children's Advocacy Centers.
National Organization for Victim Assistance
NOVA’s mission is to promote rights and services for victims of crime and crisis everywhere. They also provide advocacy, direct services, and technical services to clients and professionals.
Open Meadows Foundation is a grant-making organization for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls, particularly those from vulnerable communities. Open Meadows Foundation funds projects that do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity and expression, sexual identity and expression, age or ability. It offers grants up to $2000 to projects.
PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment
A national nonprofit organization that uses social, educational and legislative tactics to shatter the silence of sexual violence. PAVE's work is based in education and action.
Pongo Publishing Teen Writing Project
Organization helps teens in jail and other at-risk youth to write poetry about their lives. Young people often describe early-childhood trauma and loss, usually in the form of neglect, abuse, abandonment, and family death. Website includes information about the writing project and poetry from the youths themselves.
Includes information on advocacy, state chapter development, implementation of programs such as Healthy Family America, publications, public service announcements, and research.
Works to prevent violence against women and children. Website includes information about a resource guide and other resources, how Raising Voices help build a movement in various regions, and how you can raise your voice and become active in the movement to end violence.
Service Region: Eastern and Southern Africa
This organization from the Fargo-Moorhead area (North Dakota, Minnesota) publishes prevention and treatment materials on the topics of sexual abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence in their publications division. Services include Crisis Intervention, Advocacy, Counseling, Legal Advocacy, Emergency Housing, Outreach Activities, Community Education and Professional Training, Support Groups, and Criminal Justice Systems Monitoring.
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
The Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center strives to deliver high quality legal services for at-risk and maltreated children, promote their healing and healthy development, and ensure that each foster child finds a permanent, loving home - whether this is with their biological family or a new family - as soon as possible.
Rutgers Center on Violence Against Women and Children
The center aims to end violence against women and children and focuses on multidisciplinary research, education, and training that impacts communities and policy in New Jersey, the U.S., and throughout the world.
A blog developed by David Mandel & Associates, LLC in which they will be exploring the ideas underpinning the Safe and Together model. The model provides a practical and concrete approach to improving the response of child welfare to the risk and safety concerns presented by batterers. They will be providing practical tips and ideas for policy and practice. All are welcome to participate in the discussion.
South West Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Center
Located in South West Scotland, the organization provides support, both emotional and practical, to women and girls in Dumfries & Galloway, who have been raped or sexually abused at any time in their lives.
Support for Orthodox Jewish Victims of Rape and Incest (SOVRI)
SOVRI is an anonymous and confidential helpline staffed by trained volunteers who provide help, information, support, and referrals to survivors of abuse. Our volunteers have received over forty hours of training in the dynamics of sexual abuse, listening and counseling skills, emergency department protocol, legal protocol, post-traumatic stress disorder, domestic abuse, childhood sexual abuse and incest, and recommending appropriate resources. The helpline is open Monday-Thursday 9:30-5:30 and Friday 9:30-1:30. The phone number is 212.844.1495
The International Children’s Peace Prize is an initiative of the KidsRights Foundation with the support of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. Each year The International Children’s Peace Prize is awarded to a child that has devoted a lot of his or her energy to improving the rights of children.
The Domestic Violence Resource Centre (Victoria)
DVRC (formerly DVIRC) is a statewide service in Victoria, Australia. DVRC aims to reduce and prevent family violence by providing education to improve service and policy responses, and by assisting people who have experienced abuse.
The Humane Society of the United States, First Strike Campaign
"The First Strike® campaign was created in 1997 to raise public and professional awareness about the connection between animal cruelty and other violent crime violence and to help communities identify some of the origins of violence, predict its patterns, and prevent its escalation. First Strike also provides investigative support, rewards, expert testimony and information on the animal-human cruelty connection to law enforcement and prosecutors in high-profile animal cruelty cases."
The Leadership Council On Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence
"The Leadership Council is a nonprofit independent scientific organization providing professionals and lay persons with the latest scientific information on issues that may affect the public's health and safety. Their mission is to promote the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare, especially abused and neglected children."
A web resource for information about commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of both children and adults, and the efforts to end it. SAGE Online also includes information for CSE survivors and their families. It was founded by a CSE survivor, is designed for and run predominantly by survivors, and offers legislators, law enforcement, and others interested in CSE information a valuable survivor-oriented perspective.
The San Diego Family Justice Center
The San Diego Family Justice Center is the most comprehensive "one stop shop" in the nation for victims of family violence and their children. Victims of domestic violence in the City of San Diego can now come to one location to talk to an advocate, get a restraining order, plan for their safety, talk to a police officer, meet with a prosecutor, receive medical assistance, counsel with a chaplain, get help with transportation, and obtain nutrition or pregnancy services counseling.
Provides support for SBS victim families (including adoptive and foster parents), advocates for justice for SBS victims, and increases SBS awareness. Website includes a library of recommended resources.
UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children.
The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) is a network of WHO Member States, international agencies and civil society organizations working to prevent violence. VPA participants share an evidence-based public health approach that targets the risk factors leading to violence and promotes multi-sectoral cooperation.
European network of non-governmental women's organizations working to combat violence against women and children. Website includes a database of addresses and publications from across Europe, as well as good practice models.
Women Escaping A Violence Environment (WEAVE)
WEAVE serves women, men, teens, and children who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Free services include 24-Hour Crisis Line, Counseling, Prevention and Education, Emergency Response, Legal Advocacy, and a confidential Safehouse program. Also offers trainings for professionals and community involvement programs.
Provides advocacy for victims of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse, particularly in the Latina and other under served communities of Sonoma County. Provides advocacy training and community education. Coordinates the Task Force on Women in Policing with the goal of increasing the number of women and minorities in our
law enforcement agencies. Website inludes a bilingual web forum where victims, activists, advocates, and professionals can communicate with each other on any and all aspects of violence against women and children.
Service region: advocacy in Sonoma County, California.
"WomenSafe works toward the elimination of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women and their children through direct service, education and social change."
One of the most substantial resources on men, masculinities, and gender on the internet. Includes manuals, resource guides, and articles on a wide range of topics including violence, working with men and boys, health, and sexualities.
Child abduction
Organization assists in the search for missing children in Canada. Delivers education and prevention programs pertaining to children's safety. Offers Child Fingerprinting Clinics: "All About Me I.D." Advocate for the rights of children. Website includes links, safety information, pictures of missing children, and event information.
Code Amber Child Safety Programs
Code Amber is the nationally recognized leader in child safety. Our organization is on the forefront of the Amber Plans and Amber Alerts nationwide. We regularly appear at corporate sponsored child safety events to increase parental awareness of child safety issues, products and services. Please review our site and contact us for your next child safety fair or child safety event.
"Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. "
Website includes information for children, teenagers, adults, and educators on how to keep yourself and others safe from sexual exploitation and abduction. Also includes information on a speakers bureau, stories of successful child-parent reunions, and a legislative watch.
Website posts web posters of 10 missing children a month. If you happen to see any of these children or believe you may have information which could help authorities locate any of these children please contact the National Center for Exploited and Missing Children IMMEDIATELY at their 24 Hour Hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
Missing Children Society of Canada
Organization provides a free search program to assist police and searching parents in the active, ongoing search for missing children. Website includes information about the search program, a photo directory, parent resources, safety information for kids, information on Missing Children's Day and how you can help.
This Office formulates, develops and coordinates policies and programs and provides direction to foreign service posts on international parental child abduction and international adoption. Website includes information on Child Support Enforcement Abroad; International Parental Child Abduction; Privacy Act Waiver Form; and Resources for Judges on International Parental Child Abduction.
From the "Public Education" page, you can see safety tips for parents, safety tips for kids, how to obtain a free child safety kit, information on the California sex offender ID, and what to tell your kids about child abduction and molestation prevention and detection. Website also posts information about missing kids and gives family testimonials.
Sex Offender.com Database Registry provides assistance to parents, children, law enforcement, schools, and the community in identification of potential sexoffenders. Includes on-line data systems. Raises public awareness about ways to help prevent child abduction, molestation and sexual exploitation.
Videos on Child Abuse and Safety by Marc Klaas
This website offers advice on various topics of children's safety through video format.
Child custody
Administration for Children and Families
"The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. "
Children Against Court Appointed Child Abuse CA3
CA3 is an organization founded by adult Children who suffered Court Appointed Child Abuse and are trying to find their voices through ending CA-CA.
"We are a national advocacy group working to reform failing child welfare systems on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of abused and neglected children who depend on them for protection and care. Website contains new individual sections for each of our legal cases and policy projects, featuring an overview and a complete archive of related documents, fact sheets, printed reports, and press information."
Foster Care Central is an online resource that was created for all those dedicated individuals who are working to improve the lives of foster youth. Members include foster and adoptive parents, kinship caregivers, social workers, and CASA workers. Foster Care Central provides a platform for the exchange of information, resources, and discussions to better support foster youth.
"NCYL provides a range of services to help foster parents, attorneys, health care providers, teachers, child welfare workers, and other advocates working on behalf of children and youth. Trainings on child welfare, economic security, health/mental health, and juvenile justice are provided."
Parents and Children Together: Family Visitation Center
The Family Visitation Center-Maui provides a safe, neutral, and nurturing environment where visitations and exchanges of children occur between custodial and non-custodial parents. The Center helps children and parents who are experiencing difficulties in divorce, separation, family violence or involved in custody disputes.
The Leadership Council On Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence
"The Leadership Council is a nonprofit independent scientific organization providing professionals and lay persons with the latest scientific information on issues that may affect the public's health and safety. Their mission is to promote the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare, especially abused and neglected children."
Child exposure
"A Window Between Worlds is a non-profit organization dedicated to using art to help end domestic violence. Through creative expression, battered women and children recover a sense of renewal and power. Their images of hope, survival and strength educate the public and become 'a window between worlds' for survivors taking steps to change their lives."
Administration for Children and Families
"The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. "
Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergencies (AWAKE)
"The AWAKE (Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergency) Program at Children's Hospital Boston offers domestic violence services to patients, parents of patients and employees at Children's and the Martha Eliot Health Center."
"Artemis Center provides early intervention, supportive services, and education for victims of domestic violence and their children."
Battered Women's Justice Project
BWJP provides technical assistance for practitioners on policy issues related to the civil and criminal justice response to domestic violence, including use of the self-defense plea by battered women charged with crimes. Also provides information on the response of Native communities to domestic violence.
California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) website is designed to: "Serve as an online connection for child welfare professionals, staff of public and private organizations, academic institutions, and others who are committed to serving children and families. Provide up-to-date information on evidence-based child welfare practices. Facilitate the utilization of evidence-based practices as a method of achieving improved outcomes of safety, permanency and well-being for children and families involved in the California public child welfare system."
"The purpose of the program is to equip unmarried mothers and fathers with skills for making healthy decisions and to explore future options for their relationship including the potential of getting married. New parents will learn skills for parenting together and strengthening their family unit."
Center For Child and Family Advocacy, Inc.
"The Center offers hope and healing as it treats child abuse and domestic violence victims, providing long-term therapeutic support for them and their non-offending family members. The Center brings together a dedicated child abuse medical team, therapists, law enforcement, child welfare workers, prosecutors and domestic violence advocates to provide comprehensive treatment for these families and to hold perpetrators accountable."
Center for Child Protection and Family Support, Inc.
The Center offers community-level services directly to children and their families, and trains professionals on child welfare issues. Most of our services are provided at not cost, and address the diverse cultures and ethnic backgrounds of families.
Child Abuse Prevention Network
Provides tools for professionals to support the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Child Advocates is an organization in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties (Bay Area, California) with over 500 volunteers working with abused and neglected children.
Child Development-Community Policing (CD-CP)
To coordinate the efforts of the New Haven Police Department and mental health clinicians by providing interdisciplinary intervention to children and families who are victims, witnesses, or perpetrators of violent crimes.
Serves as a national network for the exchange of information about child labor. Website includes links to consumer campaign, legislations, and best practice solutions, chld labor in the U.S., child labor around the world.
Addresses the maltreatment of children through direct clinical services, professional training, and research. Their website offers a publications, abstracts of ongoing research, and information for caregivers, and more. Includes online courses.
Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families. Website includes links to information about advocacy, programs, how to donate, publications, giftables, conferences and trainings, consultation, member agencies, and corporate friends.
Child Witness to Violence Project
A counseling, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on the growing number of young children who are hidden victims of violence: children who are bystanders to community and domestic violence. Website includes information on the program's mission, services, related projects, CWTV staff, children & violence, how to find help, tips for caregivers, a calendar, and program resources.
Service region: Boston, MA
Organization in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment. Childhelp programs include: body safety education for children, abuse intervention training for adults who work with children, early enrichment programs for at-risk children and families, residential treatment for victims of severe child abuse, and 24-hour abuse crisis counseling and referral services.
Children Against Court Appointed Child Abuse CA3
CA3 is an organization founded by adult Children who suffered Court Appointed Child Abuse and are trying to find their voices through ending CA-CA.
"We are a national advocacy group working to reform failing child welfare systems on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of abused and neglected children who depend on them for protection and care. Website contains new individual sections for each of our legal cases and policy projects, featuring an overview and a complete archive of related documents, fact sheets, printed reports, and press information."
Children's Safety Centers Network, Inc.
Organization provides a safe haven for children during parent visitation when there is threat of abuse or witnessing abuse during parent visitation or visitation exchanges. Website explains services.
Service Region: Various locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Distributes materials on youth and violence prevention, including guides to data and educational resources and materials for parents.
A great resource that provides information and facts about child exposure to domestic violence, all of which is documented by the Clackamas Women's Services in OR. Click on the links to review the services provided and the upcoming events.
Clearinghouse On Supervised Visitation
Offers: Information Updates; Training Manuals; Law Enforcement Manuals; Newsletters; and information about Florida Visitation Centers, and National/International Visitation Centers, and How To Start a Supervised Visitation Center.
Community Solutions for Children, Families, and Individuals, Inc. -- La Isla Pacifica
A human service agency providing services in mental health, youth support, domestic violence and sexual assault, court and community referrals, and transitional housing for singe youth parents.
Congresso de Latinos Unidos, Inc.
"As a holistic human service agency, Congreso offers a wide range of adult and youth services including: truancy intervention, out-of-school time youth development programs, workforce development, drug and alcohol counseling, housing counseling, health education, teen pregnancy prevention and intervention, maternal and child health programs, and HIV/AIDS services."
Crimes Against Children Research Center
Provides high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. Website posts Statistics about crimes committed against children.
Dade County Domestic Violence Division
Miami-Dade County has forged a cooperative effort between the court, government agencies, and those in the community who are committed to effectively addressing family violence through the justice system.
Domestic Abuse Project is a multi-service agency for battered women, men who batter and their children serving the Minneapolis area. Dynamics of Domestic Violence Presentation is one of many training resources available from DAP. Other resources include manuals on groupwork with various populations and a manual on program evaluation.
Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
"The knowledge path has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University and presents a selection of current, high-quality resources about identifying and responding to domestic violence within the home and the community.This knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. "
Domestic Violence Unit -- Project Safe Family: Massachusetts Department of Social Services
"The Department's vision is to ensure the safety of children in a manner that holds the best hope of nurturing a sustained, resilient network of relationships to support the child's growth and development into adulthood."
Dove, Inc., Domestic Violence Program
Dove is a coalition of religious organizations, volunteers, and advocates that seeks to coordinate efforts to address unmet human needs and social injustices. Dove works for justice, equality and understanding among all people.
Emerge: Counseling and Education to End Domestic Violence
Organization offers group counseling for men who have verbally, mentally or physically abused a woman in a relationship. Includes discussion of the connection between domestic violence and child abuse. Website includes information on domestic violence, information for partners, battered women programs, training for counselors, resource links and more.
Service region: Cambridge, Quincy, Lowell, and Roxbury, Massachusetts
Located in Tacoma, Washington, the organization operates a national 24-hour crisis line for victims of domestic violence, provides basic emergency services, an on-site technology center, survival self-defense classes, spiritual support, pet therapy, an animal kennel for victims’ pets, Cars for Families Program, educational scholarships, relocation help and transitional housing.
Family Violence Outreach Program -- Coordinating Council for Children in Crisis, Inc
CCCC works to prevent abuse, neglect and victimization across the life span and to serve those affected by providing home visiting and outreach, parenting education, family strengthening activities, counseling and advocacy to children and adults.
Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law
The Harriett Buhai Center provides family law and domestic violence assistance to low-income families in Los Angeles through the efforts of volunteer lawyers, paralegals and students.
Hubbard House provides shelter and outreach services for domestic violence victims and their families.
International Child Resource Institute
ICRI has been providing services for families and children locally and around the world. ICRI makes a difference by providing technical assistance and consultation to a wide variety of national and international organizations interested in such children's issues as child care, child abuse prevention, child survival, maternal and child health, placement alternatives for abandoned and traumatized children and the promotion of children's rights. ICRI has offices or collaborates with organizations around the world to provide services to children and families.
Lighthouse Institute/Chestnut Health Systems
We offer a comprehensive scope of behavioral health and human services in Illinois.
The Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System of the London Family Court Clinic is a non-profit agency in London, Ontario, Canada, which advocates for the special needs of children and families involved in the justice system.
Peter G. Jaffe, PhD, Executive Director
254 Pall Mall Street, Suite 200
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5P6
Tel: 519-679-7250
Maternal and Child Health Library
"Provides accurate, timely, and reliable information and resources pertaining to maternal and child health. The site also has a section on domestic violence publications, databases of data, literature and research."
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
"The mission of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) is to support research, education, and access to violence related resources."
Minnesota Child Response Center
"The Minnesota Child Response Center (MNCRC) aims to integrate evidenced-based treatment models into the community systems of care for traumatized homeless and formerly homeles children in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and to create a continuum of care for highly diverse groups of underserved children and families."
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: Family Violence Department
The Family Violence Department (FVD) of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) is dedicated to improving the way courts, law enforcement, agencies and others respond to family violence, with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of domestic violence victims and their children.
Parents and Children Together: Family Visitation Center
The Family Visitation Center-Maui provides a safe, neutral, and nurturing environment where visitations and exchanges of children occur between custodial and non-custodial parents. The Center helps children and parents who are experiencing difficulties in divorce, separation, family violence or involved in custody disputes.
Rainbow House is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization, whose mission is to end domestic violence. For more than a quarter of a century, Rainbow House has offered domestic violence prevention programs, support and outreach services and resources to survivors across the City of Chicago.
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
The Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center strives to deliver high quality legal services for at-risk and maltreated children, promote their healing and healthy development, and ensure that each foster child finds a permanent, loving home - whether this is with their biological family or a new family - as soon as possible.
A blog developed by David Mandel & Associates, LLC in which they will be exploring the ideas underpinning the Safe and Together model. The model provides a practical and concrete approach to improving the response of child welfare to the risk and safety concerns presented by batterers. They will be providing practical tips and ideas for policy and practice. All are welcome to participate in the discussion.
Safe from the Start, Reducing Children's Exposure To Violence
"The California Safe from the Start (SFTS) Initiative is a comprehensive strategy to assist communities in reducing the impact of violence on children. The initiative targets children ages 0 to 18 with an emphasis on children ages 0 to 5, who have been exposed to family, school and/or community violence."
"The Center's purpose is to create a comprehensive system that improves the accessibility, delivery, and quality of supports and treatment interventions for children from birth to six years of age and their families where the child was exposed to, experienced or witnessed, family or community violence."
State of Vermont Domestic Violence Training Project
"The Vermont Network works with a wide range of partners to make Vermont a place where victims and survivors are safe and supported and where domestic and sexual violence can no longer thrive."
The Domestic Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative
The Domestic Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative is a current project that is being undertaken in order to "provide the infrastructure and resources to enable domestic violence and mental health agencies and training programs nationwide to be able to work more effectively with individuals who are dealing with both domestic violence and mental health issues."
The Future of Children Online Journal
The Future of Children is an online publication of the Children, Families, and Communities Program of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research. Vol. 9 - No. 3 - Winter 1999 is about Domestic Violence and Children and includes articles such as: Domestic Violence and Children: Analysis and Recommendations; Prevalence and Effects of Child Exposure to Domestic Violence; and The Impact of Violence on Children. Jeffrey Edleson, Ph.D. from the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse was the issue Editoral Advisor.
The Link Project is devoted to providing up-to-date information on current research and intervention with families experiencing both child maltreatment and woman battering. Includes a database of articles related to 'the link'.
A web resource for information about commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of both children and adults, and the efforts to end it. SAGE Online also includes information for CSE survivors and their families. It was founded by a CSE survivor, is designed for and run predominantly by survivors, and offers legislators, law enforcement, and others interested in CSE information a valuable survivor-oriented perspective.
Web Forum on Teen Victims of Dating Violence
A web forum where victim service providers and allied professionals can connect to peers, share ideas about best practices, and help change lives.
Women Escaping A Violence Environment (WEAVE)
WEAVE serves women, men, teens, and children who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Free services include 24-Hour Crisis Line, Counseling, Prevention and Education, Emergency Response, Legal Advocacy, and a confidential Safehouse program. Also offers trainings for professionals and community involvement programs.
"WomenSafe works toward the elimination of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women and their children through direct service, education and social change."
One of the most substantial resources on men, masculinities, and gender on the internet. Includes manuals, resource guides, and articles on a wide range of topics including violence, working with men and boys, health, and sexualities.
Child sexual abuse
Crimes Against Children: Online Child Pornography
This is part of the Innocent Images National Initiative, an intelligence-driven, proactive, multi-agency investigative initiative to combat the proliferation of child pornography/child sexual exploitation facilitated by an online computer. Website includes information on kidnappings, online child pornography, the national sex offender registry, the Child Support Recovery Act, federal statutes and more.
End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking International
ECPAT International is an international coalition of agencies and individuals dedicating its work to the issues of child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. Their web site includes links to ECPAT network members around the world.
"Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. "
This website contains information about the intersection of religious issues and child abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and clergy misconduct.
Information, resources, and support for families with troubled teens, including State Directory of Family Help. Information on Abuse; Anger in Our Teens and in Ourselves; Adolescent Sex Offenders; Teen Violence. Speakers available.
Contact Info: Toll-free helpline 1-877-362-8727
Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline (pdf)
The Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline is a 24-hour line providing support, information and referral services to survivors of sexual abuse, signifcant others, people concerned about sexual abuse and people seeking information and referral. All services are free of charge, confidential and available to women, men and children.
This organization from the Fargo-Moorhead area (North Dakota, Minnesota) publishes prevention and treatment materials on the topics of sexual abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence in their publications division. Services include Crisis Intervention, Advocacy, Counseling, Legal Advocacy, Emergency Housing, Outreach Activities, Community Education and Professional Training, Support Groups, and Criminal Justice Systems Monitoring.
Sex Offender.com Database Registry provides assistance to parents, children, law enforcement, schools, and the community in identification of potential sexoffenders. Includes on-line data systems. Raises public awareness about ways to help prevent child abduction, molestation and sexual exploitation.
South West Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Center
Located in South West Scotland, the organization provides support, both emotional and practical, to women and girls in Dumfries & Galloway, who have been raped or sexually abused at any time in their lives.
Promotes child and family safety through news, information, and a National Sex Offender Registry. Includes fact sheets on safety for women, children and seniors, and much more.
Support for Orthodox Jewish Victims of Rape and Incest (SOVRI)
SOVRI is an anonymous and confidential helpline staffed by trained volunteers who provide help, information, support, and referrals to survivors of abuse. Our volunteers have received over forty hours of training in the dynamics of sexual abuse, listening and counseling skills, emergency department protocol, legal protocol, post-traumatic stress disorder, domestic abuse, childhood sexual abuse and incest, and recommending appropriate resources. The helpline is open Monday-Thursday 9:30-5:30 and Friday 9:30-1:30. The phone number is 212.844.1495
The Teen Victim Project is a multi-pronged public education campaign to reach teenage victims of crime. This campaign features teen outreach cards and a television public service announcement, as well as a web site especially designed for teen victims of crime.
A web resource for information about commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of both children and adults, and the efforts to end it. SAGE Online also includes information for CSE survivors and their families. It was founded by a CSE survivor, is designed for and run predominantly by survivors, and offers legislators, law enforcement, and others interested in CSE information a valuable survivor-oriented perspective.
Web Forum on Teen Victims of Dating Violence
A web forum where victim service providers and allied professionals can connect to peers, share ideas about best practices, and help change lives.
One of the most substantial resources on men, masculinities, and gender on the internet. Includes manuals, resource guides, and articles on a wide range of topics including violence, working with men and boys, health, and sexualities.
Child welfare
"A Window Between Worlds is a non-profit organization dedicated to using art to help end domestic violence. Through creative expression, battered women and children recover a sense of renewal and power. Their images of hope, survival and strength educate the public and become 'a window between worlds' for survivors taking steps to change their lives."
Administration for Children and Families
"The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. "
Adults and Children Together Against Violence (ACT)
Posts factsheets and resource information about violence prevention. Topics include Discipline; Tips for Responding to Challenging Behavior; Supporting Positive Behaviors; Understanding Behavior; Media Violence; Positive Learning Activities; Anger Management; Violence Prevention for Teachers of Young Children; Selecting High Quality Childcare; and Violence Prevention for Families of Young Children.
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
The ABA Center on Children and the Law offers law-related resources relating to child abuse and neglect and other components of child welfare.
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
APSAC provides professional education which promotes effective, culturally sensitive, and interdisciplinary approaches to the identification, intervention, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. There is also emphasis on promoting research and guidelines to inform professional practice and educate the public about child abuse and neglect, while ensuring that America's public policy concerning child maltreatment is well informed and constructive.
California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) website is designed to: "Serve as an online connection for child welfare professionals, staff of public and private organizations, academic institutions, and others who are committed to serving children and families. Provide up-to-date information on evidence-based child welfare practices. Facilitate the utilization of evidence-based practices as a method of achieving improved outcomes of safety, permanency and well-being for children and families involved in the California public child welfare system."
Center For Child and Family Advocacy, Inc.
"The Center offers hope and healing as it treats child abuse and domestic violence victims, providing long-term therapeutic support for them and their non-offending family members. The Center brings together a dedicated child abuse medical team, therapists, law enforcement, child welfare workers, prosecutors and domestic violence advocates to provide comprehensive treatment for these families and to hold perpetrators accountable."
Child Abuse Council of Santa Clara County
Posts information about the Child Abuse Council and its activities, what is child abuse, child abuse prevention, mandated reporting, child abuse statistics, and treatment and specific programs within Santa Clara County.
Child Advocates is an organization in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties (Bay Area, California) with over 500 volunteers working with abused and neglected children.
Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families. Website includes links to information about advocacy, programs, how to donate, publications, giftables, conferences and trainings, consultation, member agencies, and corporate friends.
Program at Portland State University providing research, training, program development and graduate education. Their web site provides information about each aspect of the program, including extensive information about their research.
Internet resource for information on child abuse and related issues. This e-zine was created to support, inform and encourage those dealing with any aspect of child abuse, in a positive non-threatening environment. Website posts information about child abuse, legislation, and events and trainings. Offers links and an electronic newsletter.
Organization in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment. Childhelp programs include: body safety education for children, abuse intervention training for adults who work with children, early enrichment programs for at-risk children and families, residential treatment for victims of severe child abuse, and 24-hour abuse crisis counseling and referral services.
Children Against Court Appointed Child Abuse CA3
CA3 is an organization founded by adult Children who suffered Court Appointed Child Abuse and are trying to find their voices through ending CA-CA.
Designed for professionals concerned with child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption. Supported by the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and published by the Child Welfare Information Gateway and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.
"The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a non-profit child advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly for 35 years to ensure a level playing field for all children. We champion policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation."
"We are a national advocacy group working to reform failing child welfare systems on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of abused and neglected children who depend on them for protection and care. Website contains new individual sections for each of our legal cases and policy projects, featuring an overview and a complete archive of related documents, fact sheets, printed reports, and press information."
Children's Safety Centers Network, Inc.
Organization provides a safe haven for children during parent visitation when there is threat of abuse or witnessing abuse during parent visitation or visitation exchanges. Website explains services.
Service Region: Various locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Distributes materials on youth and violence prevention, including guides to data and educational resources and materials for parents.
A great resource that provides information and facts about child exposure to domestic violence, all of which is documented by the Clackamas Women's Services in OR. Click on the links to review the services provided and the upcoming events.
Clearinghouse On Supervised Visitation
Offers: Information Updates; Training Manuals; Law Enforcement Manuals; Newsletters; and information about Florida Visitation Centers, and National/International Visitation Centers, and How To Start a Supervised Visitation Center.
Community Solutions for Children, Families, and Individuals, Inc. -- La Isla Pacifica
A human service agency providing services in mental health, youth support, domestic violence and sexual assault, court and community referrals, and transitional housing for singe youth parents.
Crimes Against Children Research Center
Provides high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. Website posts Statistics about crimes committed against children.
Domestic Abuse Project is a multi-service agency for battered women, men who batter and their children serving the Minneapolis area. Dynamics of Domestic Violence Presentation is one of many training resources available from DAP. Other resources include manuals on groupwork with various populations and a manual on program evaluation.
Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
"The knowledge path has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University and presents a selection of current, high-quality resources about identifying and responding to domestic violence within the home and the community.This knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. "
Domestic Violence Unit -- Project Safe Family: Massachusetts Department of Social Services
"The Department's vision is to ensure the safety of children in a manner that holds the best hope of nurturing a sustained, resilient network of relationships to support the child's growth and development into adulthood."
"Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. "
Located in Tacoma, Washington, the organization operates a national 24-hour crisis line for victims of domestic violence, provides basic emergency services, an on-site technology center, survival self-defense classes, spiritual support, pet therapy, an animal kennel for victims’ pets, Cars for Families Program, educational scholarships, relocation help and transitional housing.
Hubbard House provides shelter and outreach services for domestic violence victims and their families.
International Child Resource Institute
ICRI has been providing services for families and children locally and around the world. ICRI makes a difference by providing technical assistance and consultation to a wide variety of national and international organizations interested in such children's issues as child care, child abuse prevention, child survival, maternal and child health, placement alternatives for abandoned and traumatized children and the promotion of children's rights. ICRI has offices or collaborates with organizations around the world to provide services to children and families.
International Save the Children Alliance
The International Save the Children Alliance currently comprises 30 organizations around the world. Working in over 100 countries, Save the Children is the world's largest independent movement for children.
Maternal and Child Health Library
"Provides accurate, timely, and reliable information and resources pertaining to maternal and child health. The site also has a section on domestic violence publications, databases of data, literature and research."
Minnesota Child Response Center
"The Minnesota Child Response Center (MNCRC) aims to integrate evidenced-based treatment models into the community systems of care for traumatized homeless and formerly homeles children in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and to create a continuum of care for highly diverse groups of underserved children and families."
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC) is a non-profit social and educational services organization committed to the holistic growth and development of American Indian women and their families. They offer various services such as sexual assault advocacy, emergency shelter and supportive housing.
National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
Serves as a resource for training, expert legal assistance, court reform and state-of-the-art information on criminal child abuse investigations and prosecutions. See the website for event, publication, and state statute information.
"NCYL provides a range of services to help foster parents, attorneys, health care providers, teachers, child welfare workers, and other advocates working on behalf of children and youth. Trainings on child welfare, economic security, health/mental health, and juvenile justice are provided."
National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc.
Organization which is specifically for the survivors of homicide victims and which follows up with supportive family services after the murder of a family member or friend. Information includes tips from survivors and tips for professionals.
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
NSPCC is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. The website includes information about the Full Stop campaign, getting involved, job opportunities, information about the organization and it's publications, and more. Services include children's services and family support.
Parents and Children Together: Family Visitation Center
The Family Visitation Center-Maui provides a safe, neutral, and nurturing environment where visitations and exchanges of children occur between custodial and non-custodial parents. The Center helps children and parents who are experiencing difficulties in divorce, separation, family violence or involved in custody disputes.
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
The Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center strives to deliver high quality legal services for at-risk and maltreated children, promote their healing and healthy development, and ensure that each foster child finds a permanent, loving home - whether this is with their biological family or a new family - as soon as possible.
A blog developed by David Mandel & Associates, LLC in which they will be exploring the ideas underpinning the Safe and Together model. The model provides a practical and concrete approach to improving the response of child welfare to the risk and safety concerns presented by batterers. They will be providing practical tips and ideas for policy and practice. All are welcome to participate in the discussion.
Safe from the Start, Reducing Children's Exposure To Violence
"The California Safe from the Start (SFTS) Initiative is a comprehensive strategy to assist communities in reducing the impact of violence on children. The initiative targets children ages 0 to 18 with an emphasis on children ages 0 to 5, who have been exposed to family, school and/or community violence."
"The Center's purpose is to create a comprehensive system that improves the accessibility, delivery, and quality of supports and treatment interventions for children from birth to six years of age and their families where the child was exposed to, experienced or witnessed, family or community violence."
State of Vermont Domestic Violence Training Project
"The Vermont Network works with a wide range of partners to make Vermont a place where victims and survivors are safe and supported and where domestic and sexual violence can no longer thrive."
The Future of Children Online Journal
The Future of Children is an online publication of the Children, Families, and Communities Program of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research. Vol. 9 - No. 3 - Winter 1999 is about Domestic Violence and Children and includes articles such as: Domestic Violence and Children: Analysis and Recommendations; Prevalence and Effects of Child Exposure to Domestic Violence; and The Impact of Violence on Children. Jeffrey Edleson, Ph.D. from the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse was the issue Editoral Advisor.
The Leadership Council On Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence
"The Leadership Council is a nonprofit independent scientific organization providing professionals and lay persons with the latest scientific information on issues that may affect the public's health and safety. Their mission is to promote the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare, especially abused and neglected children."
A web resource for information about commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of both children and adults, and the efforts to end it. SAGE Online also includes information for CSE survivors and their families. It was founded by a CSE survivor, is designed for and run predominantly by survivors, and offers legislators, law enforcement, and others interested in CSE information a valuable survivor-oriented perspective.
Videos on Child Abuse and Safety by Marc Klaas
This website offers advice on various topics of children's safety through video format.
Web Forum on Teen Victims of Dating Violence
A web forum where victim service providers and allied professionals can connect to peers, share ideas about best practices, and help change lives.
"WomenSafe works toward the elimination of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women and their children through direct service, education and social change."
One of the most substantial resources on men, masculinities, and gender on the internet. Includes manuals, resource guides, and articles on a wide range of topics including violence, working with men and boys, health, and sexualities.
Class/race/ethnicity
This Web site has resources to improve culturally competent health care. Developed by Stratis Health and funded by UCare, it is the first Minnesota-focused online resource devoted to the subject. Among the site's tools is a free assessment for health care organizations to determine how well they meet the federal Office of Minority Health's national Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services standards. It also has information on enhancing culturally sensitive services and understanding specific patient populations.
National American Indian Court Judges Association
The NAICJA is a non-profit organization primarily devoted to the support of Native American and Alaskan Native tribal justice sytems through education, information sharing, and advocacy.
Works to prevent violence against women and children. Website includes information about a resource guide and other resources, how Raising Voices help build a movement in various regions, and how you can raise your voice and become active in the movement to end violence.
Service Region: Eastern and Southern Africa
Provides advocacy for victims of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse, particularly in the Latina and other under served communities of Sonoma County. Provides advocacy training and community education. Coordinates the Task Force on Women in Policing with the goal of increasing the number of women and minorities in our
law enforcement agencies. Website inludes a bilingual web forum where victims, activists, advocates, and professionals can communicate with each other on any and all aspects of violence against women and children.
Service region: advocacy in Sonoma County, California.
Global
Amnesty International Online is a major resource on human rights abuses worldwide.
Serves as a national network for the exchange of information about child labor. Website includes links to consumer campaign, legislations, and best practice solutions, chld labor in the U.S., child labor around the world.
UN Commission uses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a yardstick to review observance of human rights worldwide, discuss reported violations, consider new ways to promote and protect human rights, and encourage countries to respect their populations' basic rights and freedoms. Website includes information on the UN Commission, U.S. Delegation, Statements and Press Releases, Human Rights Reports, Key Background Documents, and Useful Links.
"Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support their efforts to stop these human rights abuses. "
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims promotes the provision of treatment and rehabilitation of torture victims globally and contributes to the prevention of torture. This has been done by focusing on support to the establishment of rehabilitation centres and programmes as well as through documentation, information, and training of health professionals.
International Save the Children Alliance
The International Save the Children Alliance currently comprises 30 organizations around the world. Working in over 100 countries, Save the Children is the world's largest independent movement for children.
International Society for Child Abuse and Neglect
ISPCAN's mission is to prevent cruelty to children in every nation, in every form: physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, street children, child fatalities, child prostitution, children of war, emotional abuse and child labor. ISPCAN is committed to increasing public awareness of all forms of violence against children, developing activities to prevent such violence, and promoting the rights of children in all regions of the world
KidsRights, an organization based in the Netherlands, stands up for vulnerable children all over the world - children who fall victim to neglect, abuse, violence, exploitation, or discrimination, or run the risk of doing so. This organization runs projects all over the world and funds existing local projects with long-term support. They also cover all of a child's needs including healthcare, nutrition, education, accomodation, and attention.
This Office formulates, develops and coordinates policies and programs and provides direction to foreign service posts on international parental child abduction and international adoption. Website includes information on Child Support Enforcement Abroad; International Parental Child Abduction; Privacy Act Waiver Form; and Resources for Judges on International Parental Child Abduction.
Open Meadows Foundation is a grant-making organization for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls, particularly those from vulnerable communities. Open Meadows Foundation funds projects that do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity and expression, sexual identity and expression, age or ability. It offers grants up to $2000 to projects.
Works to prevent violence against women and children. Website includes information about a resource guide and other resources, how Raising Voices help build a movement in various regions, and how you can raise your voice and become active in the movement to end violence.
Service Region: Eastern and Southern Africa
Rutgers Center on Violence Against Women and Children
The center aims to end violence against women and children and focuses on multidisciplinary research, education, and training that impacts communities and policy in New Jersey, the U.S., and throughout the world.
Works to protect the children of the world from neglect, cruelty and exploitation. The organization's role has ranged from giving emergency aid to starving young victims, to supporting children, families and communities in developing countries and at home in Canada. Website includes press releases, publications, and resource links.
The South African Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Acts as a forum and provides support for anyone who wishes to assist in the combatting of child abuse in South Africa. It is also a networking organisation which provides information and training in this field and promotes inter-disciplinary co-operation in and coordination of services to abused children and their families.
The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) is a network of WHO Member States, international agencies and civil society organizations working to prevent violence. VPA participants share an evidence-based public health approach that targets the risk factors leading to violence and promotes multi-sectoral cooperation.
The World Childhood Foundation identifies, reviews and supports existing projects and efforts that are in line with its mission. The Foundation also works actively to raise public consciousness about children's rights and how vulnerable and exploited children are suffering in various parts of the world.
Health/medical profession
"The Academy on Violence and Abuse is an academic, health-professional membership-based organization dedicated to making violence and abuse a core component of medical and related professional education."
Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergencies (AWAKE)
"The AWAKE (Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergency) Program at Children's Hospital Boston offers domestic violence services to patients, parents of patients and employees at Children's and the Martha Eliot Health Center."
Center For Child and Family Advocacy, Inc.
"The Center offers hope and healing as it treats child abuse and domestic violence victims, providing long-term therapeutic support for them and their non-offending family members. The Center brings together a dedicated child abuse medical team, therapists, law enforcement, child welfare workers, prosecutors and domestic violence advocates to provide comprehensive treatment for these families and to hold perpetrators accountable."
Child Witness to Violence Project
A counseling, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on the growing number of young children who are hidden victims of violence: children who are bystanders to community and domestic violence. Website includes information on the program's mission, services, related projects, CWTV staff, children & violence, how to find help, tips for caregivers, a calendar, and program resources.
Service region: Boston, MA
"The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a non-profit child advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly for 35 years to ensure a level playing field for all children. We champion policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation."
This Web site has resources to improve culturally competent health care. Developed by Stratis Health and funded by UCare, it is the first Minnesota-focused online resource devoted to the subject. Among the site's tools is a free assessment for health care organizations to determine how well they meet the federal Office of Minority Health's national Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services standards. It also has information on enhancing culturally sensitive services and understanding specific patient populations.
Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
"The knowledge path has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University and presents a selection of current, high-quality resources about identifying and responding to domestic violence within the home and the community.This knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. "
EVIDENCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL PRACTICE (EBBP)
The EBBP.org project creates training resources to help bridge the gap between behavioral health research and practice. This organization provides educators with tools for teaching evidence-based concepts and skills to students and practitioners.
Human Rights Watch has information about their regional offices, campaigns, and research papers on human rights abuses worldwide.
International Child Resource Institute
ICRI has been providing services for families and children locally and around the world. ICRI makes a difference by providing technical assistance and consultation to a wide variety of national and international organizations interested in such children's issues as child care, child abuse prevention, child survival, maternal and child health, placement alternatives for abandoned and traumatized children and the promotion of children's rights. ICRI has offices or collaborates with organizations around the world to provide services to children and families.
International Save the Children Alliance
The International Save the Children Alliance currently comprises 30 organizations around the world. Working in over 100 countries, Save the Children is the world's largest independent movement for children.
Maternal and Child Health Library
"Provides accurate, timely, and reliable information and resources pertaining to maternal and child health. The site also has a section on domestic violence publications, databases of data, literature and research."
"NCYL provides a range of services to help foster parents, attorneys, health care providers, teachers, child welfare workers, and other advocates working on behalf of children and youth. Trainings on child welfare, economic security, health/mental health, and juvenile justice are provided."
The mission of The Safe Schools Coalition is to help schools - at home and all over the world - become safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. The website offers resources for youth, school curriculum development personnel, families, allies, social workers and other people.
The Leadership Council On Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence
"The Leadership Council is a nonprofit independent scientific organization providing professionals and lay persons with the latest scientific information on issues that may affect the public's health and safety. Their mission is to promote the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare, especially abused and neglected children."
Trauma- Informed Ethics Promoting Hope & Embracing Healing
"Commander Wanda Finch, Public Health Advisor, Center for Mental Health Services' National "Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) and Steve Harrington, Executive Director of the National Association of Peer Specialist (NAOPS), will host a web-based forum on the development of trauma-informed ethics, in partnership with Witness Justice, the National Association of Peer Specialists, and the US Department of Justice's Office of Violence Against Women. This forum is designed as an interactive tool for discussion and learning amongst a virtual community on how ethical standards similar to the Hippocratic Oath can be used to integrate a trauma-informed approach across systems. "
Women Escaping A Violence Environment (WEAVE)
WEAVE serves women, men, teens, and children who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Free services include 24-Hour Crisis Line, Counseling, Prevention and Education, Emergency Response, Legal Advocacy, and a confidential Safehouse program. Also offers trainings for professionals and community involvement programs.
Internet safety
Crimes Against Children: Online Child Pornography
This is part of the Innocent Images National Initiative, an intelligence-driven, proactive, multi-agency investigative initiative to combat the proliferation of child pornography/child sexual exploitation facilitated by an online computer. Website includes information on kidnappings, online child pornography, the national sex offender registry, the Child Support Recovery Act, federal statutes and more.
Videos on Child Abuse and Safety by Marc Klaas
This website offers advice on various topics of children's safety through video format.
Working to Halt Online Abuse (WHOA)
Fights online harassment through education of the general public, education of law enforcement personnel, and empowerment of victims. We've also formulated voluntary policies which we encourage online communities to adopt in order to create safe and welcoming environments for all internet users.
Intervention
"A Window Between Worlds is a non-profit organization dedicated to using art to help end domestic violence. Through creative expression, battered women and children recover a sense of renewal and power. Their images of hope, survival and strength educate the public and become 'a window between worlds' for survivors taking steps to change their lives."
"The Academy on Violence and Abuse is an academic, health-professional membership-based organization dedicated to making violence and abuse a core component of medical and related professional education."
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
APSAC provides professional education which promotes effective, culturally sensitive, and interdisciplinary approaches to the identification, intervention, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. There is also emphasis on promoting research and guidelines to inform professional practice and educate the public about child abuse and neglect, while ensuring that America's public policy concerning child maltreatment is well informed and constructive.
"Artemis Center provides early intervention, supportive services, and education for victims of domestic violence and their children."
Center for Child Protection and Family Support, Inc.
The Center offers community-level services directly to children and their families, and trains professionals on child welfare issues. Most of our services are provided at not cost, and address the diverse cultures and ethnic backgrounds of families.
Child Abuse Prevention Network
Provides tools for professionals to support the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Child Advocates is an organization in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties (Bay Area, California) with over 500 volunteers working with abused and neglected children.
Child Development-Community Policing (CD-CP)
To coordinate the efforts of the New Haven Police Department and mental health clinicians by providing interdisciplinary intervention to children and families who are victims, witnesses, or perpetrators of violent crimes.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
The Clearinghouse is a national resource for professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues. Databases, Publications, Links, and Funding sources are provided on their website.
Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families. Website includes links to information about advocacy, programs, how to donate, publications, giftables, conferences and trainings, consultation, member agencies, and corporate friends.
Organization in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment. Childhelp programs include: body safety education for children, abuse intervention training for adults who work with children, early enrichment programs for at-risk children and families, residential treatment for victims of severe child abuse, and 24-hour abuse crisis counseling and referral services.
Information for adults who want to make their communities better places for kids. The site includes information on violence-related issues.
Domestic Abuse Project is a multi-service agency for battered women, men who batter and their children serving the Minneapolis area. Dynamics of Domestic Violence Presentation is one of many training resources available from DAP. Other resources include manuals on groupwork with various populations and a manual on program evaluation.
Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
"The knowledge path has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University and presents a selection of current, high-quality resources about identifying and responding to domestic violence within the home and the community.This knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. "
Domestic Violence Unit -- Project Safe Family: Massachusetts Department of Social Services
"The Department's vision is to ensure the safety of children in a manner that holds the best hope of nurturing a sustained, resilient network of relationships to support the child's growth and development into adulthood."
Dove, Inc., Domestic Violence Program
Dove is a coalition of religious organizations, volunteers, and advocates that seeks to coordinate efforts to address unmet human needs and social injustices. Dove works for justice, equality and understanding among all people.
End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking International
ECPAT International is an international coalition of agencies and individuals dedicating its work to the issues of child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. Their web site includes links to ECPAT network members around the world.
Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law
The Harriett Buhai Center provides family law and domestic violence assistance to low-income families in Los Angeles through the efforts of volunteer lawyers, paralegals and students.
Hubbard House provides shelter and outreach services for domestic violence victims and their families.
Provide a clinically based resource for training, consultation, program development and evaluation, and research in all forms of child abuse and neglect. The Center is committed to multidisciplinary approaches to improving the recognition, treatment, and prevention of all forms of abuse and neglect.
Metro Action Committee on Public Violence Against Women and Children
Promotes the rights of women and children to live free from violence and threats of violence. They have education programs on personal safety, post information about preventing school violence, and have a database of over 4000 resources, including their own publications.
National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence
NCCAFV's commitment is to assist victims of child abuse, spouse/partner abuse and elder abuse and to prevent family violence through public awareness, education and program development.
National Resource Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
Provides a wide variety of resources and services to professionals and the general public.
Rainbow House is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization, whose mission is to end domestic violence. For more than a quarter of a century, Rainbow House has offered domestic violence prevention programs, support and outreach services and resources to survivors across the City of Chicago.
Safe from the Start, Reducing Children's Exposure To Violence
"The California Safe from the Start (SFTS) Initiative is a comprehensive strategy to assist communities in reducing the impact of violence on children. The initiative targets children ages 0 to 18 with an emphasis on children ages 0 to 5, who have been exposed to family, school and/or community violence."
"The Center's purpose is to create a comprehensive system that improves the accessibility, delivery, and quality of supports and treatment interventions for children from birth to six years of age and their families where the child was exposed to, experienced or witnessed, family or community violence."
Works to protect the children of the world from neglect, cruelty and exploitation. The organization's role has ranged from giving emergency aid to starving young victims, to supporting children, families and communities in developing countries and at home in Canada. Website includes press releases, publications, and resource links.
Support for Orthodox Jewish Victims of Rape and Incest (SOVRI)
SOVRI is an anonymous and confidential helpline staffed by trained volunteers who provide help, information, support, and referrals to survivors of abuse. Our volunteers have received over forty hours of training in the dynamics of sexual abuse, listening and counseling skills, emergency department protocol, legal protocol, post-traumatic stress disorder, domestic abuse, childhood sexual abuse and incest, and recommending appropriate resources. The helpline is open Monday-Thursday 9:30-5:30 and Friday 9:30-1:30. The phone number is 212.844.1495
Texas Department of Human Services Family Violence Program
Texas Department of Human Services Family Violence Program maintains a homepage with extensive information about its programs and clients. Includes a Texas Shelter List.
AHA's initiative, The Front Porch Project, reflects the belief that everyone can—and should—become more aware of how to help protect children in their own community. This concept is much the same as a good neighbor sitting on the front porch who in years past would have been aware of, and involved in solving, problems affecting families they knew. This project advocates for becoming involved in each other’s lives, the power of one person to make a significant difference in the life of a child, and applying strategies for intervening when necessary to help protect children and assist families.
The South African Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Acts as a forum and provides support for anyone who wishes to assist in the combatting of child abuse in South Africa. It is also a networking organisation which provides information and training in this field and promotes inter-disciplinary co-operation in and coordination of services to abused children and their families.
Videos on Child Abuse and Safety by Marc Klaas
This website offers advice on various topics of children's safety through video format.
"WomenSafe works toward the elimination of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women and their children through direct service, education and social change."
Legal/policy
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
The ABA Center on Children and the Law offers law-related resources relating to child abuse and neglect and other components of child welfare.
"Artemis Center provides early intervention, supportive services, and education for victims of domestic violence and their children."
Battered Women's Justice Project
BWJP provides technical assistance for practitioners on policy issues related to the civil and criminal justice response to domestic violence, including use of the self-defense plea by battered women charged with crimes. Also provides information on the response of Native communities to domestic violence.
Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Website. Addresses a variety of policy-relevant issues related to the health and development of children, youth, and families. Links to information about the Committee on Adolescent Health and Development, projects, publications, meetings, staff and contact information, frequently asked questions, an e-newsletter, and more.
Bureau of Justice Statistics Clearinghouse
"BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. "
Center For Child and Family Advocacy, Inc.
"The Center offers hope and healing as it treats child abuse and domestic violence victims, providing long-term therapeutic support for them and their non-offending family members. The Center brings together a dedicated child abuse medical team, therapists, law enforcement, child welfare workers, prosecutors and domestic violence advocates to provide comprehensive treatment for these families and to hold perpetrators accountable."
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation - South Africa
This Centre is a South African, non-governmental, multi-disciplinary unit concerned with policy formation, implementation, service delivery, education and training, and the provision of consultancy services. The Centre focuses on a wide range of violence-related issues.
Child Abuse Legislation Study Project
A non-profit organization dedicated to tracking bills, laws, and legislative action on child abuse, incest, and domestic violence. Website includes links to Urgent! activism news; Anti-abuse action; a free newsletter; links; victim's resources; and more.
Serves as a national network for the exchange of information about child labor. Website includes links to consumer campaign, legislations, and best practice solutions, chld labor in the U.S., child labor around the world.
Internet resource for information on child abuse and related issues. This e-zine was created to support, inform and encourage those dealing with any aspect of child abuse, in a positive non-threatening environment. Website posts information about child abuse, legislation, and events and trainings. Offers links and an electronic newsletter.
Children Against Court Appointed Child Abuse CA3
CA3 is an organization founded by adult Children who suffered Court Appointed Child Abuse and are trying to find their voices through ending CA-CA.
UN Commission uses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a yardstick to review observance of human rights worldwide, discuss reported violations, consider new ways to promote and protect human rights, and encourage countries to respect their populations' basic rights and freedoms. Website includes information on the UN Commission, U.S. Delegation, Statements and Press Releases, Human Rights Reports, Key Background Documents, and Useful Links.
The Community Justice Exchange, sponsored by the Center for Court Innovation and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, offers information about innovative new programs that are improving the way criminal justice agencies work. The site includes best practices, planning tools, project descriptions, interviews with community justice practitioners, a library database and links to a variety of related organizations.
Crimes Against Children: Online Child Pornography
This is part of the Innocent Images National Initiative, an intelligence-driven, proactive, multi-agency investigative initiative to combat the proliferation of child pornography/child sexual exploitation facilitated by an online computer. Website includes information on kidnappings, online child pornography, the national sex offender registry, the Child Support Recovery Act, federal statutes and more.
Dade County Domestic Violence Division
Miami-Dade County has forged a cooperative effort between the court, government agencies, and those in the community who are committed to effectively addressing family violence through the justice system.
Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
"The knowledge path has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University and presents a selection of current, high-quality resources about identifying and responding to domestic violence within the home and the community.This knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. "
Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law
The Harriett Buhai Center provides family law and domestic violence assistance to low-income families in Los Angeles through the efforts of volunteer lawyers, paralegals and students.
"Legal Momentum is the nation's oldest legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls. Our current program areas are: Employment and Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic Violence (EHRVDV), Equality Works Program, Immigrant Women Program, National Judicial Education Program, and Sexuality and Family Rights Program."
The Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System of the London Family Court Clinic is a non-profit agency in London, Ontario, Canada, which advocates for the special needs of children and families involved in the justice system.
Peter G. Jaffe, PhD, Executive Director
254 Pall Mall Street, Suite 200
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5P6
Tel: 519-679-7250
"As a statewide collaboration of 160+ member organizations, the Consortium serves as a resource center to enhance equality and justice for women and children. The consortium helps women working for progressive social change stay in touch."
National American Indian Court Judges Association
The NAICJA is a non-profit organization primarily devoted to the support of Native American and Alaskan Native tribal justice sytems through education, information sharing, and advocacy.
National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
Serves as a resource for training, expert legal assistance, court reform and state-of-the-art information on criminal child abuse investigations and prosecutions. See the website for event, publication, and state statute information.
National Center for Victims of Crime
"The National Center for Victims of Crime is the nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims and those who serve them. Since its inception in 1985, the National Center has worked with grassroots organizations and criminal justice agencies throughout the United States serving millions of crime victims. The center provides direct services to victims, trainings and technical assistance to professionals, and advocates for laws and public policies that protect crime victims."
"NCYL provides a range of services to help foster parents, attorneys, health care providers, teachers, child welfare workers, and other advocates working on behalf of children and youth. Trainings on child welfare, economic security, health/mental health, and juvenile justice are provided."
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: Family Violence Department
The Family Violence Department (FVD) of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) is dedicated to improving the way courts, law enforcement, agencies and others respond to family violence, with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of domestic violence victims and their children.
National Crime Victims Law Institute
Organization is an educational organization dedicated to promoting a fair and balanced criminal justice system through legal education, legal scholarship, legal information resources and legal advocacy.
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center
The Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center strives to deliver high quality legal services for at-risk and maltreated children, promote their healing and healthy development, and ensure that each foster child finds a permanent, loving home - whether this is with their biological family or a new family - as soon as possible.
State of Vermont Domestic Violence Training Project
"The Vermont Network works with a wide range of partners to make Vermont a place where victims and survivors are safe and supported and where domestic and sexual violence can no longer thrive."
The Future of Children Online Journal
The Future of Children is an online publication of the Children, Families, and Communities Program of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research. Vol. 9 - No. 3 - Winter 1999 is about Domestic Violence and Children and includes articles such as: Domestic Violence and Children: Analysis and Recommendations; Prevalence and Effects of Child Exposure to Domestic Violence; and The Impact of Violence on Children. Jeffrey Edleson, Ph.D. from the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse was the issue Editoral Advisor.
The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) is a network of WHO Member States, international agencies and civil society organizations working to prevent violence. VPA participants share an evidence-based public health approach that targets the risk factors leading to violence and promotes multi-sectoral cooperation.
Women Escaping A Violence Environment (WEAVE)
WEAVE serves women, men, teens, and children who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Free services include 24-Hour Crisis Line, Counseling, Prevention and Education, Emergency Response, Legal Advocacy, and a confidential Safehouse program. Also offers trainings for professionals and community involvement programs.
Provides advocacy for victims of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse, particularly in the Latina and other under served communities of Sonoma County. Provides advocacy training and community education. Coordinates the Task Force on Women in Policing with the goal of increasing the number of women and minorities in our
law enforcement agencies. Website inludes a bilingual web forum where victims, activists, advocates, and professionals can communicate with each other on any and all aspects of violence against women and children.
Service region: advocacy in Sonoma County, California.
Mental health
Center For Child and Family Advocacy, Inc.
"The Center offers hope and healing as it treats child abuse and domestic violence victims, providing long-term therapeutic support for them and their non-offending family members. The Center brings together a dedicated child abuse medical team, therapists, law enforcement, child welfare workers, prosecutors and domestic violence advocates to provide comprehensive treatment for these families and to hold perpetrators accountable."
Child Development-Community Policing (CD-CP)
To coordinate the efforts of the New Haven Police Department and mental health clinicians by providing interdisciplinary intervention to children and families who are victims, witnesses, or perpetrators of violent crimes.
"The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a non-profit child advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly for 35 years to ensure a level playing field for all children. We champion policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation."
Community Solutions for Children, Families, and Individuals, Inc. -- La Isla Pacifica
A human service agency providing services in mental health, youth support, domestic violence and sexual assault, court and community referrals, and transitional housing for singe youth parents.
Information, resources, and support for families with troubled teens, including State Directory of Family Help. Information on Abuse; Anger in Our Teens and in Ourselves; Adolescent Sex Offenders; Teen Violence. Speakers available.
Contact Info: Toll-free helpline 1-877-362-8727
Lighthouse Institute/Chestnut Health Systems
We offer a comprehensive scope of behavioral health and human services in Illinois.
Minnesota Child Response Center
"The Minnesota Child Response Center (MNCRC) aims to integrate evidenced-based treatment models into the community systems of care for traumatized homeless and formerly homeles children in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and to create a continuum of care for highly diverse groups of underserved children and families."
"NCYL provides a range of services to help foster parents, attorneys, health care providers, teachers, child welfare workers, and other advocates working on behalf of children and youth. Trainings on child welfare, economic security, health/mental health, and juvenile justice are provided."
Support for Orthodox Jewish Victims of Rape and Incest (SOVRI)
SOVRI is an anonymous and confidential helpline staffed by trained volunteers who provide help, information, support, and referrals to survivors of abuse. Our volunteers have received over forty hours of training in the dynamics of sexual abuse, listening and counseling skills, emergency department protocol, legal protocol, post-traumatic stress disorder, domestic abuse, childhood sexual abuse and incest, and recommending appropriate resources. The helpline is open Monday-Thursday 9:30-5:30 and Friday 9:30-1:30. The phone number is 212.844.1495
The Domestic Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative
The Domestic Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative is a current project that is being undertaken in order to "provide the infrastructure and resources to enable domestic violence and mental health agencies and training programs nationwide to be able to work more effectively with individuals who are dealing with both domestic violence and mental health issues."
The Leadership Council On Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence
"The Leadership Council is a nonprofit independent scientific organization providing professionals and lay persons with the latest scientific information on issues that may affect the public's health and safety. Their mission is to promote the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare, especially abused and neglected children."
Trauma- Informed Ethics Promoting Hope & Embracing Healing
"Commander Wanda Finch, Public Health Advisor, Center for Mental Health Services' National "Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) and Steve Harrington, Executive Director of the National Association of Peer Specialist (NAOPS), will host a web-based forum on the development of trauma-informed ethics, in partnership with Witness Justice, the National Association of Peer Specialists, and the US Department of Justice's Office of Violence Against Women. This forum is designed as an interactive tool for discussion and learning amongst a virtual community on how ethical standards similar to the Hippocratic Oath can be used to integrate a trauma-informed approach across systems. "
Other
"A Window Between Worlds is a non-profit organization dedicated to using art to help end domestic violence. Through creative expression, battered women and children recover a sense of renewal and power. Their images of hope, survival and strength educate the public and become 'a window between worlds' for survivors taking steps to change their lives."
The International Children’s Peace Prize is an initiative of the KidsRights Foundation with the support of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. Each year The International Children’s Peace Prize is awarded to a child that has devoted a lot of his or her energy to improving the rights of children.
Prevalence/research
"The Academy on Violence and Abuse is an academic, health-professional membership-based organization dedicated to making violence and abuse a core component of medical and related professional education."
Bureau of Justice Statistics Clearinghouse
"BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. "
Addresses the maltreatment of children through direct clinical services, professional training, and research. Their website offers a publications, abstracts of ongoing research, and information for caregivers, and more. Includes online courses.
Crimes Against Children Research Center
Provides high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. Website posts Statistics about crimes committed against children.
Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
"The knowledge path has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University and presents a selection of current, high-quality resources about identifying and responding to domestic violence within the home and the community.This knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. "
EVIDENCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL PRACTICE (EBBP)
The EBBP.org project creates training resources to help bridge the gap between behavioral health research and practice. This organization provides educators with tools for teaching evidence-based concepts and skills to students and practitioners.
Maternal and Child Health Library
"Provides accurate, timely, and reliable information and resources pertaining to maternal and child health. The site also has a section on domestic violence publications, databases of data, literature and research."
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
"The mission of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) is to support research, education, and access to violence related resources."
Minnesota Child Response Center
"The Minnesota Child Response Center (MNCRC) aims to integrate evidenced-based treatment models into the community systems of care for traumatized homeless and formerly homeles children in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and to create a continuum of care for highly diverse groups of underserved children and families."
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
NDACAN facilitates the secondary analysis of research data relevant to the study of child abuse and neglect. Their website includes datasets, publications, informationon their trainings, a discussion group (Child-Maltreatment-Research-L), and other resources.
Rutgers Center on Violence Against Women and Children
The center aims to end violence against women and children and focuses on multidisciplinary research, education, and training that impacts communities and policy in New Jersey, the U.S., and throughout the world.
The Future of Children Online Journal
The Future of Children is an online publication of the Children, Families, and Communities Program of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research. Vol. 9 - No. 3 - Winter 1999 is about Domestic Violence and Children and includes articles such as: Domestic Violence and Children: Analysis and Recommendations; Prevalence and Effects of Child Exposure to Domestic Violence; and The Impact of Violence on Children. Jeffrey Edleson, Ph.D. from the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse was the issue Editoral Advisor.
The Leadership Council On Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence
"The Leadership Council is a nonprofit independent scientific organization providing professionals and lay persons with the latest scientific information on issues that may affect the public's health and safety. Their mission is to promote the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare, especially abused and neglected children."
The National Council on Crime and Deliquency
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency promotes effective, humane, fair and economically sound solutions to family, community and justice problems. NCCD conducts research, promotes reform initiatives, and seeks to work with individuals, public and private organizations and the media to prevent and reduce crime and delinquency.
Prevention
"The Academy on Violence and Abuse is an academic, health-professional membership-based organization dedicated to making violence and abuse a core component of medical and related professional education."
Adults and Children Together Against Violence (ACT)
Posts factsheets and resource information about violence prevention. Topics include Discipline; Tips for Responding to Challenging Behavior; Supporting Positive Behaviors; Understanding Behavior; Media Violence; Positive Learning Activities; Anger Management; Violence Prevention for Teachers of Young Children; Selecting High Quality Childcare; and Violence Prevention for Families of Young Children.
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
APSAC provides professional education which promotes effective, culturally sensitive, and interdisciplinary approaches to the identification, intervention, treatment, and prevention of child abuse and neglect. There is also emphasis on promoting research and guidelines to inform professional practice and educate the public about child abuse and neglect, while ensuring that America's public policy concerning child maltreatment is well informed and constructive.
Contains dvd's, bookmarks, pamphlets, and other resources teaching youth on preventing violence and conflict resolution.
Center for Child Protection and Family Support, Inc.
The Center offers community-level services directly to children and their families, and trains professionals on child welfare issues. Most of our services are provided at not cost, and address the diverse cultures and ethnic backgrounds of families.
Child Abuse Council of Santa Clara County
Posts information about the Child Abuse Council and its activities, what is child abuse, child abuse prevention, mandated reporting, child abuse statistics, and treatment and specific programs within Santa Clara County.
Child Abuse Prevention Network
Provides tools for professionals to support the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
The Clearinghouse is a national resource for professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues. Databases, Publications, Links, and Funding sources are provided on their website.
Organization in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment. Childhelp programs include: body safety education for children, abuse intervention training for adults who work with children, early enrichment programs for at-risk children and families, residential treatment for victims of severe child abuse, and 24-hour abuse crisis counseling and referral services.
Children Against Court Appointed Child Abuse CA3
CA3 is an organization founded by adult Children who suffered Court Appointed Child Abuse and are trying to find their voices through ending CA-CA.
Children's Safety Centers Network, Inc.
Organization provides a safe haven for children during parent visitation when there is threat of abuse or witnessing abuse during parent visitation or visitation exchanges. Website explains services.
Service Region: Various locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Distributes materials on youth and violence prevention, including guides to data and educational resources and materials for parents.
Committee for Children: Leaders in Youth Violence Prevention and Social-Emotional Learning
Provides classroom curricula for the prevention of child abuse and youth violence. They also offer training and parent education, and conduct original research.
Community Solutions for Children, Families, and Individuals, Inc. -- La Isla Pacifica
A human service agency providing services in mental health, youth support, domestic violence and sexual assault, court and community referrals, and transitional housing for singe youth parents.
Information for adults who want to make their communities better places for kids. The site includes information on violence-related issues.
Dade County Domestic Violence Division
Miami-Dade County has forged a cooperative effort between the court, government agencies, and those in the community who are committed to effectively addressing family violence through the justice system.
Domestic Violence Unit -- Project Safe Family: Massachusetts Department of Social Services
"The Department's vision is to ensure the safety of children in a manner that holds the best hope of nurturing a sustained, resilient network of relationships to support the child's growth and development into adulthood."
This website contains information about the intersection of religious issues and child abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and clergy misconduct.
Family Violence Outreach Program -- Coordinating Council for Children in Crisis, Inc
CCCC works to prevent abuse, neglect and victimization across the life span and to serve those affected by providing home visiting and outreach, parenting education, family strengthening activities, counseling and advocacy to children and adults.
Information, resources, and support for families with troubled teens, including State Directory of Family Help. Information on Abuse; Anger in Our Teens and in Ourselves; Adolescent Sex Offenders; Teen Violence. Speakers available.
Contact Info: Toll-free helpline 1-877-362-8727
Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law
The Harriett Buhai Center provides family law and domestic violence assistance to low-income families in Los Angeles through the efforts of volunteer lawyers, paralegals and students.
International Child Resource Institute
ICRI has been providing services for families and children locally and around the world. ICRI makes a difference by providing technical assistance and consultation to a wide variety of national and international organizations interested in such children's issues as child care, child abuse prevention, child survival, maternal and child health, placement alternatives for abandoned and traumatized children and the promotion of children's rights. ICRI has offices or collaborates with organizations around the world to provide services to children and families.
International Society for Child Abuse and Neglect
ISPCAN's mission is to prevent cruelty to children in every nation, in every form: physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, street children, child fatalities, child prostitution, children of war, emotional abuse and child labor. ISPCAN is committed to increasing public awareness of all forms of violence against children, developing activities to prevent such violence, and promoting the rights of children in all regions of the world
Provide a clinically based resource for training, consultation, program development and evaluation, and research in all forms of child abuse and neglect. The Center is committed to multidisciplinary approaches to improving the recognition, treatment, and prevention of all forms of abuse and neglect.
Organization dedicated to redefining child abuse through aggressive public awareness and advocacy. Website offers information and resources for parents, childcare givers, kids and teens.
National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect - Australia
Contains educational resources for parents and professionals on child abuse and neglect, families, parenting, reporting information, and more. Also includes information on activities, programs, and family and community workshops.
Service Region: Australia for trainings.
National Resource Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
Provides a wide variety of resources and services to professionals and the general public.
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
NSPCC is the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. The website includes information about the Full Stop campaign, getting involved, job opportunities, information about the organization and it's publications, and more. Services include children's services and family support.
Includes information on advocacy, state chapter development, implementation of programs such as Healthy Family America, publications, public service announcements, and research.
Advocates for prevention. Website includes papers, a list of programs insterested in prevention, and tools and frameworks to use in prevention work, including an eight-step methodology for collaboration that guides advocates and practitioners through the process.
A resource for those who believe that children's optimal development occurs in nuturing, violence-free environments and that every child has the right to grow and learn in such an environment.
Rainbow House is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization, whose mission is to end domestic violence. For more than a quarter of a century, Rainbow House has offered domestic violence prevention programs, support and outreach services and resources to survivors across the City of Chicago.
Works to prevent violence against women and children. Website includes information about a resource guide and other resources, how Raising Voices help build a movement in various regions, and how you can raise your voice and become active in the movement to end violence.
Service Region: Eastern and Southern Africa
This organization from the Fargo-Moorhead area (North Dakota, Minnesota) publishes prevention and treatment materials on the topics of sexual abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence in their publications division. Services include Crisis Intervention, Advocacy, Counseling, Legal Advocacy, Emergency Housing, Outreach Activities, Community Education and Professional Training, Support Groups, and Criminal Justice Systems Monitoring.
Safe from the Start, Reducing Children's Exposure To Violence
"The California Safe from the Start (SFTS) Initiative is a comprehensive strategy to assist communities in reducing the impact of violence on children. The initiative targets children ages 0 to 18 with an emphasis on children ages 0 to 5, who have been exposed to family, school and/or community violence."
Sex Offender.com Database Registry provides assistance to parents, children, law enforcement, schools, and the community in identification of potential sexoffenders. Includes on-line data systems. Raises public awareness about ways to help prevent child abduction, molestation and sexual exploitation.
State of Vermont Domestic Violence Training Project
"The Vermont Network works with a wide range of partners to make Vermont a place where victims and survivors are safe and supported and where domestic and sexual violence can no longer thrive."
The Domestic Violence Resource Centre (Victoria)
DVRC (formerly DVIRC) is a statewide service in Victoria, Australia. DVRC aims to reduce and prevent family violence by providing education to improve service and policy responses, and by assisting people who have experienced abuse.
AHA's initiative, The Front Porch Project, reflects the belief that everyone can—and should—become more aware of how to help protect children in their own community. This concept is much the same as a good neighbor sitting on the front porch who in years past would have been aware of, and involved in solving, problems affecting families they knew. This project advocates for becoming involved in each other’s lives, the power of one person to make a significant difference in the life of a child, and applying strategies for intervening when necessary to help protect children and assist families.
The Humane Society of the United States, First Strike Campaign
"The First Strike® campaign was created in 1997 to raise public and professional awareness about the connection between animal cruelty and other violent crime violence and to help communities identify some of the origins of violence, predict its patterns, and prevent its escalation. First Strike also provides investigative support, rewards, expert testimony and information on the animal-human cruelty connection to law enforcement and prosecutors in high-profile animal cruelty cases."
The National Council on Crime and Deliquency
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency promotes effective, humane, fair and economically sound solutions to family, community and justice problems. NCCD conducts research, promotes reform initiatives, and seeks to work with individuals, public and private organizations and the media to prevent and reduce crime and delinquency.
Videos on Child Abuse and Safety by Marc Klaas
This website offers advice on various topics of children's safety through video format.
The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) is a network of WHO Member States, international agencies and civil society organizations working to prevent violence. VPA participants share an evidence-based public health approach that targets the risk factors leading to violence and promotes multi-sectoral cooperation.
Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources
Publishes and distributes prevention materials (literature, curricula, videos, posters, etc.) for all ages. Many topics are addressed, including: conflict resolution, anger management, peace, and violence prevention.
Women Escaping A Violence Environment (WEAVE)
WEAVE serves women, men, teens, and children who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Free services include 24-Hour Crisis Line, Counseling, Prevention and Education, Emergency Response, Legal Advocacy, and a confidential Safehouse program. Also offers trainings for professionals and community involvement programs.
"WomenSafe works toward the elimination of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women and their children through direct service, education and social change."
The World Childhood Foundation identifies, reviews and supports existing projects and efforts that are in line with its mission. The Foundation also works actively to raise public consciousness about children's rights and how vulnerable and exploited children are suffering in various parts of the world.
Reporting
Child Abuse Council of Santa Clara County
Posts information about the Child Abuse Council and its activities, what is child abuse, child abuse prevention, mandated reporting, child abuse statistics, and treatment and specific programs within Santa Clara County.
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
Subsite of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice website. CEOS contains information about child pornography, child predators, and traffickers of women and children including information on how to report child pornography on the Internet; investigating and prosecuting exploitation of children; safety tips for parents and children; international aspects of child exploitation; and more.
National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect - Australia
Contains educational resources for parents and professionals on child abuse and neglect, families, parenting, reporting information, and more. Also includes information on activities, programs, and family and community workshops.
Service Region: Australia for trainings.
Risk factors
DeafHope is a nonprofit organization, established for and by Deaf women in January 2003. Their mission is to end domestic violence and sexual assault against Deaf women and children through empowerment, education, services, and they also offer training and technical assistance to other agencies serving Deaf survivors.
Domestic violence
"A Window Between Worlds is a non-profit organization dedicated to using art to help end domestic violence. Through creative expression, battered women and children recover a sense of renewal and power. Their images of hope, survival and strength educate the public and become 'a window between worlds' for survivors taking steps to change their lives."
Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergencies (AWAKE)
"The AWAKE (Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergency) Program at Children's Hospital Boston offers domestic violence services to patients, parents of patients and employees at Children's and the Martha Eliot Health Center."
"Artemis Center provides early intervention, supportive services, and education for victims of domestic violence and their children."
California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) website is designed to: "Serve as an online connection for child welfare professionals, staff of public and private organizations, academic institutions, and others who are committed to serving children and families. Provide up-to-date information on evidence-based child welfare practices. Facilitate the utilization of evidence-based practices as a method of achieving improved outcomes of safety, permanency and well-being for children and families involved in the California public child welfare system."
Center For Child and Family Advocacy, Inc.
"The Center offers hope and healing as it treats child abuse and domestic violence victims, providing long-term therapeutic support for them and their non-offending family members. The Center brings together a dedicated child abuse medical team, therapists, law enforcement, child welfare workers, prosecutors and domestic violence advocates to provide comprehensive treatment for these families and to hold perpetrators accountable."
Child Abuse Prevention Network
Provides tools for professionals to support the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Child Advocates is an organization in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties (Bay Area, California) with over 500 volunteers working with abused and neglected children.
Addresses the maltreatment of children through direct clinical services, professional training, and research. Their website offers a publications, abstracts of ongoing research, and information for caregivers, and more. Includes online courses.
Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America's vulnerable children and their families. Website includes links to information about advocacy, programs, how to donate, publications, giftables, conferences and trainings, consultation, member agencies, and corporate friends.
Children Against Court Appointed Child Abuse CA3
CA3 is an organization founded by adult Children who suffered Court Appointed Child Abuse and are trying to find their voices through ending CA-CA.
Children's Safety Centers Network, Inc.
Organization provides a safe haven for children during parent visitation when there is threat of abuse or witnessing abuse during parent visitation or visitation exchanges. Website explains services.
Service Region: Various locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
A great resource that provides information and facts about child exposure to domestic violence, all of which is documented by the Clackamas Women's Services in OR. Click on the links to review the services provided and the upcoming events.
Clearinghouse On Supervised Visitation
Offers: Information Updates; Training Manuals; Law Enforcement Manuals; Newsletters; and information about Florida Visitation Centers, and National/International Visitation Centers, and How To Start a Supervised Visitation Center.
Congresso de Latinos Unidos, Inc.
"As a holistic human service agency, Congreso offers a wide range of adult and youth services including: truancy intervention, out-of-school time youth development programs, workforce development, drug and alcohol counseling, housing counseling, health education, teen pregnancy prevention and intervention, maternal and child health programs, and HIV/AIDS services."
Crimes Against Children Research Center
Provides high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. Website posts Statistics about crimes committed against children.
DeafHope is a nonprofit organization, established for and by Deaf women in January 2003. Their mission is to end domestic violence and sexual assault against Deaf women and children through empowerment, education, services, and they also offer training and technical assistance to other agencies serving Deaf survivors.
Domestic Abuse Project is a multi-service agency for battered women, men who batter and their children serving the Minneapolis area. Dynamics of Domestic Violence Presentation is one of many training resources available from DAP. Other resources include manuals on groupwork with various populations and a manual on program evaluation.
Domestic Violence Knowledge Path
"The knowledge path has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University and presents a selection of current, high-quality resources about identifying and responding to domestic violence within the home and the community.This knowledge path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. "
Domestic Violence Unit -- Project Safe Family: Massachusetts Department of Social Services
"The Department's vision is to ensure the safety of children in a manner that holds the best hope of nurturing a sustained, resilient network of relationships to support the child's growth and development into adulthood."
Dove, Inc., Domestic Violence Program
Dove is a coalition of religious organizations, volunteers, and advocates that seeks to coordinate efforts to address unmet human needs and social injustices. Dove works for justice, equality and understanding among all people.
Emerge: Counseling and Education to End Domestic Violence
Organization offers group counseling for men who have verbally, mentally or physically abused a woman in a relationship. Includes discussion of the connection between domestic violence and child abuse. Website includes information on domestic violence, information for partners, battered women programs, training for counselors, resource links and more.
Service region: Cambridge, Quincy, Lowell, and Roxbury, Massachusetts
Located in Tacoma, Washington, the organization operates a national 24-hour crisis line for victims of domestic violence, provides basic emergency services, an on-site technology center, survival self-defense classes, spiritual support, pet therapy, an animal kennel for victims’ pets, Cars for Families Program, educational scholarships, relocation help and transitional housing.
Hubbard House provides shelter and outreach services for domestic violence victims and their families.
"Legal Momentum is the nation's oldest legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls. Our current program areas are: Employment and Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic Violence (EHRVDV), Equality Works Program, Immigrant Women Program, National Judicial Education Program, and Sexuality and Family Rights Program."
Maternal and Child Health Library
"Provides accurate, timely, and reliable information and resources pertaining to maternal and child health. The site also has a section on domestic violence publications, databases of data, literature and research."
Parents and Children Together: Family Visitation Center
The Family Visitation Center-Maui provides a safe, neutral, and nurturing environment where visitations and exchanges of children occur between custodial and non-custodial parents. The Center helps children and parents who are experiencing difficulties in divorce, separation, family violence or involved in custody disputes.
PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment
A national nonprofit organization that uses social, educational and legislative tactics to shatter the silence of sexual violence. PAVE's work is based in education and action.
Rainbow House is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization, whose mission is to end domestic violence. For more than a quarter of a century, Rainbow House has offered domestic violence prevention programs, support and outreach services and resources to survivors across the City of Chicago.
A blog developed by David Mandel & Associates, LLC in which they will be exploring the ideas underpinning the Safe and Together model. The model provides a practical and concrete approach to improving the response of child welfare to the risk and safety concerns presented by batterers. They will be providing practical tips and ideas for policy and practice. All are welcome to participate in the discussion.
State of Vermont Domestic Violence Training Project
"The Vermont Network works with a wide range of partners to make Vermont a place where victims and survivors are safe and supported and where domestic and sexual violence can no longer thrive."
Support for Orthodox Jewish Victims of Rape and Incest (SOVRI)
SOVRI is an anonymous and confidential helpline staffed by trained volunteers who provide help, information, support, and referrals to survivors of abuse. Our volunteers have received over forty hours of training in the dynamics of sexual abuse, listening and counseling skills, emergency department protocol, legal protocol, post-traumatic stress disorder, domestic abuse, childhood sexual abuse and incest, and recommending appropriate resources. The helpline is open Monday-Thursday 9:30-5:30 and Friday 9:30-1:30. The phone number is 212.844.1495
The Black Church and Domestic Violence Institute
"We develop partnerships and collaborations to provide educational, spiritual and technical support as well as advocacy and leadership development: to enhance the capacity of the church to empower and protect the victims of domestic violence; to hold abusers accountable; to promote healing and wholeness in African-American communities. "
The Domestic Violence Resource Centre (Victoria)
DVRC (formerly DVIRC) is a statewide service in Victoria, Australia. DVRC aims to reduce and prevent family violence by providing education to improve service and policy responses, and by assisting people who have experienced abuse.
The Future of Children Online Journal
The Future of Children is an online publication of the Children, Families, and Communities Program of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research. Vol. 9 - No. 3 - Winter 1999 is about Domestic Violence and Children and includes articles such as: Domestic Violence and Children: Analysis and Recommendations; Prevalence and Effects of Child Exposure to Domestic Violence; and The Impact of Violence on Children. Jeffrey Edleson, Ph.D. from the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse was the issue Editoral Advisor.
The Leadership Council On Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence
"The Leadership Council is a nonprofit independent scientific organization providing professionals and lay persons with the latest scientific information on issues that may affect the public's health and safety. Their mission is to promote the ethical application of psychological science to human welfare, especially abused and neglected children."
The Link Project is devoted to providing up-to-date information on current research and intervention with families experiencing both child maltreatment and woman battering. Includes a database of articles related to 'the link'.
Web Forum on Teen Victims of Dating Violence
A web forum where victim service providers and allied professionals can connect to peers, share ideas about best practices, and help change lives.
Women Escaping A Violence Environment (WEAVE)
WEAVE serves women, men, teens, and children who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Free services include 24-Hour Crisis Line, Counseling, Prevention and Education, Emergency Response, Legal Advocacy, and a confidential Safehouse program. Also offers trainings for professionals and community involvement programs.
"WomenSafe works toward the elimination of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women and their children through direct service, education and social change."
Manuals/Guides/Reports
Clearinghouse On Supervised Visitation
Offers: Information Updates; Training Manuals; Law Enforcement Manuals; Newsletters; and information about Florida Visitation Centers, and National/International Visitation Centers, and How To Start a Supervised Visitation Center.
Web-Based Course
Addresses the maltreatment of children through direct clinical services, professional training, and research. Their website offers a publications, abstracts of ongoing research, and information for caregivers, and more. Includes online courses.
EVIDENCE-BASED BEHAVIORAL PRACTICE (EBBP)
The EBBP.org project creates training resources to help bridge the gap between behavioral health research and practice. This organization provides educators with tools for teaching evidence-based concepts and skills to students and practitioners.
Multimedia
Videos on Child Abuse and Safety by Marc Klaas
This website offers advice on various topics of children's safety through video format.
Economic Impact
"NCYL provides a range of services to help foster parents, attorneys, health care providers, teachers, child welfare workers, and other advocates working on behalf of children and youth. Trainings on child welfare, economic security, health/mental health, and juvenile justice are provided."
Pornography
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
Subsite of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice website. CEOS contains information about child pornography, child predators, and traffickers of women and children including information on how to report child pornography on the Internet; investigating and prosecuting exploitation of children; safety tips for parents and children; international aspects of child exploitation; and more.
Crimes Against Children: Online Child Pornography
This is part of the Innocent Images National Initiative, an intelligence-driven, proactive, multi-agency investigative initiative to combat the proliferation of child pornography/child sexual exploitation facilitated by an online computer. Website includes information on kidnappings, online child pornography, the national sex offender registry, the Child Support Recovery Act, federal statutes and more.
End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking International
ECPAT International is an international coalition of agencies and individuals dedicating its work to the issues of child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. Their web site includes links to ECPAT network members around the world.
Anti-Porn website dedicated toward informing all persons about the detrimental effects of pornography and the associated industry. Letters, articles, informational materials, news in-the-know and other information is presented.
One of the most substantial resources on men, masculinities, and gender on the internet. Includes manuals, resource guides, and articles on a wide range of topics including violence, working with men and boys, health, and sexualities.
Prostitution
KidsRights, an organization based in the Netherlands, stands up for vulnerable children all over the world - children who fall victim to neglect, abuse, violence, exploitation, or discrimination, or run the risk of doing so. This organization runs projects all over the world and funds existing local projects with long-term support. They also cover all of a child's needs including healthcare, nutrition, education, accomodation, and attention.
A web resource for information about commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of both children and adults, and the efforts to end it. SAGE Online also includes information for CSE survivors and their families. It was founded by a CSE survivor, is designed for and run predominantly by survivors, and offers legislators, law enforcement, and others interested in CSE information a valuable survivor-oriented perspective.